Opinion and Commentary

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

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

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