December 24, 2024

American Electric Power (AEP)

Exelon
Counterflow: New Ball and Chain for Renewable Energy
Columnist Steve Huntoon says a proposal by PJM TOs to rate base network upgrades and charge generators formula rates would harm new wind and solar.
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Transource Challenges Pa. PUC Decision in Court
The future of the Independence Energy Connection transmission project is still undecided as Transource Energy appealed the Pennsylvania PUC's decision.
U.S. National Archives
Sparks Fly at Virginia SCC Hearing on Appalachian Power’s Coal Plants
The Sierra Club urged the Virginia SCC to reject APCo’s bid for $31.6 million in environmental costs for two coal-fired plants, saying they should be retired.
AEP
TOs Won’t Give up RTO Adder Without a Fight
Utilities are seeking Congressional help to defeat FERC’s proposal to eliminate the transmission rate adder for remaining in RTOs.
Edison Electric Institute
Manchin Ruminates on Power, Process at EEI Conference
In an interview taped for EEI's Net Zero conference, Sen. Joe Manchin suggested he will oppose White House initiatives that add to the national debt.
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AEP Reports Receiving SEC Subpoena Connected to Ohio Bailout Bill
AEP said that it had received a subpoena from the SEC seeking documents related to how it might have benefited from the passage of Ohio H.B. 6 in 2019.
Transmission Rx: Federal Standards, Broader Evaluation
More uniformity in transmission planning standards and broader considerations of benefits are needed, officials said at the EBA’s annual meeting.
SPP Board/Members Committee Briefs: April 27, 2021
SPP stakeholders approved staff’s recommendation to withdraw a competitive transmission project that was opposed by the incumbent transmission owner, Evergy.
FERC Electrification Conference Considers Future Grid
The need for uniform EV charging standards and the limits of state efforts to price carbon highlighted FERC’s technical conference on electrification.
AEP’s Akins Lambasts FERC’s RTO Adder Proposal in Earnings Call
AEP CEO Nick Akins expressed his “extreme disappointment” with FERC’s recent proposal to limit a transmission rate adder incenting utilities to join RTOs.

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