Electricity Policy
Publications
The summer of 2020 saw shocking allegations of criminal conduct by electric companies in two midwestern states.
In July, Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation, agreed to…
OVERVIEW
In much of the United States, electric utilities remain vertically integrated monopolies, with a single entity in charge of the generation, transmission and delivery of electricity to…
I. Issue Summary
On July 23, 2020, the staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) convened a technical conference to discuss hybrid resources. 1 In this context, hybrid…
From Washington Examiner:
A CALL FOR ELECTRIC REFORM: Recent utility scandals in Ohio and Illinois are not isolated but rather demonstrative of the “perverse incentive structure of monopoly…
WASHINGTON (Sept. 23, 2020)—The latest utility scandals in Ohio and Illinois—the most severe since Enron— have sparked calls for electricity policy reform. In a new paper, R Street director of…
The Illinois and Ohio utility scandals highlight the flaws of letting electric monopolies mingle in competitive markets. This is a call for state reform to isolate monopolies to distribution systems…
Mr. Chairman and Commissioners, thank you for hosting this technical conference.
Harmonizing state policy and wholesale electricity markets became a clear imperative in 2017, when FERC last hosted…
The attached was presented to NEPOOL Participants Committee by R Street’s Beth Garza on September 3, 2020.
From PowerMarketsToday:
The R Street Institute yesterday released a study on the benefits of setting up a voluntary energy trading mechanism in the Southeast. Duke, Southern Company, TVA, and…
Over the past several years, southeastern states have adjusted their cost-of-service monopoly model for electric utilities to begin accommodating demand for renewable energy (mainly for large…