The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection will convene the Governor’s Council on Climate Change to discuss action and progress to date and review the council’s objectives under Democratic Governor Ned Lamont’s Executive Order No. 3, which strengthened the state’s commitment to transition to a decarbonized economy and enhance climate resilience.

The New York State Public Service Commission will receive comments on changes proposed by Consolidated Edison Company of New York Inc. to its electric and gas delivery rates and practices. The proposal to be discussed includes a boost to the company’s annual electric delivery revenues by approximately $113.3 million in 2020, $370.3 million in 2021 and $326.4 million in 2022. It also recommends levelized increases of Con Edison’s annual gas delivery revenues by approximately $47.2 million in 2020, $176.3 million in 2021 and $170.4 million in 2022.

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is scheduled to receive comments on its rules for officially rejoining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the nation’s first mandatory cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The department proposed to set an initial carbon dioxide cap for the state’s electricity generation sector at 18 million tons in 2020, when the state is scheduled to rejoin the market. Democratic Governor Phil Murphy signed an executive order in January 2018 directing the department and the public utilities board to begin the process of rejoining the nine-member compact. Murphy’s predecessor, Chris Christie, a Republican, withdrew New Jersey from the program in 2012, citing a lack of effectiveness and uncertainty over its future. READ MORE

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission is scheduled to discuss an application by Scout Clean Energy LLC for a site permit to construct the 200 megawatt Three Waters wind farm. The project footprint would occupy about 48,000 acres in Jackson County, and is expected to come online in 2021. The output of the facility will be sold to Minnesota Municipal Power Agency through a 20-year power purchase agreement. Scout is a portfolio company of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, an investor in low carbon energy infrastructure. WS-19-576

The California Public Utilities Commission will hear from utilities about their transition plans and outreach efforts for residential time-of-use rates. In July 2015, the regulator issued D.15-07-001, which adopted several significant residential rate reform measures and established steps to transition California’s default residential rate structure from tiered, non-time-varying rates to time-of-use rates starting in 2019.

The Nevada Public Utilities Commission will discuss draft rules from NV Energy Inc. to implement the state’s new renewable energy goals. The regulator opened a proceeding in June to implement legislation enacted in April that boosts the state’s renewable portfolio standard to 50 percent by 2030, and sets a goal for achieving 100 percent of the state’s electricity from carbon-free resources by 2050. The state also recently became the fourth western state to join the Western Public Utility Commissions’ Joint Action Framework on Climate Change, a cooperative effort to promote clean energy and reduce carbon emissions. 19-06010