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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 May 5, 2023 – If you are a City of Lubbock LP&L customer, you have likely heard about the upcoming transition to the competitive energy markets. Below is a quick update on the transition, which has experienced a slight delay.
March 6, 2023 – Starting in March, a credit on your ComEd electric bill will drop sharply and flip to a charge beginning in June 2023. In late 2021 Illinois adopted the Climate & Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA), which included a bailout for three nuclear plants in the state. Under the CEJA, Carbon Mitigation Credits […]
August 19, 2022 – Massachusetts has passed energy legislation designed to accelerate the transition to a lower emission economy. The legislation includes several new programs, revisions or expansion of some existing programs, and a more precise roadmap for the buildout of more renewable generation resources in the Commonwealth. Expanded EV Programs: The legislation includes incentives […]
June 22, 2022 – The Rhode Island legislature has passed a revision to the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS), which significantly increase the required percentage of renewables over the next decade. The revised rules, which are expected to be signed into law by Governor McKee, accelerate the growth rate in RPS requirements from the existing […]
June 15, 2022 – Revised information on the timeline for repairs to the Freeport LNG export terminal pushed the US natural gas markets lower on June 14, and expectations of increased injections into storage in the coming weeks eased fears of shortages for the coming winter. As previously reported by Tradition Energy, the Freeport LNG […]
April 20, 2022 – The Midwest Independent System Operator (MISO), who coordinates the electricity grid for many states, including Illinois and Michigan, has announced a sharp increase in capacity costs starting in June of 2022. MISO recently conducted its annual auction to secure capacity resources to meet electricity demand requirements across its system for the […]
April 7, 2022 – Over the past few weeks, significant price increases in the natural gas market have driven electricity prices higher as natural gas is the largest cost component contributing to the price of electricity in most US electricity markets. Natural gas prices are higher overall due to the fundamentals of limited supply vs. […]
January 28, 2022 – The February 2022 NYMEX natural gas contract saw record levels of volatility that will have a direct impact on costs for customers in variable agreements. In the minutes before the market closed, when the price for February gas was to be permanently set, prices increased more than 50% in just 13 […]
January 12, 2022 – As a result of the grid events caused by Winter Storm Uri in early 2021, ERCOT has altered several ways in which it buys services to ensure system stability. Starting in mid-July ERCOT began buying extra volumes of what are referred to as “ancillary services” including: A. Paying more generators to […]
September 15, 2021 – The new Illinois legislative measure includes several well-publicized components, such as the subsidy for nuclear power and the timelines for closure of coal plants, but it also contained many other items which will impact total electricity costs for all customers. The impacts are concentrated on utility delivery cost components. Customers will […]
