The Georgia Public Service Commission will discuss Georgia Power Company’s integrated resource plan. The utility wants to close four of its coal generation units and procure up to 1 gigawatts of new renewable resources, which would increase the company’s renewable capacity by 18 percent by 2024. The plan includes energy-saving programs designed to help reduce peak demand approximately 1.6 gigawatts by 2022, which is 10 percent of the company’s current peak demand. READ MORE

The Maine Public Utilities Commission is scheduled to receive comments on a report it issued recommending approval of Avangrid Networks Inc.’s $1-billion New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line, a project designed to import up to 1,200-megawatts of supplies of Canadian hydropower into the Northeast. The project emerged as the sole winner of a long-term contract with Massachusetts to supply renewable electricity to meet the state’s energy goals after the rival Northern Pass power line failed to secure state construction permits. Avangrid is owned by Iberdrola SA. 2017-00232

The Michigan Public Service Commission is scheduled to receive comments on a settlement agreement regarding Consumers Energy Company’s integrated resource plan. It calls for a boost to renewable energy from the current 11 percent to 37 percent by 2030 and 43 percent by 2040, as well as an end to coal use by 2040. The plan would add 550 megawatts of wind to reach Michigan’s 15 percent renewable energy standard by 2021, and 5,000 megawatts of solar with a ramp-up throughout the 2020s to prepare for the retirement of the coal plants. Demand response, energy efficiency, battery storage, and grid modernization tools will help meet energy and capacity needs. READ MORE

Stakeholders will weigh in on Invenergy Transmission LLC’s bid to acquire ownership of the $2.3 billion Grain Belt Express Clean Line from Clean Line Energy Partners LLC. The Missouri Public Service Commission unanimously approved the project on March 20 and is now reviewing the acquisition. The 780-mile interstate electrical transmission line is designed to deliver about 4,000 megawatts of wind-generated energy from western Kansas to Missouri and other states farther east. EM-2019-0150

The International Energy Agency will release its closely watched report on U.S. and foreign oil markets, covering supply, demand and prices. U.S. shale oil production, which became the more common form of oil extraction in 2015, will continue to grow through 2030, ultimately reaching more than 10 million barrels per day compared to 2018’s 6.5 million. Previous Report