Press Archive

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.

Electric Buses Can Save America’s Local Governments Billions: China’s Showing Us How It’s Done

EI’s Silvio Marcacci highlights the trend of America’s largest cities converting their bus fleets from diesel to electric buses because they could save billions in fuel costs, and says China may hold the key to electrifying U.S. bus fleets.

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.

Tallying Up Winners and Losers From Trump’s Rollback of US GHG Emissions and Fuel Economy Standards

Former EPA official Margo Oge says despite businesses, consumers, and environmentalists warning the Trump Administration against overreach on clean car standards the winners and losers of Trump’s rollback haven’t been clear – until now.

America’s Utility Of The Future Forms Around Performance-Based Regulation

EI’s Sonia Aggarwal says America’s utility business model has changed but performance-based regulation is helping regulators and forward-looking utilities build an affordable, reliable, clean grid.

Challenging The Tyranny Of The Car In Aspen

Hal Harvey’s recent New York Times editorial on efforts to reduce traffic congestion caused by cars in cities is heavily quoted in an article urging policy to improve Aspen traffic.

Is Offshore Wind About To Hit Cost-Competitiveness In New York And New England?

EI’s Mike O’Boyle says offshore wind may seem like a pricey option, but it’s actually an extremely valuable investment that’s about to reach cost-competitiveness in New York and New England, creating thousands of jobs along the way.

PJM Launches Fuel Security Initiative To Counter Gas Reliance

EI’s Silvio Marcacci is quoted in an article analyzing PJM’s fuel security study proposal and its implications for power market pricing.

The Power Market Fix We’ve Been Waiting For

A contributor to America’s Power Plan outlines a new power market fix based on equally valuing flexible generation and efficiency resources across a grid.

PJM Says It Doesn’t Need FirstEnergy’s Nuclear Plants for Grid Reliability

EI’s Robbie Orvis is quoted about risks from PJM’s proposed fuel security study in an article discussing the grid operator’s moves to ensure grid reliability.

Turns Out, Silvio Marcacci May Be On To Something (About 320 GW Of Untapped Solar Potential)

A recent Forbes article from EI’s Silvio Marcacci is cited in an article discussing IREC’s new report outlining how to add low-income solar among renters and multi-family residences.

PJM Seeks To Have Market Value Fuel Security

EI’s Robbie Orvis is quoted in an article analyzing the potential price and generation impacts of PJM Interconnection’s proposed fuel security study.