Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG)

📰 Great new op-ed from Kent Chandler and Devin Hartman in Utility Dive! "Order 1920, like broader transmission policy, has become unnecessarily politicized. Concerns over a renewables side-agenda and harm to states’ rights and consumers have ignited inaccurate controversy. But new generation and consumers are not in a zero sum game." "Overall, proper implementation of Order 1920 and enacting complementary reforms are the keys to benefiting consumers. And states play a crucial role in realizing this vision. Their customers are depending on it." Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eny_AbVB

Appreciate this leadership by two companies that support Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG): Google and NV Energy. I'm excited to learn more about the Clean Transition Tariff and how new customers will contract for clean resources.

"We have this growth, we have this decarbonization movement. What ties all of this together is the transmission system – the grid – and transmission lines ... are really the highways of the energy system. We need them to move clean energy around where we need it, when we need it." "The problem is these transmission lines are very difficult and time-consuming to permit under the current rules."

Spot on!  Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG) agrees that an essential component of meeting new energy needs is to "Promote Regional Integration and More Interconnected Grids." Well done!

Today, Grid Strategies LLC Rob Gramlich moderated a panel in the Senate Budget Committee Room with Exelon's Colette Honorable, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)'s Jim Robb, and Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)'s Rich Powell about the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's recent final rules – Orders No. 1920 and 1977. “We have, and will continue to, experience tremendous load growth in the coming years," said Colette Honorable. "We need transmission desperately, which means we have to begin focusing on that intently now," she later said. "There are a number of areas in the country where expanding transmission would have very significant reliability benefits, particularly during extreme weather conditions. We’re big believers in transmission," said Jim Robb. "Transmission is not in and of itself a silver bullet … but what transmission can do is move kilowatt-hours from areas that have excess to areas that don’t." "New electricity demand growth is happening from every major sector of our economy," said Rich Powell. "It should be seen as a tragedy that we cannot guarantee the most simple thing, which is access to electricity," he later said.

Today, Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG) and Grid Strategies LLC released the report “Transmission Planning for PJM’s Future Load and Generation: Version 1.”  With increased demand from electrification, data centers, and onshore manufacturing, as well as a higher frequency of extreme weather events, we need to ensure that the grid can handle the needs of the future. This report highlights several recommendations of best practices that PJM can adopt to further progress its long-term transmission planning, though these parameters could be used in any planning region. You can read the report here: https://lnkd.in/gMd_vE3D

"The U.S. needs an expanded transmission system, with new well-planned regional and interregional transmission lines. Emerging technologies, including quantum and AI, can help ensure that an improved system is able to meet our evolving energy needs," says a new Utility Dive op-ed from Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG)'s Christina Hayes and D-Wave's Allison Schwartz. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/dgihuAtY

🗓 WEBINAR: Join us on Tuesday, May 28 for a conversation on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's upcoming regional planning and cost allocation rule. Panelists will discuss what is included in the rule, what states and regions will need to do to comply, and what this means for ratepayers across the country. They will also answer questions from the audience about the future of transmission under these new regulations. Featuring a great lineup of speakers: ➡️ Bryn Baker, Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) ➡️ Larry Gasteiger, WIRES ➡️ Christy Walsh, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) ➡️ Thomas Coleman, Securing America's Future Energy ➡️ Christina Hayes, Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG) Register now! https://bit.ly/3UbxsGg

Compared to the existing planning process, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's final regional planning and cost allocation rule "gives state utility regulators an 'unprecedented role' in transmission planning and determining how they want to share transmission costs," says a new Utility Dive article. "The rule puts states in 'the driver’s seat' for deciding key issues like cost allocation compared to being just a stakeholder in current transmission planning processes, according to [ACEG Director Christina] Hayes." https://lnkd.in/e5CZsY22

Yesterday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted to finalize its regional planning and cost allocation rule, a major step forward for transmission planning that will enhance reliability and improve cost-effectiveness of electricity for customers. Want to learn more about what's in the rule? Sign up for our webinar to hear from our diverse set of panelists, including about what states and regions will need to do to comply and what this means for ratepayers across the country. Sign up here ⬇ https://bit.ly/3UryXPz