This is your SolarWakeup for December 23rd, 2019

Was It The Skinny Package? Not that it matters much at this point but here is an additional level of information from the ITC showdown. Senate negotiators apparently walked into a White House looking to kill all tax extenders. This did not bode well for the Senate which promptly pulled out their skinny package, i.e. what the chairman wants. So when the biodiesel and wind credit goes through, you can imagine the senior senator from Iowa is somewhat content. Unfortunately for solar it appears that the power exerted on the legislative bodies wasn’t enough to get the skinny inclusion this time.

No Time For MOPR. FERC may be creating the biggest change in power markets in the history of the solar market. Through their minimum price mechanism, renewables that receive state support will have to clear at a higher price allowing generation like gas and  coal to clear below that level. This means that consumers will artificially pay more for the most cost effective generation available and still be on the hook for the societal costs of polluting generation. In short, this is a giant subsidy for generating plants that are no longer viable and something the Trump administration has been after for 3 years. Much more to come but some Twitter commentary says that capacity markets could close or states leave their markets altogether.

Your Coal For The Holidays. As we celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah, you get the coal subsidy with the return of the incandescent light bulbs which the administration is bringing back to life. Doubt the market will get on board with that…Happy Holidays!

Programming Note. Today will be the last SolarWakeup edition of the year and the decade. I appreciate everything that you do and your readership over the past 7 years. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! I will see you in the next decade as the Earth (and I) get one year older. 

• Utility Dive: FERC move to raise PJM capacity market bids shows ‘clear bias’ against new, clean generation – Glick
• PV-Magazine: Utility scale solar power as cheap as 70¢ per watt and still falling
• Bloomberg: Dutch Supreme Court Orders 25% Cut in CO2 Starting Next Year
• NJ Biz: BPU approves 45 participants for first-year community solar pilot
• Grist: Climate gets a prime spot in the sixth Democratic debate
• Greentech Media: Floating Wind, By Royal Appointment: UK Edges Closer to Dedicated Tenders
• Axios: Trump administration to roll back Bush-era light bulb standards

Opinion

• EDF: Decision by federal regulators underscores urgency of passing Illinois’ Clean Energy Jobs Act

Best, Yann

 

 

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