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Utility Dive outlined Congress' reconciliation window, citing AEE's Leah Rubin Shen on a the importance of passing clean energy tax credits. Read snippets below and the full article here.

Clean energy stakeholders see a window in the next few months for Congress to pass broad clean energy tax breaks amid high energy prices and an ever-narrowing legislative calendar.

Utility Dive highlighted key takeaways from their 2021 SEU Survey Report, quoting AEE’s Lisa Frantzis and Ryan Katofsky on current market trends and referencing AEE Market Report data. Read excerpts below and the full story here.

Utility Dive today released its 8th annual State of the Electric Utility (SEU) Survey Report, which is chock full of data and insights about the power sector.

Utility Dive covered FERC Chair Neil Chatterjee thoughts on how the COVID-19 crisis has impacted power generation sources and its impact moving forward, quoting AEE's Jeff Dennis. Read excerpts below and the entire UD piece here. 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chair Neil Chatterjee is focused on how the current pandemic might impact current generation sources, and how the power sector will emerge from this crisis, he told Atlantic Council's Energy Advisory Group Chair David Goldwyn during a Zoom-based interview on Tuesday. A top concern is whether reliability will be threatened if some facilities close and can't reopen after the current crisis subsides and power demand rises.

Utility Dive reports on the New York Public Service Commission's (PSC) order to offer additional financial options to build renewable energy projects, quoting AEE's Ryan Katofsky. Read excerpts below and the entire UD piece here. 

The PSC sees its order to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) as a means "to decrease capital costs and further spur the development of ... clean energy resources." The move builds on Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Jan. 8 announcement, in his 2020 State of the State address, that NYSERDA would make competitive awards to 21 large-scale wind, solar and storage projects in upstate New York, totaling more than 1 GW of capacity, the PSC noted.

Utility Dive detailed 10 trends that will shape the U.S. power sector in the new year, quoting AEE's Jeff Dennis. Read excerpts below and the entire UD piece here. 

The U.S. power sector is undergoing a fundamental transformation, and has been for some time. But what are the biggest trends to watch in 2020? In speaking to a cross section of industry observers, the following 10 emerged. The economics of wind, solar and storage will continue to improve in 2020, creating a variety of implications seen in many of the other trends below.

"We're seeing time and again, whether it's in planning processes that are conducted by utilities, whether it's in open solicitations in markets ... that using combinations of wind, solar and storage is more cost effective for customers than really any other options, including relying on existing aging coal assets or even building new natural gas assets," Jeff Dennis, managing director and general counsel at Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), told Utility Dive...

Utility Dive published a 2019 Energy Holiday Wish List from representatives of energy trade and environmental advocacy groups, detailed their energy policy "wishes" for the upcoming year, led by AEE's Jeff Dennis. Read excerpts below and the entire UD piece here. 

With the holiday season upon us, many kids — and some adults — are making wish lists. In that spirit, Utility Dive queried a dozen industry and environmental/advocacy groups about their policy wish list. Specifically, what are the top power sector policy developments they would like to see at the state and/or federal level?