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ConservAmerica Urges Congress to Support DOE Efforts to Expand Competition in Electricity Markets

ConservAmerica joins a number of organizations committed to affordable clean energy in calling on Congress to fully fund the U.S. Department of Energy’s efforts to provide technical and financial assistance to states and regions to develop regional transmission organizations and independent system operators to ensure a clean, reliable, and resilient electricity grid.

The organizations this week sent a letter to the members of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees urging them to provide the full $19 million in funding the U.S. Department of Energy is requesting for fiscal year 2023 for its Wholesale Electricity Market Technical Assistance and Grants program.

For the first time in a decade, regions of the country, including the West and Southeast, are exploring opportunities to evaluate, develop, and improve wholesale electricity markets. These organized markets support grid reliability, promote energy cost savings, encourage energy efficiency, and allow increased renewable energy onto the grid.

The Wholesale Electricity Market Technical Assistance and Grants program will provide an opportunity to analyze requirements for well-designed wholesale market component formation and concerns regarding resource adequacy, the cost and benefits of market components and design, reliability, and the integration of distributed energy resources like wind and solar.

ConservAmerica joins a number of organizations committed to affordable clean energy in calling on Congress to fully fund the U.S. Department of Energy’s efforts to provide technical and financial assistance to states and regions to develop regional transmission organizations and independent system operators to ensure a clean, reliable, and resilient electricity grid.

The organizations this week sent a letter to the members of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees urging them to provide the full $19 million in funding the U.S. Department of Energy is requesting for fiscal year 2023 for its Wholesale Electricity Market Technical Assistance and Grants program. 

For the first time in a decade, regions of the country, including the West and Southeast, are exploring opportunities to evaluate, develop, and improve wholesale electricity markets. These organized markets support grid reliability, promote energy cost savings, encourage energy efficiency, and allow increased renewable energy onto the grid.

The Wholesale Electricity Market Technical Assistance and Grants program will provide an opportunity to analyze requirements for well-designed wholesale market component formation and concerns regarding resource adequacy, the cost and benefits of market components and design, reliability, and the integration of distributed energy resources like wind and solar.

The full letter is available here.

The letter was signed by the following organizations:

  • Advanced Energy Economy (AEE),

  • Alliance for Affordable Energy

  • American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)

  • Carolina Utility Customer Association (CUCA)

  • Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)

  • Coastal Conservation League

  • ConservAmerica

  • Conservative Energy Network (CEN)

  • Council for New Energy Economies

  • Energy Alabama

  • Energy Choice Coalition (ECC)

  • Interwest Energy Alliance

  • National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO)

  • National Audubon Society

  • National Retail Federation

  • North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association

  • Northwest & Intermountain Power Producers Coalition (NIPPC)

  • Renew Missouri

  • Renewable Northwest

  • Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)

  • R Street Institute

  • Southern Alliance for Clean Energy

  • Southern Environmental Law Center

  • Southern Renewable Energy Association

  • Southface Institute

  • Sunnova Energy Corporation

  • Western Resource Advocates