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Representatives —
Alison’s excellent slide deck on power plant retirement arrived too late to add to yesterday’s agenda. It’s available here. Larry
To: State Representatives
From: Larry Pearce, Executive Director David Terry, Washington Representative
Subject: Agenda, Governors’ Wind & Solar Energy Coalition Monthly Conference Call, Thursday, October 26, 2017
The Coalition’s monthly conference call is scheduled for Thursday, October 26 at 10:00 a.m. CT (9:00 MT, 8:00 PT, 11:00 ET). The conference call number is 800-747-5150 and your access code is 3951076. The proposed agenda for our call follows:
Perry’s warning aside, FERC staff sees no winter grid threat, E&E FERC picks caught in EPA confirmation fight, E&E FERC chairman tries to calm jitters over Perry’s directive, E&E
“Renewable generation was an exacerbating factor, but in most cases not a causal factor behind power plant retirements. Many of these retirements occurred before significant quantities of renewable generation were added to the grid, or in regions with little or no renewable production. Negative prices occurred – often bid by nuclear plants behind transmission constraints — before the advent of deep renewables penetration.” — Alison Silverstein, If I’d written the DOE grid study recommendations, Utility Dive Energy trade groups letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee, September 14, 2017
“We’re going to have 10 times as much energy storage on the grid by the end of this decade and that is going to impact every facet of the energy industry,” said a representative of the Energy Storage Association. Governors bullish on battery storage as boon to solar energy, Las Vegas Sun Tesla document reveals surging energy storage market, E&E Storage gets boost as 100% renewables, grid expansion fail in California, E&E Batteries for Homes, Businesses Surged in U.S. in Second Quarter, NYT Minn.: A Midwest leader for energy storage, E&E
Solar Finds Unexpected Champion in Sean Hannity, Bloomberg The U.S. Solar Industry’s New Growth Region: Trump Country, Reuters Editorial: Tariffs on Solar Panels Would Kill U.S. Jobs, Bloomberg U.S. International Trade Commission Statement, September 22, 2017
World Premiere Saturday, October 7 San Rafael, California and HBO soon DVDs/link available to coalition members soon
U.S. Tax Reform Would Leave Renewable Energy Out in the Cold, Bloomberg
Draft GWSC Offshore Incentive Letter (8-11-17) Coalition’s letter to FERC Commissioners, September 2017 Meeting with Kansas Governor Brownback and Lt. Governor Colyer Developing proposed work plan for 2018 for next month’s agenda discussion Announcement of coalition’s vice chair for 2018
RESCHEDULED: Next call is at 10 CT, 11 ET, and 8 PT on Thursday, November 30, 2017
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