Excerpts of remarks from the USEA Annual State of the Energy Industry Forum at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

“As a make-ready program, we help cover the cost of bringing power from the grid, including any grid upgrades the customer would be responsible for, all the way to the electric vehicle charger, but the program doesn’t cover the charger itself.”

“Both recent pieces of federal legislation increase the appeal to states of new clean energy technologies such as advanced nuclear. Take a deeper dive into how states are planning for advanced nuclear by reviewing the newly released NARUC and NASEO Advanced Nuclear State Action Tracker.”

“It’s clear that states don’t want to subsidize other state’s policies, and they don’t want their customers being affected by another state’s policies.”

“West Virginia has passed a law that prohibits municipalities from banning natural gas. We view natural gas as a very important source of energy, and I would hate to see that taken off the table.”

“I emphasize that the discussion needs to not be about coal, but about reducing the carbon footprint. In Wyoming, coal is not a four-letter word and in other places it is.”

PUF talked with the Chairs of two Commissions, West Virginia and Wyoming, for a bipartisan look at what states with extraction industries are up to.

"We’ve announced that with PJM, we’ve been awarded several large transmission projects that first will help replace aging fossil generation. At the same time, will provide and facilitate more clean energy options."

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