California aims to curtail ‘speculative’ bids that threaten resource adequacy

Author Jeff Stanfield

Houston — Hoping to address concerns about speculative supply offers, California regulators imposed new requirements on marketers and suppliers who promise to import energy into California during times of high electricity demand.

The California Public Utilities Commission on June 25 decided that in the future, such marketers and suppliers must identify the generation resources that will be available to …

Renewables to overtake coal-fired generation for first time in US in 2020: Moody’s

Author Olivia Kalb

Houston — Renewable facilities are expected to generate more power in the US than coal-fired stations in 2020, a first for the course of a full year, driven by a decline in demand for coal units’ services due to the coronavirus pandemic, Moody’s Investor Services said June 18.

While US power generation was down 5.4% year on year through mid-May, “this has not affected all fuels equally, with gas and renewables increasing their share, nuclear holding steady and coal’s share shrinking to …