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 13, 2024 | Industry News
Last week Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro introduced two related bills. The first, PACER (Pennsylvania Climate Emission Reduction) proposes a carbon fee program. The Second, PRESS (Pennsylvania Reliable Energy Sustainability Standards Act) proposes to amend the...
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 | Mar 18, 2024 | Industry News
On March 14, 2024, at a press conference in Scranton PA, Governor Josh Shapiro finally announced his long awaited energy strategy. In anticipation of the PA Supreme Courts’ expected rejection of the Governor’s appeal of a unanimous Commonwealth Court decision that...
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...
