Advocacy Updates

By Tim Aiken and Bryn Baker The transmission system is the backbone of the U.S. electricity grid, and increasing transmission capacity nationwide is key in enabling corporate and institutional customers to meet their clean energy goals and expand their operations where and how they would like. Without reforms in how we plan, permit, and pay […]

By Kerri Metz and Priya Barua The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) in September issued a Call for Evidence on the Effectiveness of the Use of Environmental Attribute Certificates in Corporate Climate Targets, and the Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) this week submitted a response that demonstrates the crucial role that market certificates have played in grid decarbonization […]

By Kevin Hagen, Interim CEO of CEBA and CEBI This has been an exciting year for the Clean Energy Buyers Alliance, and together we are playing a crucial role in driving the clean energy transition and reducing carbon emissions in the electric power system. Energy customers have voluntarily procured more than 71 gigawatts of clean energy in the […]

Businesses Urge Legislature and Governor to Evaluate Market Reform Options that Would Increase Grid Reliability and Reduce Costs Nine companies and five business and consumer advocacy groups today called for North Carolina lawmakers to establish and fund a state-led committee to study wholesale market competition options, to improve grid reliability and generate cost savings for […]

by Heidi Ratz Larger energy market footprints and comprehensive structures for regional grid cooperation would maximize cost savings and other benefits for Western states, according to a study released this week by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO). The report, The Impacts on California of Expanded Regional Cooperation to Operate the Western Grid, was initiated […]

by Tim Aiken and Bryn Baker Worse than being stuck with near indefinite hold music, as a recent Superbowl commercial expressed, no one is dancing while waiting to get transmission permitting reform off hold. But some are trying, and two recent project announcements mark promising progress. In late January, Grid United and Allete announced plans […]

To deploy the clean energy projects customers want and enable a cost effective and reliable transition to the carbon-free electricity grid of the future, we must fix regional and interregional transmission planning.  One of the most telling data points is a September 2022 Princeton University study that found unlocking the full potential of the Inflation […]

Expanded Markets Will Accelerate Clean Energy Use and Bring Billions in Economic Benefits Washington, D.C. (December 7, 2022) — The Clean Energy Buyers Association today praised the release of the draft final proposal by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) for the CAISO and Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) boards to move forward with providing […]

Washington, D.C. (September 21, 2022) –The Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) today encouraged bipartisan reforms as members of Congress seek to address transmission permitting and siting delays that hinder progress toward modernizing the electric grid. “Streamlined permitting is an important foundational step to facilitate faster approval and construction of a network of new transmission lines needed […]

To ensure we unlock the Inflation Reduction Act’s full potential, we must prioritize markets and transmission. When Senator Manchin announced a surprise, black-box deal with Majority Leader Schumer on the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) this summer, suddenly it became like the chaos of a game of 52-card pick-up — even for an organization like […]