Demand response (DR) performance in wholesale power markets has improved over the past six years, in part as a result of multiple FERC Orders. Removal of DR from organized electricity markets would favor generators through increased sales; this could lead to higher associated emissions and peak power prices. The Solicitor General has until January 15 to file…
Arizona’s Tucson Electric Power has received approval for a solar program that allows participants to use solar power with no installation or maintenance costs. On December 18, 2014, Tucson Electric Power (TEP) announced that it has received the Arizona Corporation Commission’s (ACC) approval for its Residential Solar Program – an program that allows customers to…
Volume 4 of NRC’s safety evaluation report on the proposed Yucca mountain nuclear waste repository finds the DOE has not acquired land and water rights for the proposed operations area. On December 18, 2014, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published Volume 4 of its Safety Evaluation Report (SER) detailing administrative and programmatic requirements for the…
Final U.S. Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing tariffs on solar PV imports from China and Taiwan a win for domestic manufacturers. On December 16, 2014, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) announced its final affirmative determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations on imports of certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) products from China and Taiwan; and…
