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Planned Data Center Plant Faces Court Challenges Concept design of planned data center (Source: University of Delaware) A plan to construct a 279-MW natural gas-fired plant for a developing data center on the grounds of a shuttered car factory is being challenged in the state’s Superior Court. The plant was described...
Seeking Lower Bills Could Come At Cost Customer advocates are warning that Chicago-area electricity customers seeking respite from a looming ComEd rate hike may find themselves paying even more. The Citizens Utility Board is reporting that some alternative electricity suppliers are talking customers into plans that include higher rates. CUB spokesperson...
Governor Set to Fill Empty PSC Seat Gov. Jack Markell Gov. Jack Markell is ready to fill a seat on the Public Service Commission that has been empty for two years, according to reports. Chairwoman Arnetta McRae left the commission in 2011 to take another job, leaving the part-time five-member panel...
By Rich Heidorn Jr. and Ted Caddell Exelon’s proposed $6.8 billion acquisition of Pepco Holdings Inc. should clear federal regulatory hurdles easily but may face a tougher time winning support from the states. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Justice Department should have few concerns because the Pepco acquisition...
Ameren Illinois Files For $69 Million Rate Hike Ameren Illinois is seeking a $69 million rate hike it says follows the mandate to set up a “smart grid” program. If approved, it would mean increases of between $6.37 and $9.55 a month for the average residential customer. Illinois’ smart-grid law calls...
Judge: Bloom Competitor May Fight Surcharge Rule A judge allowed a competitor of a Delaware fuel cell company to challenge a state-sanctioned surcharge added on the bills of Delmarva Power customers last Thursday. U.S. District Court Magistrate Christopher Burke decided that FuelCell Energy, of Connecticut, can go forward with its suit...
Delmarva Bills to Give Customers More Detail More details will appear on Delmarva Power bills, after lawmaker complaints that there was too little information about state-mandated charges, including purchases of renewable power and the Bloom Energy surcharge. In meetings at the Public Service Commission, a two-step process was agreed on: First,...
Pepco Gets About Half Of Requested Rate Increase The Public Service Commission approved a $23.4 million distribution rate increase for Pepco, about half of the $44.8 million the utility had requested. The PSC also approved an overall 7.65% rate of return, which includes a 9.4% return on common equity, less than...
Bill Would Put Wind Farm Authority in State Hands John Sullivan State Sen. John Sullivan has introduced a bill to transfer responsibility for siting and regulating wind turbines from counties to states. Local governments would be able to conduct public hearings on proposed wind farms, but the state Department of Agriculture...
Record RGGI Price Shows Market Works: Delaware Collin O'Mara The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative’s latest carbon allowance auction, where prices rose by one-third after the allowance supply was tightened by 45%, shows “how market-based programs cost-effectively reduce carbon pollution, while driving investments in a clean-energy economy,” according to Collin O’Mara,...
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