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Delmarva Sets Date for Solar Power Auction Delmarva Power & Light Co. will accept applications for a Solar Renewable Energy Credit (SREC) Spot Market Auction through July 7. SRECs let renewable energy producers sell credits to Delmarva to help it meet its renewable mandates set by the state. Delmarva intends to...
Gov. Names City Exec For PSC Seat Harold Gray Gov. Jack Markell nominated Wilmington’s economic development director to the Public Service Commission last week. Harold Gray would take the seat of former commission member Arnetta McRae, who left the PSC in 2011. Her seat has remained vacant since then, and plans...
Calpine’s New Plant Hosts Governor [caption id="attachment_8979" align="alignright" width="270"] Garrison plant schematic (Source: Calpine)[/caption] Calpine Corp. led Gov. Jack Markell and Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Gina McCarthy on a tour of its under-construction Garrison Energy Center in Dover last week. "This project is putting people to work and will bring...
By David Jwanier, Ted Caddell and Michael Brooks WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to cut carbon dioxide emissions 30% from 2005 levels won’t fall evenly on all states. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy Coal-heavy Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio will be required to make major changes in their...
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...
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...
FERC upheld an earlier ruling that Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) and North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation (NCEMC) shouldn’t have to help pay for $173.4 million in undergrounding for three projects in Virginia that Dominion Resources' Virginia Electric and Power Co. included in its 2010 Annual Transmission Revenue Requirement. Incremental ATRR...
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