Electricity Policy
Publications
Over the last two decades, Texas’ competitive electric market has helped make the state a model of good electricity policy, delivering reliable power and saving consumers billions. Texas has been…
Today, R Street joined a diverse group asking Congress to expand and improve competitive wholesale electricity markets in order to lower costs for consumers, increase access to clean energy and boost…
Texas has the freest electricity market in the nation. Most of the state operates under its own electric grid, managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). And with a few exceptions,…
Presented to the Electricity Customer Alliance
A pro-market approach to climate change rewards electricity consumers by lowering costs, stimulating innovation, and letting consumers exercise their…
From Roll Call:
“Most electric industry procurement professionals I’ve spoken to are not bullish on small modular reactors,” said Devin Hartman of the R Street Institute, a conservative…
I. Issue Summary
On November 5 and 6, 2019, the staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) convened a workshop to discuss grid-enhancing technologies (GETs). These…
The R Street Institute (R Street) hereby submits these reply comments to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (Commission) in response to initial comments submitted January 10, 2020 in the…
On Wednesday the House Committee on Energy and Commerce released the legislative text for the CLEAN Future Act, a piece of omnibus legislation relating to climate change. The discussion draft…
Testimony on SJR 34 from:
Mike Haugh, Senior Fellow, R Street Institute
January 30, 2020
Mr. Chairman and members,
My name is Mike Haugh and I am a senior fellow in energy policy…
From Blue Virginia:
“Virginia is shackled to a monopoly utility model that stifles innovation, increases costs and puts government in the difficult role of replacing competition. It’s time for…