Once final, the bipartisan package will require utilities to be 100 percent carbon-free by 2050 and meet benchmarks along the way. These benchmarks ensure utilities cannot shelve their clean energy plans for decades before putting them into action.
Dave Olsen – May 2020 Dave Olson, a stalwart of clean energy advocacy for decades, offers an comprehensive history and context for WGG’s work and impact on clean energy policies throughout the West over the last 20 years. Olson’s retrospective covers the people, efforts, successes and plans for the future. Read full article HERE.
On October 31, 2019, Western Grid Group Director, Amanda Ormond spoke on KJZZ. They discussed the expansion of the solar industry in Arizona and how the Arizona Corporate Commission is approaching regulating that expansion. Listen HERE.
Links to summaries of the 2019 legislative sessions from throughout the West. The bills summarized will concern clean energy issues: energy efficiency, electric vehicles, climate/utility policy, and land use as it pertains to electricity generation. More summaries will be added as we receive them.
This is a separate website that discusses prices and costs. Last entry 2019. Advocates for clean energy resources have long talked about the social, environmental, and carbon benefits of moving away from fossil fuels. They have worked to convince utilities, regulators, legislators, and other decision makers that such benefits outweigh any additional costs of deploying…
Final PIO Comments on CAISO EIM Governance Issue Paper & Straw Proposal by Western Resource Advocates, Western Grid Group, Natural Resources Defense Council, Renewable Northwest, and NW Energy Coalition
In its comments, WGG requested that the filings be rejected due to the fact there has been no opportunity for public comment on this issue and no demonstration of the need for changes proposed. Review the comments as submitted here.
On August 6, 2018, Western Grid Group, Sierra Club, DL Energy, Gridworks, Western Resource Advocates, NW Energy Coalition, Vote Solar and Natural Resources Defense Council sent a letter to Commissioners, Chairs, and Leadership of FERC, WECC, and NERC regarding the future of a Western Interconnection with multiple reliability coordinators. The groups expressed their concerns and recommendations regarding the likely potential of a future for the Western Interconnection that will involve the management and coordination of multiple Reliability Coordinators.
WGG completed and distributed a white paper that profiles several states using Social Cost of Carbon values in utility cost/benefit analysis for regulatory or policy purposes. The document outlines the enactment mechanisms, applications, values, and relevant statutes/rules for each state.
March 22, 2018. Western Resource Advocates, Western Grid Group and Natural Resources Defense Council submitted comments on CAISO’s February 22, 2018 paper on DAY-AHEAD MARKET ENHANCEMENTS
AND EXPANSION TO THE EIM.
