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The New York Department of Public Service (DPS) in August gave final approval for the Clean Energy Standard for the State. This will require the state to generate 50% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030, as well as pay upstate nuclear power plants up to $956M over the next two years to […]
Hydroelectric production levels in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) dropped significantly in August from both year-ago levels and from the previous month as well below-normal levels of precipitation during the month appeared to impact the availability hydropower supplies in the region. According to data from the US Army Corps of Engineers, total net electricity generation at […]
Starting over a decade ago, the Massachusetts legislature began creating laws that require all suppliers of electricity (including utilities) to obtain a certain percentage of their electricity from renewables. The original legislation, called the Renewable Portfolio Standard or RPS, began in 2003 with all suppliers required to purchase 1% of generation from qualifying renewables. Since […]
On May 12, 2016, the EPA took another set of steps to cut methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry and stay on track to achieve its goal of cutting methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 40-45% from 2012 levels by 2025. In addition to curbing emissions of methane, the […]
Due to increases in power sector demand for gas, coupled with growing demand from the industrial sector in the region, overall natural gas demand in the Southeastern US is expected to grow by nearly 8 Bcf/d over the next 15 years. All these factors combine to create significant risk of higher natural gas basis prices […]
On April 27, 2016 FERC ruled in favor of groups challenging FirstEnergy’s and AEP’s long term electricity supply agreements. The ruling rescinded the previously granted section 205 waivers, which had allowed the utilities to purchase electricity from their affiliate generators, effectively invalidating the PPAs. Additionally it questioned the non-bypassable RRS rider proposed to fund the […]
On April 19, 2016 the California legislature further amended the proposed expansion of regulations on underground storage of natural gas at the Aliso Canyon facility in Los Angeles County. Although the current draft of the legislation focuses specifically on testing of all wells at Aliso Canyon, it includes a requirement that a complete retirement be […]
On April 20, 2016 Kinder Morgan announced that it has decided to suspend work and spending on its plans to build the 1.27 million Dth/d Tennessee Gas Pipeline Northeast Energy Direct (NED) Pipeline Project. This could lead to increased risks of winter price spikes in New England. The NED project was proposed to transport more […]
In 2002 Cap Rock Energy (CRE), a previously self-regulated cooperative, converted to an investor owned utility (IOU) and as such became regulated by the Public Utilities Commission of Texas (PUCT). Upon review by the PUCT in 2002, CRE’s rates were found to be below the actual cost of service. As a result of Sharyland Utilities […]
New York has an ambitious future planned for its electricity industry called “Reforming the Energy Vision” (REV). This plan proposes to transform NY’s electricity industry by making energy efficiency and other distributed resources part of the grid. The biggest change under REV is that distribution utilities will shift from the role they play today into […]
