June 6, 2022
Washington, D.C. (June 6, 2022) – CEBA welcomes the White House’s executive action taken earlier today to restore a strong measure of certainty to the solar energy market, including to clean energy customers seeking to buy and use solar energy. The thoughtful solution offered by the Administration today to provide a two-year tariff exemption and encourage […]
June 6, 2022
Climate change poses both threats and opportunities to American businesses. The disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions serves an important role in both mitigating risk and capitalizing on these opportunities. The proposed carbon disclosure rule issued by the U.S. Security & Exchange Commission (SEC) would upon adoption create greater transparency and strong incentives for more companies […]
May 25, 2022
On April 29th, 28 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to Chairwoman Kaptur and Ranking Member Simpson urging the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee to provide robust funding for investments in transmission and grid infrastructure in the Fiscal Year 2023 Bill. In the letter, the members stated their support for the […]
May 11, 2022
Washington, D.C. (May 11, 2022) – CEBA, which represents 300+ leading energy customers and their partners, calls on Congress and the White House to pass legislation that will lower energy costs, create jobs, mobilize private capital, foster innovation and accelerate carbon-free technologies in the power sector. CEBA’s membership makes up $7 trillion in U.S. revenues […]
May 3, 2022
Institutional energy customers drive a significant portion of the clean energy procurement in the U.S., and have voluntarily deployed 52 gigawatts (GWs) of new, large-scale wind and solar capacity have since 2014. Last year alone, energy customers contracted for a record 11 GW of new wind and solar projects. Of this 11 GW, 80% were solar energy […]
April 21, 2022
CEBA strongly welcomes the Transmission Notice of Proposed Rule (NOPR) Addressing Planning, Cost Allocation and applauds the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for its approach to balancing the need to accelerate integrated transmission planning with state input. The clean energy transition is underway but requires transmission expansion and optimization. Transmission is a critical enabler of reduced cost, increased reliability and accelerated clean energy deployment. […]
March 29, 2022
CEBA filed comments with partners Western Resource Advocates, Renewable Northwest, Western Grid Group, NW Energy Coalition with the goal to expand opportunities for energy customers to shape this developing market structure and to address governance changes needed as the Extended Day Ahead Market (EDAM) expands. The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) EDAM Governance Review Committee […]
March 17, 2022
CEBA supports several key provisions within the Connecting Hard-to-reach Areas with Renewably Generated Energy (CHARGE) Act, which highlights the federal guidance necessary for regional transmission planning and emissions data to accelerate a carbon-free power sector, including: Improved Transmission Planning. With tens of thousands of megawatts of wind and solar power stuck in electric grid interconnection […]
February 8, 2022
January 18, 2022
In a letter to the Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Granholm, CEBA congratulated the Biden-Harris Administration on the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and expressed interest in sharing energy customer perspectives on how to implement critical data access pieces in the IIJA. The IIJA includes a requirement for the Energy Information […]
