January 22, 2025

Energy Efficiency

PJM
PJM MRC/MC Preview: Aug. 21, 2024
PJM proposes tightening "know your customer" rules, which require members to provide information to facilitate the due diligence PJM conducts on key decision-making leadership.
Renew Home
Renew Home Foresees Bright Future for Residential VPPs
Home energy management company Renew Home has released a position paper arguing that VPPs can quickly be stood up to help meet growing demand.
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Stakeholders Endorse PJM EE Measurement and Verification Proposal
The Market Implementation Committee endorsed a PJM proposal to revise how the capacity offered by energy efficiency resources is measured and verified, rejecting competing proposals from EE providers and the Monitor.
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PJM Hears Proposals to Redesign EE Participation in Capacity Market
PJM stakeholders presented several proposals to revise how energy efficiency resources are measured and verified to the Market Implementation Committee.
EIA
Report Looks at Root Causes of Electric Rate Hikes
A new report says residential electric rates have been rising at a pace less than inflation in most states since 2010 and the clean energy transition is not driving the increase. 
Shutterstock
Stakeholder Soapbox: The Prevalence of Rent-seeking in Public Utility Regulation
Energy consultant Kenneth W. Costello says state utility regulators in recent years have exhibited political posturing that deviates from their original mission.
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PJM Consumer Advocates File Complaint on EE Market Design
Three state consumer advocates filed a complaint against PJM with FERC, alleging the RTO’s treatment of energy efficiency resources is unduly discriminatory and is not properly documented in its governing documents. 
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PJM MIC Briefs: June 5, 2024
PJM’s Market Implementation Committee endorsed by acclamation a proposal to add two energy market parameters for economic demand response.
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Monitor Alleges EE Resources Ineligible to Participate in PJM Capacity Market
PJM's Independent Market Monitor filed a complaint asking FERC to reject all energy efficiency offers into the RTO's capacity market, alleging none of them meet the Base Residual Auction participation requirements.
EPRI
EPRI: Clean Energy, Efficiency Can Meet AI, Data Center Power Demand
The burgeoning power demand from data centers and artificial intelligence can be met by other means than new natural gas-fired power plants, according to a new report from the Electric Power Research Institute.

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