With energy prices rapidly rising globally, customers are feeling the hit at the gas pump and in their electric bills. Higher prices reflect a range of factors, from the warmer temperatures at the start of summer driving up power demand to the continued economic recovery from the pandemic shutdowns and the impacts of sanctions against […]
Read MoreEarth Day 2022: Competing for a Cleaner and Reliable Electricity Future
As we observe the 52nd annual Earth Day, EPSA celebrates competitive power markets’ contributions to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other pollutants, like NOx and SOx, over the past several years, while maintaining affordable and reliable energy for consumers across the country. Competition in electricity markets is one of the key drivers of higher […]
Read MoreEPSA Petitions Court of Appeals to Review FERC Inaction on PJM MOPR
EPSA continues to work toward rejection of changes to PJM Interconnection’s competitive power market rules.
Read MoreCompetitive Electricity Markets Spotlight: California ISO
The California ISO—or CAISO—is the only independent grid operator in the western United States and manages the flow of electricity for the grid that serves 80 percent of California and part of Nevada. Its competitive wholesale electric marketplace has been described as a hybrid of the New York Stock Exchange and NASA’s mission control, employing advanced technologies to monitor the grid to ensure that power reaches more than 30 million consumers when they need it.
Read MoreOp-ed: Competition Will Build a Reliable, Affordable Energy Future for Virginia
By Todd Snitchler and Brian George in The Virginian-Pilot. In a region that has benefitted from competition, readers should be skeptical of a fear-based argument to benefit the utility. Instead, a reliable, affordable and sustainable clean energy future begins with ending Dominion’s grip on all–things electric in the commonwealth. Eight hundred dollars more per year. […]
Read More
How We Passed the Clean Power Plan Target a Decade Early
Rapid power sector emissions declines prove that as political winds shift, consistent market rules will transcend changing priorities.
Read More