Energy Policy & Legislation

Conversation with New York PSC commissioner and gas committee chair Diane Burman, plus comments by vice chairs, subcommittee chairs and vice chairs.

“Today we are already well on the way to solving our energy problems. And if it can be done here, then it can be done elsewhere.”

Jim Kerr outlines how investor-owned companies, and Southern Company specifically, are responding to ESG issues with transparency and real environmental, social, and governance progress.

The result of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’s decision is a whole lot of uncertainty. If you are an electric utility, you don’t know for sure who will be allowed to attach their lines (or antennas) to your poles. If you are a state legislator or regulator, you don’t know if any laws or regulations you adopt will be upheld.

While FERC is wise to consider how its sister federal agencies estimate the cost of equity, a review of those agencies’ estimation methods spotlights fatal flaws in FERC’s proposed new approach.

FERC should bolster its regional and inter-regional transmission planning requirements to facilitate grid expansion, lower power prices, and achieve state and federal public policy goals.

If the rest of the country matched California’s rate of improvement, annual U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide would be lower now by almost 25%.

A conversation with Commissioner Maida Coleman, Missouri PSC.

Barring pancaked complaints would further undermine Congressional intent, and would increase FERC’s regulatory burdens.

Conversation with Linda Gervais, Senior Manager for Regulatory Policy, State and Federal Regulation, Avista Utilities.