by Micah Bucy | Jul 10, 2024 | Blog
Municipal authorities have exciting new projects that will reduce costs to customers, improve safety, and protect the environment. But these capital projects take money. Where can municipal authorities find the funds to take on these big capital improvements without...
by Todd Stewart | Jun 11, 2024 | Blog, Industry News
On June 7, 2024, Senator Stefano, Chairman of the Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee, introduced SB 1250. The overt purpose of the bill appears to be to require the Public Utility Commission (“PUC”) to convene stakeholder groups for the...
by Todd Stewart | May 14, 2024 | Blog, Industry News
FERC’s Rule 1920, approved May 13, 2024, will require major changes to the way expansions and improvements to our nation’s electricity grid will be planned and paid-for. Under the new rule, grid planners will use a 20 year time horizon for planning, and will need to...
by Todd Stewart | May 7, 2024 | Blog, Industry News
On April 30, 2024, the Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee passed SB 1174, which was introduced by its Chairman, Senator Stefano. The Bill, if passed and signed into law, would allow the Public Utility Commission (“PUC”), without...
by Todd Stewart | Jan 15, 2024 | Blog, Industry News
By Todd Stewart at HMS Renewable Energy On January 12, 2024, State Senator Lisa Boscola, in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC), introduced Senate Bill 1040 (Bill) that would, among other things, eliminate commercial scale net metering...
by Todd Stewart | Dec 22, 2023 | Blog, Industry News
By: Todd S. Stewart Pennsylvania is the second largest producer of energy in the United States.[1] Despite this impressive and impactful achievement, Pennsylvania has no coherent strategy for how to continue to grow its energy sector, or how to optimize state policy...
