The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) cannot keep changing its return on equity (ROE) methodology, FERC Chairman Richard Glick recently said in comments at a Commission meeting, adding that companies need to have some level of regulatory certainty if they are going to continue to make multi-million and, in some cases, multi-billion dollar investment decisions.
Electricity Markets
The Rochester, N.Y., City Council on June 18 voted to keep $500,000 in the city budget to lower energy bills for Rochester residents.
Generation
Douglas County PUD Commissioners Molly Simpson, Aaron Viebrock and Ronald Skagen invited the community to learn about and see a renewable hydrogen production facility in Baker Flats, the Washington State PUD said on Oct. 9.
Distributed Energy Resources
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey in late September signed an executive order creating the Commission on Clean Energy Infrastructure Siting and Permitting.
Energy Storage
ESS Tech, Inc. and Burbank Water and Power on May 31 celebrated the commissioning of BWP’s first long duration energy storage system.
Jem Brown, General Manager of Wisconsin Rapids Water Works and Lighting Commission, passed away unexpectedly on July 25, after a brief illness, at the age of 60.
Distributed Energy Resources
Wisconsin public power utility Manitowoc Public Utilities on Dec. 10 announced that its Community Solar Garden is now operational MPU, in conjunction with a developer, built a 1,500 KW community solar generation facility. After many months of construction, the developer commissioned the solar garden
Transmission
A revised transmission “Right of First Refusal” bill was introduced in the Wisconsin legislature this month.
In the wake of rotating outages implemented by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) in February after an arctic blast hit the state, there may be a move to turn ERCOT into a state agency, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick recently said.
The New York State Legislative Commission on the Future of the Long Island Power Authority on April 18 approved a draft report for submission to the New York Legislature detailing its preliminary findings and plan for transitioning LIPA into a public power provider that would both own and operate the electric grid on Long Island and in the Rockaways.