March 10, 2025

National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)

Now Comes the Hard Part
EPA Secretary Gina McCarthy continued her charm offensive in advance of the agency’s ghg rules for existing power generators, acknowledging that the tough work is only just beginning.
EPA Regs, Low Prices Raise Reliability Concerns at NARUC
PJM and other grid operators will face unprecedented reliability challenges in the next several years as federal environmental regulations and low energy and capacity prices threaten to sideline baseload coal and nuclear capacity, federal and PJM officials told state regulators.
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Senators Weigh in on Bay Nomination, PTC, Nuclear Waste
At this year's NARUC winter meeting, Senators told state regulators they had little hope of passing comprehensive cybersecurity legislation or finding a solution for the nuclear waste stalemate this year.
Senators Cite PJM in Reliability Concerns
Two members of the Senate Energy committee cited PJM to support their concerns about the impact of the Environmental Protection Agency’s pending greenhouse gas regulations.
State Regulators Await GHG Rules
An EPA official provided regulators with an update on pending GHG rules: CO2 emission limits on existing generating plants.
Ohio PUC Head Leaves Behind Conquests, Controversy
A look at the legacy of Todd Snitchler, the colorful, controversial chair of the Ohio Public Utilities Commission, who will end his three-year run in April.
NARUC NACUSA Snapshots
EPA regulations, cybersecurity, FERC enforcement and utility rate design dominated the discussions as more than 1,000 state regulators and industry officials gathered at the NARUC annual meeting in Orlando last week.
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MISO to PJM: We Need Capacity
MISO officials signaled their opposition to PJM’s new limits on imports, saying they'll be capacity buyers in the near term as they face a shortfall as early as 2016.
DOE Study: Carbon Capture No Salvation for Coal
Coal boosters who hope carbon capture technology will ensure the fuel’s future will find little support in a report for planners in the Eastern Interconnection.

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