Mitsubishi Hitachi Wins Contract to Facilitate Transition of Utah Coal-Fired Facility to Hydrogen Power Plant

Avista Reaches Settlement Agreement With Washington Regulators Over Rate Hike and Coal Plant Closure

EnerKnol Pulse, Retail Power and Gas

Staff members of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission have reached a partial settlement with Avista on the company’s request to hike electric and natural gas rates for its customers, according to a Nov. 21 press release. The proposed settlement lays out an agreement that recovers in rates the remaining costs associated with Avista’s partial…

ERCOT’s Final Winterization Report Confident That Texas Grid Is Prepared for Winter Weather

FERC Lowers Midwest Transmission Owners’ Return on Equity Rates Using New Methodology

EnerKnol Impacts, EnerKnol Pulse, Wholesale Power

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Nov. 21 established a new method to determine the return on equity, or ROE, for setting jurisdictional rates charged by public utilities. The agency applied the new process in complaint proceedings against the transmission owners of Midcontinent Independent System Operator, concluding that their existing 12.38 percent ROE was unjust…