Energy Policy & Legislation

This CEO trade association panel discussed the implications within the energy sector of Biden Administration plans to implement equity principals throughout government agencies.

“The Regional Electricity and Clean Energy Policy Work Stream, focused on developing recommendations for the efficient and reliable exchange of clean energy between British Columbia and Washington, and potentially the broader region.”

Jurisdiction and State Clean Energy Goals: This panel explored jurisdictional issues.

“The time has come for FERC to forcefully reiterate that investments in transmission infrastructure are a national priority.”

“Liberalized conditions complicate the state regulators’ job of evaluating whether a proposal to merge a utility is in the public interest and place the responsibility to protect retail customers almost entirely on regulators.”

This talk addressed equity and environmental issues for impacted communities, plus how industry and utilities can help communities adapt to rapid changes.

“The state’s greenhouse gas policies are going to be coming more into effect soon in terms of their impact to the gas grid.”

“The Transportation Division enforces the regulations of the PSC pertaining to the safety, rates, and service of passenger-for-hire transportation companies, operating in intrastate commerce.”

“We’ve recently allowed multi-year rate plans. Now we’re also focusing on the forecasting methods the utilities use because forecasting’s become a major component of the multi-year rate plan.”

“We had a number of impacts due to COVID-19. The primary impact was that electric and gas utilities requested to have stays of enforcement or basically, regulatory relief.”