Brad Kitchens
President and CEO
The ScottMadden Energy Industry Update – Fall 2015
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Strange Brew: Adapting to Changing Fundamentals
The electric industry seems to be on the cusp of great change. Regulators are rethinking the hundred-year-old rate-of-return paradigm, renewables costs are falling (especially for solar photovoltaic technology), and the final rule is out on comprehensive power sector greenhouse gas emissions. Grid transformation is breaking down traditional boundaries between customers and producers, supply and demand, and roles of the center and the edge of the electric grid.
Highlights include:
In this section, we look at themes of this issue as well as selected comments from energy and utility company annual reports.
Energy Supply, Demand, and Markets
In this section, we look at U.S. gas resources, production, and infrastructure.
Rate and Regulatory Developments
In this section, we examine New York’s Reforming the Energy Vision regulatory proceedings and FERC’s recently approved metrics to measure transmission investment policy effectiveness.
In this section, we detail the EPA’s Clean Power Plan and coal combustion residuals rule, community solar, and energy storage.
Managing the Utility Enterprise
In this section, we look at cybersecurity as a means to improve utility-government information sharing and comparative costs of renewables vs. gas-fired generation.
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States Lean Toward Mass-Based Clean Power Plan Approach
EPA Releases Final Clean Power Plan Rule; Changes Focus on Compliance and Reliability
EIA Expects Coal Retirement and Electricity Price Increases with Clean Power Plan
Congress Passes Bipartisan Energy Efficiency Bill
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