What the Russia crisis means for U.S. electricity mix Gasoline prices have spiked in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the effects of the conflict are also spilling into the U.S. electricity sector, with implications for greenhouse gas emissions and energy policy. Although the crisis isn’t expected to derail electric utilities’ broad shift … Continue reading What the Russia crisis means for U.S. electricity mix
Arizona regulators consider potential rules for electric retail competition PHOENIX, AZ — Is Arizona ready to allow a choice of electricity providers for consumers? On Tuesday, industry experts from around the country presented cases for and against restructuring to the Arizona Corporation Commission. In the first of a two-day workshop to consider potential rules for … Continue reading #Arizona regulators consider potential rules for electric retail competition
KEEPING POWER COMPANIES HONEST MIDDLETOWN – There are public policy programs for fresher air and cleaner drinking water, but a new advocacy group believes the focus should also be on larger issues in the electrical utility industry. It’s why a small group of Monmouth County residents have teamed up to give a voice to electrical … Continue reading KEEPING POWER COMPANIES HONEST
Pennsylvania industrial energy users say follow Minnesota on rate design As more states undertake rate reform or some form of utility sector overhaul, regulators and industry stakeholders are learning from what has been done in other jurisdictions and service territories. The IECPA recommended the commission “implement a deliberate approach” for utilities to introduce new rate … Continue reading #Pennsylvania industrial energy users say follow #Minnesota on rate design
Amazon Isn’t Paying Its Electric Bills. You Might Be For a little while earlier this year, it seemed as though 87-year-old Rosie Thomas and her neighbors in the small town of Gainesville, Va., had beaten Amazon. Virginia’s largest utility, Dominion Energy Inc., had planned to run an aboveground power line straight through a Civil War … Continue reading #Amazon Isn’t Paying Its Electric Bills. You Might Be
s Winter Storm Bears Down, Power Prices Surge to Highest in Nearly 4 Years With the winter storm barreling up the Atlantic coast, power demand is rising throughout the morning — a rare occurrence that’s causing some of the highest prices in almost four years. Spot power on PJM Interconnection LLC’s benchmark western hub surged … Continue reading s Winter Storm Bears Down, Power Prices Surge to Highest in Nearly 4 Years
PJM price formation proposal would dramatically change how prices are set in the RTO PJM has engaged in market reforms before. Most recently with the establishment of a capacity performance (CP) product in the wake of the 2014 polar vortex. But PJM’s new price formation proposal goes beyond anything the RTO has attempted in the … Continue reading PJM price formation proposal would dramatically change how prices are set in the RTO
Electricity Prices Reflect Rising Delivery Costs, Declining Power Production Costs Over the past decade, retail electricity prices have not closely followed the costs of fuels used to generate electricity, such as coal or natural gas, mainly because of changes in the other costs involved with producing and delivering electricity in the United States. The average … Continue reading Electricity Prices Reflect Rising Delivery Costs, Declining Power Production Costs
Danger — Markets Don’t Do Flat Growth Well The late William Berry, chairman, president and CEO of Dominion Resources Inc., once asked me to go for a walk with him after I’d made a speech about changes in store for the electric utility industry. We were at a meeting of the Edison Foundation at The … Continue reading Danger — Markets Don’t Do Flat Growth Well
The future of rate design: Why the utility industry may shift away from fixed charges Less than three years after the utility industry first introduced fixed charges into its playbook, state regulators and utilities across the country appear to be looking for a new approach to growing concerns over load defection. In January 2013, the … Continue reading The future of rate design: Why the utility industry may shift away from fixed charges
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