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Dive Brief: The WEIS has been in the works for more than a year, and SPP says many of the participants are now evaluating full membership in the SPP regional transmission organization (RTO). A Brattle study last year concluded adding members could produce $49 million in annual savings for consumers and SPP. Utilities joining the WEIS say the new service will help accelerate their decarbonization goals. There are concerns from some clean energy advocates, however, that SPP's new market creates a transmission seam across Colorado and may not be as efficient as a single RTO serving the state...

Joe Biden is about to floor it to a green future - can he meet his goal? Updated Dec 24, 2020; Posted Dec 24, 2020 President-elect Joe Biden announces his climate and energy team nominees and appointees at The Queen Theater in Wilmington Del., Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP Facebook Share By Vince Bielski | RealClearInvestigations Joe Biden needs to put the pedal to the metal as he races toward his goal of ridding America’s energy sources of carbon emissions by 2035. But the president-elect’s headlong rush toward a green future may be slowed by a snarl of politica...

Share it Arizona Public Service (APS) has captured the attention of the Western U.S. power sector with its plan to finance the economic transition of communities affected by the closure of its remaining coal plants. Economic reality defeated the Trump administration's efforts to protect coal, and the energy transition is expected to accelerate under President-elect Biden. But few of the Western utilities already closing uneconomic coal facilities have taken commensurate financial responsibility for helping to transition the often profoundly affected communities. The $144.45 million long-te...