The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority will hold a public listening session to encourage non-traditional stakeholder engagement of a performance-based regulation, or PBR, framework ahead of a stakeholder workshop scheduled for April 5, 2022. The session, aimed to enhance the understanding of PBR, will include an overview describing the PBR framework and its importance, and what it means for electric utility customers. The agency will receive comments from stakeholders and members of the public on a potential PBR framework. Specifically, the agency seeks input on utility-performance outcomes that should be prioritized in designing the framework. 21-05-15

The New York Public Service Commission will hold a joint meeting of the Indian Point Closure Task Force and Decommissioning Oversight Board established to provide guidance and support for communities affected by the three-unit Indian Point Energy Center ceasing operations. The task force is charged with exploring ways to mitigate local tax and workforce impacts and evaluate new economic opportunities and initiatives, as well as identifying a decommissioning timeline that is in the interest of local communities. The oversight board is required to assess ways to protect the interest of affected communities including current workforce and public safety. The meeting will examine the scope and goals of the task force and the oversight board, and presentations on key issues related to the decommissioning and spent fuel management. Indian Point, which had a capacity of 1,040 megawatts, shut down its last nuclear reactor on April 30, 2021, marking the end of 59 years of continuous power generation. 21-01188

The District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment is due to receive applications from eligible entities to develop a new and updated clean energy plan called Clean Energy DC 2.0. The department seeks to establish the plan through a community-based process that engages and educates the public and stakeholder groups to produce a transformational yet actional policy roadmap that decarbonizes the district’s energy systems in the building, transportation, and energy sectors. The current plan identifies actions required from 2018-2032 in buildings, energy infrastructure, and the transportation system to meet the district’s ambitious emissions reduction targets. The district has a goal of achieving 100 percent renewable energy in 2032 and carbon neutrality by 2050.

The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission is due to receive reply comments on Avista Utilities’ clean energy implementation plan. For the first implementation period from 2022-2025, Avista plans to retire about 9.3 million renewable energy credits. Avista targets reducing 215,520 megawatt-hours of customer loads with energy efficiency and reducing peak loads by 30 megawatts using demand response. The company proposes to retire the clean energy attributes of renewable energy equal to 40 percent of its net retail load in 2022 and 2023 and 45 percent of its retail load in 2024 and 2025. In 2020, renewable energy production represented 74 percent of Avista’s retail load. The 2019 Clean Energy Transformation Act requires the state’s electricity supply to be carbon-neutral by 2030 and carbon-free by 2045, and directs electric utilities to phase out coal from their generation portfolio by 2025. READ MORE

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission is due to receive reply comments on Buffalo Ridge Wind LLC’s request to amend a permit for its 108.9-megawatt wind project to be located in Lincoln and Pipestone Counties. The commission issued a permit for the project in January, and subsequently, the company requested an amendment to reflect an update to the turbine technology, relocation of its collector substation, and inclusion of a generation-tie line resulting from the relocation. The facility will include up to 40 wind turbines and associated facilities, and a meteorological tower. The company has a power purchase agreement with Great River Energy to sell the output of the project for a 25-year term. WS-19-394

The California Energy Commission is due to receive comments on funding allocations for future medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicle infrastructure projects under the Clean Transportation Program Investment Plan. For fiscal year 2021-2023, the plan allocates about $391 million for MD/HD infrastructure from the Clean Transportation Program and a one-time investment from the state general fund. Commission staff will present proposals for future funding that will increase the charging and refueling infrastructure needed to support the deployment of ZEV technologies within the California freight system, transit and school bus fleets, and other transportation sectors. The commission held a workshop last month to discuss past and current projects and potential future projects including a hydrogen refueling concept, large scale ultra-fast charging stations, and a loan pilot program. 19-TRAN-02