The New York Public Service Commission will discuss Consolidated Edison Company of New York Inc.’s proposal to increase its annual electric and gas delivery revenues effective Jan. 1, 2023. The company seeks an increase in electric delivery revenues of $1.2 billion, a 11.2 percent hike in total revenues. For natural gas, the company proposes an increase of $500 million, or 18.2 percent. The request is based on a return on equity of 10 percent. Another hearing will be held on March 31. 22-G-0065

The Maryland Public Service Commission will conduct a virtual rulemaking session regarding establishing cybersecurity regulations for the state’s electric, gas, and water companies. The commission opened a docket following a petition by its technical staff for rulemaking to add cybersecurity regulations. The session will consider whether to publish the regulations as submitted on March 1 or as revised based on comments received. RM76

The District of Columbia Public Service Commission will hold a meeting of the advanced inverter working group to discuss interconnection-related topics including timelines and procedures for interconnection facilities and system upgrades, the cost matrix, and Potomac Electric Power Company’s telemetry and communications requirement. The group is part of the commission’s investigation into the implementation of interconnection standards for distributed energy resources to attain the state’s solar and grid modernization goals. The Clean Energy DC plan identifies actions required from 2018-2032 in buildings, energy infrastructure, and the transportation system to meet the district’s ambitious emissions reduction targets. RM40-2020-01-M, FC1050

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission will hold a hearing to discuss Hayward Solar LLC’s proposal to build an up to 150-megawatt solar project in Freeborn County. The final design is expected to occupy about 1,272 acres within an overall project area of nearly 2,000 acres. A generator interconnection agreement with the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, expected in the first quarter of 2022, would provide a sufficient outlet to accommodate all of the solar energy generation. The company is working towards securing power purchase agreements, and intends to sell the project output to wholesale customers, including Minnesota utilities and cooperatives that have identified a need for additional renewable energy and capacity, and commercial and industrial customers that have set clean energy goals. CN-21-112

The Michigan Public Service Commission will accept comments on voluntary green pricing programs proposed by Alpena Power Company, Northern States Power Company, and . Upper Peninsula Power Company. Green pricing options allow customers to meet a portion of their electricity needs from renewable energy resources. Pursuant to a 2017 order, the commission will evaluate the merits of the programs on a set of criteria. These include renewable energy technologies utilized, cost savings incurred by customers, and whether they avoid subsidization by non-participants. Renewable generation under such programs must be additional to the 15 percent requirement under the renewable energy standard and separate from the provider’s renewable energy plans. The commission is required to revisit the green pricing programs and tariffs at least once every two years. U-18349

The California Energy Commission will discuss consulting firm Energy and Environmental Economics Inc.’s project assessing the role of energy storage, including long duration energy storage, in meeting California’s clean energy goals. A 2018 state law requires all retail electricity to be supplied by zero-carbon resources by 2045. Previous studies by the firm have indicated that greenhouse gas reductions of 90 percent or more in the electricity sector are achievable with current technology, which includes a mix of solar photovoltaics, wind resources – both in-state and out-of-state – and existing energy storage technologies such as lithium-ion batteries and pumped hydro or compressed air. However, reaching a 100 percent emissions reduction goal may require newer technologies, including different types of long-duration energy storage. This project will evaluate scenarios with different mixtures of existing and emerging long-duration storage technologies, including thermal, kinetic, and chemical energy storage. 20-MISC-01