PREF Comments on ERCOT Market Design Comments & TestimonyBy Erin SnyderAugust 16, 2021PREF Comments on ERCOT Market Design
PREF Letter on Ensuring Texas Electric Reliability and Economic Competitiveness LettersBy Alex HobsonAugust 9, 2021PREF Letter on Ensuring Texas Electric Reliability and Economic Competitiveness
Energy Market Design and the Southeast United States ReportsBy Erin SnyderJune 29, 2021Energy Market Design and the Southeast United States
WSJ Factcheck: Renewables Are Not to Blame for Recent Power Outages and Grid Issues in Texas and California BlogBy ACOREJune 24, 2021By: ACORE Communications Team June 24, 2021 The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board continues to spread blatant misinformation to promote the false narrative that recent power outages and grid issues in Texas and California were caused by the increasing presence of renewable power. Following four rejected attempts to allow us to correct the record in…
How Southwest Power Pool Sets Renewable Records Daily BlogBy Tyler StoffApril 8, 2021By: Tyler Stoff April 8, 2021 On March 9, 2021, the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) – a wholesale power market that manages a real-time energy market in 14 states across the Central U.S. – set a new record for renewable penetration, with 80.3% of its electricity coming from renewables. Five days later, SPP broke that…
PREF Letter on Proposed Texas Anti-Renewables Legislation LettersBy Erin SnyderApril 6, 2021PREF Letter on Proposed Texas Anti-Renewables Legislation
Accelerating Renewable Energy with the Whole-of-Government BlogBy Tyler StoffFebruary 11, 2021By: Tyler Stoff February 11, 2021 The new Biden administration can use its executive authority to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy in a variety of ways. Part one of this series explored how the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) can leverage its authority to accelerate the transition to a renewable energy economy. This blog…
Accelerating Renewable Energy with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission BlogBy Tyler StoffJanuary 27, 2021By: Tyler Stoff January 27, 2021 An examination of the way the new Biden administration can use its executive authority to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy might well begin with a look at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Among several important functions, FERC regulates the nation’s wholesale power markets. President Biden recently appointed…
ACORE Comments on FERC Carbon Pricing Proposed Policy Statement Comments & TestimonyBy Erin SnyderNovember 16, 2020ACORE Comments on FERC Carbon Pricing Proposed Policy Statement
Not Your Parents’ Carbon Price: Climate-Aware Wholesale Energy Markets Can Be An Effective, Consensus Part Of the Climate Solution BlogBy Tyler StoffOctober 7, 2020By: Tyler Stoff October 7, 2020 Nearly 70% of the nation’s electricity moves through organized wholesale energy markets, where electricity is bought and sold among generators, utilities and traders before reaching end-use customers. These markets are operated by Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and Independent System Operators (ISOs), and regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…
