Week Ahead: FERC’s Cybersecurity Incentives, BOEM’s Oil and Gas Lease Sales, CT Discusses Performance-Based Ratemaking
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California Commission Issues Revised Net Metering Successor Proposal
The California Public Utilities Commission has proposed a successor to its net energy metering program, which credits customer generators for grid-exported electricity. The successor would be an improved version of net billing, with a retail export compensation rate aligned with the value that generation systems provide to the grid and retail import rates that promote…...
U.S. Energy Department Announces $35 Million to Help Tribal Nations Benefit From Clean Energy Deployment
The U.S. Energy Department on Nov. 1 announced new funding opportunities to facilitate clean energy deployment on tribal lands and power unelectrified tribal buildings. The financing will encourage tribal energy and economic expansion by assisting local populations to take advantage of the benefits associated with clean energy deployment. The funding adds to investments made by…...
Visual Primer: Natural Gas Supply Constraints Imperil New England’s Winter Reliability
The New England region relies on imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the winter to meet natural gas demand due to an inadequate gas pipeline network. The reliance on imports is increasingly fraught as the region competes in the global market where high and volatile prices pose supply risk and pricing uncertainty.
New York Regulator Undertakes Review of $10 Billion Clean Energy Programs
The New York Public Service Commission on Sept. 15 commenced its review of a number of its innovative clean energy programs, incorporating utilities’ endeavour’s under New Efficiency: New York, or NENY and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s Clean Energy Fund, or CEF. Collectively, these initiatives represent approximately $10 billion in customer…...
Visual Primer: Utility Resource Plans Reflect Pivot to Low-Carbon Power Generation
Utility resource plans continue to manifest the changing power generation mix as more states pursue zero-carbon goals. The shift drives the need for innovative policy initiatives that optimize renewable energy sources and enhance grid reliability.
Visual Primer: Battery Storage Gets Boost From Federal Tax Incentives, State Policy Actions
Across the U.S., policy makers, regulators, and utilities are increasingly viewing energy storage as imperative to enable a transition to greater use of renewable energy, electrify buildings and transportation, and enhance grid reliability.