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Washington Examiner covered a Competitive Power Ventures's official perspective of FERC's proposed pricing rule, quoting AEE's Jeff Dennis. Read excerpts below and the entire Washington Examiner piece here. 

A competitive power company developing renewable energy projects is insisting it won’t be forced to shift away from wind and solar because of FERC’s recent move to boost fossil fuels.

“We are very bullish on renewables,” said Tom Rumsey, senior vice president of external and regulatory affairs for Competitive Power Ventures. “Renewables aren’t dead,” he told Josh. 

Energy News Network reported on Indiana's HB 1414 which strives to delay coal power plant closures, including comments by AEE's Caryl Auslander. Read excerpts below and the entire Energy News Network piece here. 

An Indiana bill moving through the legislature would place unprecedented new burdens on utilities before they could close coal-fired power plants. But under amendments proposed in the past week, it’s unclear if the bill would have any impact at all on utility resource planning. That is not necessarily a relief to clean energy advocates, citizens groups, industrial customers and others who oppose it. Rather, it makes some worry that the bill is a “Trojan Horse,” in the words of Citizens Action Coalition executive director Kerwin Olson, that could become more insidious with revisions after it is passed, namely the removable of a July 2021 sunset provision currently in the bill.

T&D World covered Arizona Public Service's recent announcement to deliver 100% clean, carbon-free electricity to customers by 2050, including quotes by AEE's CEO Nat Kreamer. Read excerpts below and the entire T&D World piece here. 

Arizona Public Service (APS) recently announced a goal to deliver 100% clean, carbon-free electricity to customers by 2050. The company has been on a trajectory of increasingly clean energy through solar power innovation, major investments in energy storage technology, carbon-free nuclear operations and advances in energy efficiency solutions. The goal — which is the boldest of all Arizona electric companies as well as one of the most ambitious in the country — includes a nearer-term 2030 target of achieving a resource mix that is 65% clean energy, with 45% of the APS' portfolio coming from renewable energy. The company will end all coal-fired generation by 2031, seven years sooner than previously projected...

This Colorado Springs Business Journal editorial notes the business benefits of pursuing clean energy, referencing AEE's figures on jobs growth in the state. Read excerpts below and the entire CSBJ piece here.

Jobs in clean energy — wind, solar, electric cars — are on the rise across Colorado, a result of both a policy push for 100 percent renewable energy and the realities of the energy industry. More companies and public utilities are embracing clean energy as a means to grow the economy, improve health and wellness, and reduce the greenhouse gases that are choking our planet. Those who choose to cling to outdated, dirty coal complain that new technology is taking jobs and ruining energy companies. Those people are missing the big economic picture.

Washington Examiner featured AEE's coalition filing with AWEA, SEIA, and ACORE asking FERC to revisit its December 'MOPR' order in its Daily on Energy column. Read excerpts below and the entire Washington Examiner piece here.
 
A coalition of clean energy groups called on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Wednesday to revisit its controversial December order to raise payments to fossil fuel plants in the PJM power market to combat state policies that subsidize renewables and nuclear. The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), American Wind Energy Association, Solar Energy Industries Association, and Advanced Energy Economy filed a joint request for rehearing and suggested they would sue if FERC does not change course...

Inside INdiana Business covered AEE's recent study prepared by WoodMackenzie showing that Indiana stands to economically benefit from advanced energy quoting by AEE's Caryl Auslander. Read excerpts below and the entire Inside INdiana Business piece here. 

Utility Dive noted AEE's coalition filing with ACORE, AWEA, and SEIA asking FERC to revisit its December 'MOPR' order in its coverage of stakeholders push-back on the controversial federal pricing proposal, including concerns raised by PJM. Read excerpts below and the entire UD piece here. 

Clean energy advocates and competitive interests have raised concerns that FERC's December order is too wide-sweeping and will harm the ability of new clean energy technologies to enter the market. Under PJM's original order, the MOPR was largely intended to apply to new natural gas resources, where it expected most interference to come from, according to the grid operator's comments on the FERC-proposed MOPR. But FERC's action was much more wide-sweeping, proposing to administratively raise the bids of any new resource in the market that receives a state subsidy...

The Daily Independent covered Arizona’s largest electricity provider APS' announcement to deliver 100% clean, carbon-free electricity to customers by 2050, quoting AEE CEO Nat Kreamer. Read excerpts below and the entire DI piece here (also posted by 107.7 Yes! FM) and see further reporting by The Arizona Republic here.

Today marks a historic milestone in the 134-year history of Arizona’s largest electricity provider as Arizona Public Service (NYSE: PNW) announces a goal to deliver 100 percent clean, carbon-free electricity to customers by 2050. The company has been on a trajectory of increasingly clean energy through solar power innovation, major investments in energy storage technology, carbon-free nuclear operations and advances in energy efficiency solutions. Now, the company’s destination for that path is set as the boldest clean-energy goal of all Arizona electric companies, as well as one of the most ambitious in the country...

Energy News Network reported on Ohio regulators asking FERC to reconsider a pricing ruling that could severely increase the state's electricity costs, quoting AEE's Jeff Dennis. Read excerpts below and the entire Energy News Network piece here. 

Ohio regulators are among dozens of challengers asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reconsider a ruling that could bump Ohio’s electricity costs up more than $1 billion per year to counter state subsidies for various kinds of electricity generation. Those expenses would be in addition to amounts customers will already pay under Ohio House Bill 6. The law, passed last year, will primarily subsidize two FirstEnergy Solutions/Energy Harbor nuclear power plants and two 1950s-era coal plants. A much smaller amount is earmarked for a handful of already permitted solar projects...

Virginia Mercury reported on a state senate committee hearing and action updating Virginia's Energy Policy, quoting AEE representative Greg Habeeb. Read excerpts below and the entire Virginia Assembly piece here. 

After a slow start, the General Assembly is beginning to take up energy bills. The Senate Commerce and Labor Committee on Monday signed off on a set of updates to the Commonwealth Energy Policy, as well as proposals to classify nuclear energy as clean energy and develop a strategic plan for how nuclear energy contributes to the state’s renewable energy goals. All of the measures now head to the Senate floor.