The Clean Energy Buyers Association (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 […]

The Clean Energy Buyers Association (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 […]

The Clean Energy Buyers Association (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 […]

In a letter to the Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Granholm, the Clean Energy Buyers Association (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 […]

The Clean Energy Buyers Association filed comments on December 21, 2021 with the Arizona Corporation Commission in support of a continued and transparent investigation into regional transmission organization (RTO) participation. CEBA’s filing reiterates that energy customers support well-designed and well-implemented organized wholesale markets as a way to accelerate customer access to affordable, clean energy. Recent studies focused on western […]

The Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) filed comments on December 10 to the Texas Public Utility Commission’s Market Design Docket (PROJECT NO. 52373), marking the third filing for CEBA on this docket. The Market Design Docket focuses on reliability and outage concerns at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) that resulted from Winter Storm Uri. In this […]

CEBA continues to bring the energy customer perspective to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s July 15th Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR). This ANOPR reviews transmission planning, cost allocation, and generator interconnection processes. Holistic transmission planning is a necessary component of enabling the rapid decarbonization of the U.S. power sector. The November 30th reply comments address the value of […]

On November 12, CEBA submitted a joint filing with coalition partners Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) requesting a rehearing at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM). SEEM was approved on October 13 in a 2-2 split at the Commission. However, CEBA and other key stakeholders noted […]

CEBA filed comments at the Texas Public Utility Commission on November 1 in response to the Commission’s Market Design docket (PROJECT NO. 52373). This is CEBA’s second filing on this docket. The Market Design docket is intended to address outages at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) that were a result of Winter Storm Uri. CEBA’s […]