American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)

AWEA: Another Record-breaking Year for Wind Industry
The American Wind Energy Association annual market report on the wind industry marked off another achievement after the sector grew 8% last year.
AWEA Balks at PJM Plan on Wind, Solar Capacity
AWEA said PJM’s proposal to change how wind and solar capacity values are calculated does not account for the technologies’ performance improvements over the last decade.
MISO Pondering Fast-track for ‘Shovel-ready’ Generation
MISO is considering a fast-track process for “shovel-ready” generation projects in response to criticism its rules don’t work for renewables, which now represent almost 90% of the RTO’s interconnection queue.
PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: Jan. 10, 2019
PJM is considering changing interconnection rules to accommodate transmission serving offshore wind generation, RTO officials told the Planning Committee.
Wind Groups Challenge SPP Exit Fee
The American Wind Energy Association and The Wind Coalition have asked FERC to eliminate SPP’s “exorbitant” exit fee, saying it is a barrier to membership.
ERCOT Monitor Relieved by End of Summer; Concerned for 2019
ERCOT Market Monitor Beth Garza gave her perspective on how the energy-only market survived the summer of 2018 to the Future Power Markets Summit.
Whitehouse: Business Can Move GOP on Carbon
A dozen Senate Republicans are willing to consider a price on carbon but need cover from business groups, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse told ACORE.
Coalition Targets Capacity Markets in Resiliency Docket
Consumer advocates, environmentalists, wind and solar developers and public power called on FERC Tuesday to “review the design of organized wholesale electricity markets, particularly capacity constructs” in its resiliency docket.
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FERC OKs Changes to SPP’s Tx Planning Process
FERC accepted Tariff revisions to streamline SPP’s Integrated Transmission Planning (ITP) process, despite opposition from wind developers.
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GOP Tax Bill Would Trim PTC, Drop Credit for EVs
The tax bill introduced by House Republicans would trim the wind production tax credit by more than a third and eliminate the credit for electric vehicles.

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