CPES Policy Committee Update: January 29, 2019

This update features policy, regulatory, legislative, and regional developments in Connecticut and New England. The policy updates are compiled by the CPES New Energy Professionals Team. If you are interested in learning more about the New Energy Professionals, the Policy Committee, or if you have ideas for future policy updates, we would welcome your input and feedback. Please send comments to Kathryn Dube, CPES Executive Director, via email: kdube@ctpower.org.

In this Update:

  • CT Energy & Technology Committee Schedules Informational Hearings
  • ISO-NE Publishes 2018 Electric Energy Data
  • EIA releases New England Dashboard to Track Energy Market Conditions

LEGISLATIVE
CT ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE SCHEDULES INFORMATIONAL HEARINGS
The CT General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Energy & Technology has scheduled three informational hearings.  See the committee calendar for the agendas

  • 1/31, 2:15 p.m. E&T Committee Informational Meeting for Generators, agenda
  • 2/5, 12:30 p.m. E&T Committee Meeting 
  • 2/5, 1:45 p.m. E&T Committee Info Meeting for Regulators and Utilities

The Bil Record Book, which contains proposed House and Senate bills, is available here.

REGIONAL/INDUSTRY

ISO-NE PUBLISHES 2018 ELECTRIC ENERGY DATA 
The total amount of energy and the sources of energy the New England region used in 2018 to satisfy demand are now available on the ISO’s Resource Mix webpage.

EIA RELEASES NEW ENGLAND DASHBOARD TO TRACK ENERGY MARKET CONDITIONS
To increase customer understanding of weather-related energy issues in New England, the U.S. Energy Information Administration now has an interactive dashboard showing energy market conditions.

EIA will update the New England Dashboard every day by 10:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, including on weekends. The dashboard includes detailed regional information on temperatures; various fuel prices; locational marginal prices; the status of the electric grid, outages, and available capacity; current and projected load; liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports; electricity generation fuel mix; inter-regional electric transmission and natural gas flows; and petroleum product stocks.