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Market Monitor – New Illinois Energy Legislation Likely To Increase Utility Costs and Energy Budgets

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 […]

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Market Monitor – Rising Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) Prices Are Impacting Energy Budgets

May 10, 2021 – Renewable energy certificates (RECs) represent the environmental attributes of renewable generation and are measured and sold per Megawatt-Hour (MWh) of energy produced. Voluntary RECs are those purchased beyond statutory obligation and are often certified under the nationally recognized Green-e program administered by the Center for Resource Solutions. Over the past 24 […]

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Market Monitor – Winter Storm Uri: Long Term Price Impacts

March 24, 2021 – In the days and weeks following the energy crisis caused by Winter Storm Uri a large number of legislative measures seeking to change electricity market rules were introduced in ERCOT, but added risk of volatility in the market is driving increases in forward prices more than potential rule changes. The highly […]

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Market Monitor – New Rules for Marketing RECs in Connecticut Likely to Impact Current Agreements, Increase Future Prices

Since late 2016, regulators in Connecticut (CT-PURA) have been researching the growing market for renewable or “green” energy products. As a result of that process, conducted under Docket 16-12-29, decisions were made regarding what qualifies as green energy and how the marketing of green energy needed to change. What did the regulators find? Regulators found that most […]

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