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Democrats, Republican Call for Full Disclosure of APS Election Spending Two Democrats on November’s ballot for seats on the state’s Corporation Commission have aligned themselves with a Republican incumbent in calling for full disclosure by Arizona Public Service as to whether it spent money on the 2014 elections. Democrats Bill...

By William Opalka Maine regulators last week proposed a 15-year phase-out of net metering for current rooftop solar systems and a 10-year limit for new systems. The proposal came as a part of a rulemaking process that the Maine Public Utilities Commission hopes to complete by the end of the...

By William Opalka and Rory Sweeney The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative reported another lackluster carbon allowance auction last week, bolstering calls by Massachusetts and others for more aggressive cuts in the compact’s emission caps. But as the program conducts its triennial review of how it should operate in 2020 and...

By Ted Caddell and Rich Heidorn Jr. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Exelon’s Constellation Energy Resources unit is buying Consolidated Edison’s retail energy business as it continues its efforts to hedge against falling wholesale power prices. Constellation’s purchase of the retail division of ConEdison Solutions will give it another 560,000 residential, commercial...

By William Opalka Disregarding its staff’s recommendation, Maine’s Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday endorsed a plan in which electric ratepayers would help finance natural gas pipeline expansion (2014-00071). PUC staff said last month that ratepayer subsidies were unnecessary because market conditions have changed dramatically since 2013, when the proposal was...

By William Opalka MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — New England states are moving ahead with their own greenhouse gas reduction programs while EPA’s Clean Power Plan remains in legal limbo. At the Northeast Energy and Commerce Association Annual Environmental Conference on Wednesday, panelists said that the nine-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative remains...

Mary Beth Gentleman, a former co-chair of the energy practice at law firm Foley Hoag and current Hillary Clinton volunteer, said that the presumptive Democratic nominee for president would likely have coattails if elected, resulting in a switch to a Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate, but a takeover of the U.S. House...

Regulators OK APS Battery Storage Program The Corporation Commission approved Arizona Public Service’s demand-side management plan, which includes $4 million to incentivize the use of battery storage systems for residential customers. The plan’s aim is to reduce peak load on the utility’s distribution system and includes programs to encourage the use...

By William Opalka After more than two contentious years of ordering ISO-NE and the New England Power Pool to design sloped zonal demand curves for its constrained zones, FERC last week accepted a compliance filing that does that and also modifies the systemwide demand curve. The changes will be effective...

By William Opalka NEW YORK — Whether the view is from PJM, which sits atop the Utica and Marcellus shale gas formations, or ISO-NE, at the “end of the pipeline,” the so-called “dash to gas” shows no sign of abating, speakers said Friday at the Energy Bar Association Northeast Chapter’s...