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A report prepared for the South Carolina state legislature and released last week determined that a range of electric market and transmission reforms — including creating a new independent organization to run the electric grid or joining an existing one — would bring “substantial benefits” for customers, potentially as much as $362 million a year.

A report determined that a range of electric market and transmission reforms would bring  “substantial benefits” for customers.

A report by the Brattle Group found a range of electric market and transmission reforms could save Southern customers much as $362 million a year. 

Most of the Southeast remains dominated by a handful of large utility companies that coordinate electric markets and control power costs.

Utility industry news and analysis for energy professionals.

(Reuters) - Volkswagen's off-road brand Scout Motors studied 74 different parcels of land across the U.S. last summer as it hunted for a place to build a $2 billion assembly plant. | 06:09am

The 'megasite' issue: While the U.S. has plentiful land, there are not that many places to quickly plunk a billion-dollar-plus factory.

Volkswagens off-road brand Scout Motors studied 74 different parcels of land across the U.S. last summer as it hunted for a place to build a $2 billion assembly plant.

Interconnection applications and fees make it slow and expensive for clean energy providers to connect to the electrical grid.

Interconnection applications and fees make it slow and expensive for clean energy providers to connect to the electrical grid.