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By Tom Kleckner Two members of SPP’s Regional State Committee (RSC), Republican utility commissioners Randy Christmann of North Dakota and Kristie Fiegen of South Dakota, won re-election to their seats Tuesday night. Christmann is the projected winner against Democratic challenger Jeannie Brandt. With 95% of the precincts reporting, Christmann had...

FERC last week approved an uncontested settlement between SPP and several of its members to add an annual revenue requirement and implement a formula rate template and protocols for a new member (ER17-428). The settlement resulted from SPP’s 2016 filing that amended its Tariff governing transmission facilities owned by Vermillion...

 By Peter Key Although electric utilities will see their tax rate fall from 35% to 21% under the Tax Cut and Jobs Act signed by President Trump last month, few are making plans to spend their savings. State officials across the country are calling for utilities to pass the savings...

Lucerne Valley Residents Oppose SoCalEd Renewable Energy Project Southern California Edison is attempting to sooth the concerns of Lucerne Valley residents who are seeing red over a project to move renewable energy generated from northern states to the Western region, which requires construction of new capacitors near their homes and...

APS, SolarCity to Air TV Ads to Support Favored ACC Candidates The fight between the parent company of Arizona Public Service and rooftop solar company SolarCity to elect their favored political candidates to the state Corporation Commission continues, as both are spending big to air advertising on television. Pinnacle West...

California and Massachusetts tied for first place in the 2016 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard published by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. This is the sixth consecutive year that Massachusetts led the nation. Missouri, Maine and Michigan were the most-improved states, according to the study. The study identified Louisiana,...

ACC to Hire Outside Counsel to Represent Commissioner Burns The Corporation Commission voted to hire an outside attorney to represent Commissioner Robert Burns, who is being sued by Arizona Public Service over his effort to investigate the utility’s political spending. Burns issued subpoenas to APS and its parent company, Pinnacle...

ARKANSAS EPA Finalizes State’s Regional Haze Plan EPA has finalized a federal implementation plan for compliance with its Regional Haze Rule for the state, but regulators and at least one generator say they may appeal the decision. The final rule calls for increased emissions control at three coal-fired plants and...

Riverside County Looks to Create Power Supplier Riverside County officials are advancing a plan to create an alternative retail electricity supplier that would supplant Southern California Edison in unincorporated areas of the county. The officials say that the community choice aggregator, which would purchase power directly from producers, would allow...