Alex Hobson
Member since: 2015
Alex Hobson is currently the Vice President of Communications at the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE).
Previously, Alex served as the Senior Communications Manager for the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) where she worked to carefully craft industry messaging, pitch reporters and routinely earn placements in top publications. Media placements included: The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Reuters, NPR, U.S. News & World Report, CCTV America, The Hill, Fox Business Network, Bloomberg, The Guardian, Greentech Media, EcoWatch and Solar Industry Magazine.
Prior to her career at SEIA - the national trade association of the U.S. solar energy industry - Alex was on the other side of the press release as a broadcast journalist for several stations throughout Florida. During her time in TV, she developed the skills necessary to properly pitch st
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: Congress recently voted on a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA, P.L.117-2). It includes stimulus checks for individuals, expanded unemployment benefits, and funding for vaccines, state and local governments, schools and child care. The ARPA marks a huge win for the Biden administration during its first 50 days in office.
Before the ink is dry, the administration has already pivoted to the second phase of the Biden agenda: Build Back Better. While ARPA was largely a relief bill, the next phase will be about rebuilding the economy, starting with a
mult
itrillion-dollar
plan that includes infrastructure, green energy and incentives to bolster domestic manufacturing. It will also build upon the individual relief provided in the first bill and seek to make those provisions permanent and will likely be paid for by corporate tax rate increases, a repeal of oil and gas tax breaks and increases in taxes on the wealthy.
WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK
Administration Proposal. President Joe Biden will travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on March 31, where he will unveil the contours of the infrastructure package.
Biden Preliminary Budget Outline. This week, the Biden administration will release a preview of its Fiscal Year 2022 budget. The figures will allow lawmakers to begin the appropriations process and give Congress information about the president’s discretionary funding priorities. The final budget request is currently expected in May.
Congress Continues Work. Although both chambers will be out of session for the next two weeks on a district work period, lawmakers will continue discussions on the contents of the infrastructure package.
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The Texas House of Representatives and Senate are considering three similar, but not identical, legislative drafts that could impose substantial grid charges directly on renewable generation businesses.
House Bill 4466, which is scheduled for hearing on April 8, would require the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) to require the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state’s internal market operator, to directly assign to the renewable projects themselves the costs of ancillary services that ERCOT incurs (including standby backup, and reactive power) to address renewable energy-related reliability issues.
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