March 25, 2023

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GCPA Speakers Weigh Texas Market's Pros, Cons

Examines Passage of Deregulation Bill 20 Years Ago
Oct 21, 2019
Hudson Sangree
By Hudson Sangree AUSTIN, Texas — The 20th anniversary of the landmark law that deregulated ERCOT’s market and paved the way for electric competition provided the theme for this year’s Gulf Coast Power Association fall conference Oct. 15-16. In keeping with the idea that everything’s bigger in Texas, the GCPA...
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Va. Group Seeks End to Dominion Monopoly

May 23, 2019
By Christen Smith A newly minted energy policy group in Virginia has set its sights on busting up the commonwealth’s dominant utility companies — Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power — in favor of a deregulated electricity market. The Virginia Energy Reform Coalition (VERC) features policy experts from across the ideological...
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Wisconsin Manufacturers Call for Retail Choice

Sep 5, 2016
Amanda Durish Cook
By Amanda Durish Cook Wisconsin regulators began considering electric competition in 1994 but closed the docket in 2000, deciding not to implement retail choice. Now, with the state’s rates the highest in the Midwest, some big power users are calling for another look. Wisconsin’s large manufacturers are asking state regulators...
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PJM’s Grid 20/20 Ponders Mixing Public Policy, Competitive Markets

Recipe for Indigestion?
Aug 22, 2016
By Suzanne Herel VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — After PJM’s Craig Glazer started with the food analogies, speakers at Thursday’s Grid 20/20 symposium couldn’t resist serving up a smorgasbord of edible metaphors. Glazer, vice president of federal government policy, kicked off the conference, “Focus on Public Policy Goals and Market Efficiency,”...
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With or Without Support, Texas Customer Advocate Remains Undaunted

Aug 8, 2016
By Rory Sweeney AUSTIN, Texas — In a meeting with Carol Biedrzycki, you will know two things without question: If she isn’t talking, she has nothing to say. If she is talking, she will not stop until she has nothing else to say. Candor and steadfastness are qualities that Biedrzycki,...
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NH PUC Approves Sale of Merrimack Station

Jul 4, 2016
By William Opalka State regulators on Friday approved Public Service Company of New Hampshire’s divestiture of the Merrimack Station and other generation assets, ending a 20-year odyssey that began with the state’s Electric Utility Restructuring Act of 1996 (DE 11-250, DE 14-238). The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission’s order approves...
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PJM Employee No. 13, Jim Kirby, Has Left the Building

Jun 1, 2015
By Suzanne Herel On Friday, PJM employee No. 13 switched off the lights of a nearly 53-year career, leaving open a position for a mentor, office jokester and Santa Claus. Kirb receives a farewell gift from Pati Esposito. “It’s an odd feeling. It’s not something you can ever rehearse or plan...
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