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ADEQ Begins Gathering Feedback on CPP Compliance The Department of Environmental Quality conducted the first of four conference calls Nov. 18 for stakeholders to submit data and feedback for the department’s final comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan. (See MISO, SPP Join in as Ark. Begins Crafting...

Allen Harim Building 6-Acre Solar Installation Chicken processor Allen Harim broke ground last week on a 1.57-MW solar installation. The 6-acre solar farm will supply about 11% of the energy used by its Harbeson processing facility. The project, which will be connected with Delmarva Power & Light’s grid, will be owned...

Report: EV Use not Growing Fast Enough to Meet State Goals A report by three environmental groups says usage of electric vehicles is growing, but not fast enough to meet goals set in a 2013 memorandum of understanding signed by officials in eight states in the Northeast and Midwest. “Charging...

Five of Top 10 Efficient States in Northeast Five of the top 10 energy efficient states are in the Northeast, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s 2015 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard. Massachusetts holds the No. 1 rank for the fifth year in a row, having overtaken California in...

Naperville Muni Showing $13.2 Million Shortfall Naperville’s municipal power provider has a $13.2 million shortfall, officials said. Since 2011, according to records, Naperville’s energy costs have exceeded projections every year, and by as much as 16% during fiscal 2014. Much of the overrun can be traced to the utility’s membership...

By Suzanne Herel Exelon spokesman Paul Elsberg confirmed last week that the concessions the company agreed to in its bid to win D.C.’s approval of its takeover of Pepco Holdings Inc. could result in changes to the deals already struck with Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey. “The most-favored-nations clauses in...

Variable Rate Ban in Effect Regulators reaffirmed the state’s first-in-the-nation ban on variable rate electric contracts, which was approved earlier this year by the General Assembly and became law Thursday. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority ruling said the act’s language “is clear and unambiguous about variable pricing in residential contracts starting...

Partnership Adds 11 EV-charging Stations Eleven new electric vehicle charging stations have been added at five locations under a program called “Charging Up Delaware,” a partnership between the University of Delaware and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. It brings the number of charging stations in the...

RGGI Allowances Clear at $6.02 The nine Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative last week said the 29th auction of CO2 allowances on Wednesday sold at a clearing price of $6.02. The price is 23% higher than the clearing price from a year ago. Proceeds for...

Market Monitor Report: RGGI Prices Increasing The Independent Market Monitor for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative found no evidence of anti-competitive conduct in the CO2 allowance secondary market, according to its “Report on the Secondary Market for RGGI CO2 Allowances: Second Quarter 2015.” Potomac Economics found the average CO2 allowance futures...