Energy Regulatory Reform
Publications
From UtilityDive:
“The status quo isn’t sustainable … even under Trump 2.0 it’s not sustainable.”
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There is going to be “massive pressure” to find an off-ramp, said Devin Hartman, director…
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…
Presented by R Street’s Devin Hartman at Harvard Electricity Policy Group on October 6, 2020.
From American Public Power Association:
In August, R Street, a public policy research organization, released a paper, How Voluntary Electricity Trading Can Help Efficiency in the Southeast,…
From Niskanen Center:
“Ad hoc state policy has often led to mounting costs and anti-competitiveness concerns, which has renewed interest in exploring carbon pricing as the centerpiece of an…
On September 30, FERC held its much-anticipated carbon pricing technical conference. My written pre-conference remarks delineated our overarching views of the conference. This plays into a bigger…
From E&E News:
Chris Villarreal, an associate fellow at the R Street Institute and independent consultant, said one of the concerns around finishing the proposed rule is that since FERC…
Presented at the American Forest & Paper Association on September 17 by R Street’s Jennie Chen and Devin Hartman.
The galvanization of the business community around climate policy is a sight to behold. The emerging consensus places carbon pricing at the center, as evidenced by the recent Business…
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…