Energy Commissioners Testify Against EPA’s Proposed Power Grid Restrictions

Georgia’s Public Service Commissioner Tricia Pridemore appeared before the House Energy Climate Grid Subcommittee on Feb. 14 and made one request to Congress: “Rein in the EPA.” “They’re putting unnecessary burdens on the backs of ratepayers, and they’re certainly limiting innovation,” she said. Ms. Pridemore was called as a key witness along with Indiana’s Utility Regulatory Commission chairman Jim Huston, the Colorado Energy Office’s senior director of policy Keith Hay, and Arizona Corporation Commissioner Nick Myers to testify on their state’s energy and utility situation concerning new regulations proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). “Threats to electric grid reliability are growing due to environmental regulations, policies from state legislatures and agencies, bans on fossil fuel generation, and market distortions,” subcommittee chairman Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) said in his opening statement. “These factors are contributing to premature retirement for most of our reliable and dispatchable resources.”...