Todd Snitchler for The Baltimore Sun Reader Commentary, May 19, 2020 A view of Baltimore, Maryland’s cityscape overlooking the Inner Harbor and Patapsco River at night. Credit: iStock.com/traxlergirl Baltimore Gas and Electric Company’s recently proposed two-year rate freeze would be welcome relief for Maryland families and businesses struggling under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (“BGE wants to freeze utility rates for 2 years, then increase them by 8% in 2023,” May 15). The Read More
Dominion’s nearly $50 monthly power bill hike in Virginia is a warning for other states – Todd Snitchler
The following is a contributed article for Utility Dive by Todd Snitchler, President and CEO, Electric Power Supply Association. Read article in Utility Dive. As policymakers in states including New Jersey, Maryland, and Illinois consider exiting PJM Interconnection's capacity market to pursue clean energy goals, they should look to Virginia as a cautionary tale. Alternatives such as the Fixed Resource Requirement (FRR) come with stark consequences for power customers and questionable Read More
Todd Snitchler: When States Pick Expensive Policies Under the Guise of ‘States’ Rights,’ Consumers Pay
The following is a contributed article by Todd A. Snitchler, president and CEO of the Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA), and former chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. Faced with a new federal ruling designed to protect consumers by ensuring power generators have to compete to provide reliable electricity at the lowest cost, some politicians are raising the battle cry of "states' rights," claiming the states' ability to choose their power generation mix is under Read More
PJM policy to add $5.7B cost to capacity market? We don’t think so – Glen Thomas & Todd Snitchler
Author - Glen Thomas and Todd A. Snitchler Published - Sept. 9, 2019 The following is a contributed article by PJM Power Providers Group President Glen Thomas and EPSA President and CEO Todd A. Snitchler. Utility Dive recently published an article highlighting an August 2019 analysis released by Grid Strategies that found a strong application of the minimum offer price rule (MOPR) by FERC would increase capacity costs in PJM by $5.7 billion, or 60%, annually. However, a deep dive Read More
EPSA President and CEO John Shelk: State subsidies threaten PJM’s Capacity Market
The following is a Viewpoint by John Shelk, President and CEO of the Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA). Last month, eight senior executives from independent power producers representing most of the competitive new generation built in PJM since 2010 wrote to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) about the pending capacity market proceeding on state-subsidized resources. Four of the eight signatories were CEOs of EPSA members. Mike Hogan, senior adviser at the Regulatory Read More
