Power generation and transmission is undergoing a significant shift and recent activity widely highlights a focus on electricity grid modernization as well as exploration of new decentralized models. Both state and federal efforts show continued support for renewable energy integration, smart grid deployment, and demand response programs with a particular focus on enhancing grid reliability….
The EPA-proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP), in its current form, could threaten regional electric reliability by forcing generation retirements in regions with declining reserve margins. The CPP proposal was issued on June 2, 2014. It outlines the first emission guidelines for existing fossil-fuel-based power plants, with a goal to reduce power sector emissions by 30…
Republicans have vowed to block proposed EPA and other Executive Agency regulations, many of which are required by statute for promulgation in 2015. If promulgated, the net impact of these regulations would add costs to recently constrained fuel producers and significantly shift the U.S. power generation mix. If blocked, states would retain primary regulation over…
The prospect of dramatically higher energy efficiency would impact many facets of the energy industry, but particularly utilities that service regions with federal customers and energy efficiency companies that would address new building codes and other requirements. The recently introduced amendment to the Keystone bill, the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015, was a pared…
