November 2, 2024

Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners (MACRUC)

MACRUC Panelists Debate Transmission Needs, Costs
Panelists at MACRUC discussed the balance between upgrading an aging transmission grid and limiting the costs of those upgrades.
PSEG, Dynegy CEOs Provide Clashing RXs for Market Woes
MACRUC attendees heard strikingly different prescriptions for how to fix the wholesale energy markets from the CEOs of New Jersey utility PSEG and Dynegy.
Ex-Ohio Regulators Debate AEP, FirstEnergy PPAs
Two former Ohio regulators debated FirstEnergy’s and AEP’s controversial PPAs in the opening session of the MACRUC Annual Education Conference.
For Most States, Time-of-Use Rates Remain Elusive
The reason for states’ halting progress on time-of-use rates was the subject of a session at MACRUC's 21st Annual Education Conference.
Overheard at the MACRUC Annual Education Conference
More than 300 regulators, PJM officials and industry stakeholders attended MACRUC’s 21st Annual Education Conference.
Snapshots from MACRUC 2015, Williamsburg, VA
Sights and scenes from this year's MACRUC Annual Educational Conference.
EPA Signals Changes on Clean Power Plan
A top EPA official gave the most detailed hints yet about how the agency will revise the Clean Power Plan when the final rule is released this summer.
W.Va., Ky. Reluctant to Join PJM, RGGI in Carbon Reductions
PJM and state officials pledged to develop a regional plan, like RGGI, to minimize the cost of complying with the EPA's carbon rule, but lawmakers in coal-dependent Kentucky and West Virginia may be more interested in fighting the regulation than in joining in.
Physical Security Cure: More Transmission?
Planners seeking to protect the grid against physical threats should consider transmission alternatives as well as security measures, PJM's Mike Kormos told a conference of state regulators.

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