Capacity Prices Jump in Most of PJM

EI’s Robbie Orvis is quoted in an article discussing the results of PJM’s Interconnection 2020-2021 capacity auction, which resulted in higher prices but losses for nuclear power.

WCI Auction Sells Out Again, With Results Bucking Analyst Predictions

EI’s Chris Busch is quoted in an article discussing California’s most recent quarterly cap-and-trade auction, which sold out of allowances for the fifth consecutive quarter.

Trump’s Doomsday Scenarios For Power Grid Undercut By His Agency

EI’s Robbie Orvis is quoted in an article discussing how the Trump Administration’s claims of a looming grid emergency from coal and nuclear retirements is undercut by DOE data.

Checking The Math On Cap And Trade, Some Experts Say It’s Not Adding Up

EI’s Chris Busch is quoted in an article discussing how analysis of California’s cap-and-trade market allocation supply raises more concerns than government estimates of oversupply.

Keeping Pruitt Could Cost GOP Congress, Trump In The Fall

EI analysis of the health and economic impacts from a federal fuel economy rollback by the Trump Administration is cited in an article saying Scott Pruitt could cause GOP midterm election losses.

APS: Controversial RFP Does Not Violate Arizona Gas Moratorium

EI’s Mike O’Boyle discusses a controversial Arizona utility RFP that seems to favor natural gas generation over clean energy technologies.

California’s Bold Climate Solutions

EI’s Mike O’Boyle discusses what the recent California mandate for all new homes to be built with solar by 2020 means for consumers and the state’s climate goals.

‘Stunning’ APS RFP Could Violate Arizona Gas Moratorium, Critics Say

EI’s Mike O’Boyle discusses how an RFP from Arizona utility APS could violate the state’s natural gas moratorium and prevent more balanced resource across the grid.

The Rise Of Performance-Based Regulation And Other Policy Developments

EI’s Sonia Aggarwal and Mike O’Boyle are quoted in an article discussing the rise of performance-based regulation among state policymakers building a utility of the future.

California Just Became First State To Mandate Solar Panels On New Homes

EI’s Mike O’Boyle is quoted in an article exploring how California’s mandate for new homes to be built with rooftop solar will impact the state’s solar market and renewable energy outlook.