The New York State Department of Public Service is due to receive comments on PSEG Long Island’s Utility 2.0 Long Range Plan annual update, which includes energy efficiency, beneficial electrification, and demand response plans. The department’s review will consider its prior recommendations supporting New York’s plan for resilient, affordable and cleaner energy under the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act to ensure that Long Island customers receive clean and reliable electric service at reasonable rates. The purpose of the plan is to implement energy efficiency measures, distributed generation, or advanced grid technology programs, empowering customers to better manage their energy usage and utility bills, while improving system reliability and power quality.

The New York Public Service Commission will hold a meeting of the Electric Vehicle Charging Customer Experience Working Group to discuss driver experience with specific issues identified in the previous meeting of the group. Topics of discussion include accessibility, reliability of charging stations, driver protections, price transparency and payment issues, and formal complaint procedures. 18-E-0138

The Maryland Public Service Commission will consider Columbia Gas of Maryland’s application for adjustments of distribution rates and charges applicable to natural gas services. The NiSource Inc. subsidiary is seeking an increase in distribution revenue of approximately $6.7 million, which would increase an average residential customer’s monthly bill by $10.66, or by 11.34 percent.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority will hold a webinar to discuss its third offshore wind solicitation for at least 2,000 megawatts of capacity. The solicitation includes the first phase of a $500 million investment in offshore wind ports, manufacturing, and supply chain infrastructure. Further, the solicitation includes provisions for the first of a kind “meshed ready” offshore transmission configuration based on recommendations from the New York State Power Grid Study to strengthen reliability and provide redundancy. The procurement is a critical step to bring the state toward the goal of achieving 9 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2035. READ MORE

The Iowa Utilities Board will hold a public informational meeting to discuss Navigator Heartland Greenway LLC’s proposal to build and operate a large-scale carbon-capture pipeline system spanning 1,300 miles across five Midwest states. The system is intended to provide biofuel producers and industrial customers with a long-term, cost-effective means to reduce their carbon footprint. The project would connect rural industrial producers in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota at nearly 20 receipt points to ultimately capture about 15 million metric tons of CO2 per year, and permanently sequester the carbon in underground sites being developed in south-central Illinois. HLP-2021-0003

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission is due to receive reply comments on Xcel Energy’s proposal to acquire and build an up to 460-megawatt solar project in Sherburne County, partially replacing the energy production of the coal-powered Sherco Generating Plant Unit 2, which is scheduled to cease operations in 2023. The project, spanning about 3,479 acres, can reutilize the interconnection service at the Sherburne County Generation Plant. The project is being developed in partnership with National Grid Renewables Development LLC. In January 2021, the companies entered into a purchase and sale agreement, which authorizes National Grid Renewables to secure a site permit and two route permits for the project on behalf of Xcel Energy. M-20-891

The California Air Resources Board and Québec’s Ministry of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change will release the results of their 32nd joint quarterly carbon auction, which offered allowances for current and future years. The current auction offered 2022 vintage allowances totaling nearly 56.96 million, and the advance auction offered 2025 future allowances totaling about 7.94 million. The previous auction sold all of the nearly 58.33 million current allowances at a price of $30.85 per allowance and all of the almost 7.94 million future allowances at $28.13 each. California’s cap-and trade program places an economy-wide cap on major emitting sources.

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission will discuss Black Hills Colorado Electric LLC’s application for approval of its 2022 Electric Resource Plan and Clean Energy Plan and its 2023-2026 Renewable Energy Standard Compliance Plan. Black Hills asserts that its preferred resource plan is projected to produce a 90 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from 2005 levels by 2030. The company anticipates achieving these reductions by adding approximately 450 megawatts of new clean energy resources such as wind, solar, and battery storage. 22A-0230E

The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is due to receive comments regarding Idaho Power Company’s application for a determination that the company’s 2021 demand side management, or DSM, expenses of about $35 million were prudently incurred. In March, the company filed an annual report of its DSM expenditures, including about $28 million in energy efficiency funds and $7 million for demand response program incentives funded through base rates and tracked through its power cost adjustment mechanism. IPC-E-22-08

The Utah Public Service Commission is due to receive written testimony on Dominion Energy Utah’s application for adjustments of retail rates and charges applicable to its natural gas service. The company seeks an annual revenue increase of nearly $70.5 million, with a return on equity of 10.3 percent, and rate-effective date of Jan. 1, 2023. The increase would represent a yearly hike of $39.86, or 5.69 percent, for residential customers using 70 dekatherms of gas. 22-057-03