Dana Ammann

2 weeks ago | nrdc.org | Kit Kennedy |Dana Ammann |Sustainable FERC

Clean energy lowers electricity system costs—and fossil fuel power increases them One of the great strengths of clean power is that its fuel—the sun, the wind—is free and abundant. Zero-marginal cost renewables reduce wholesale power prices. When gas- and coal-powered plants run less often because of greater reliance on clean energy and energy efficiency, wholesale prices—the blended cost of all the plants that are operating—go down because fuel is the largest cost of fossil plants.

Jul 24, 2024 | zephyrnet.com | Dana Ammann

New Report Shows Coal Plants Earned $1 Billion for Running While Wind Was Available, Cheaper in MISO Territory Adding to a growing field of research, the new report "The Consumer and Environmental Costs from Uneconomically Dispatching Coal Plants in MISO," reveals new details about the impact of aging, uncompetitive coal plants taking advantage of utility and market rules to run at a loss for extended periods of time while crowding out cleaner, cheaper resources in the nation's largest...

Jul 23, 2024 | pressreleasepoint.com | Dana Ammann

CARMEL, IN – New analysis commissioned by the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) shows that customers throughout the central United States paid more than $1 billion in excess energy costs and lost out on nearly 400 megawatts of wind capacity between 2021 and 2023 because of practices that allow coal plants to rig power markets and crowd out cheaper resources.

Jul 20, 2023 | nrdc.org | Dana Ammann |Rate Increases

When the eastern United States was sheathed in snow and extreme cold during Christmas week last year, the electric grid was hit with a surprise. While they had planned for some generator outages, natural gas plants failed to the point where a quarter of PJM generation capacity was offline on Christmas Eve. According to PJM’s newly released and much anticipated Winter Storm Elliott report, this included 40 gigawatts (GW) of coal and natural gas.

May 18, 2023 | nrdc.org | Dana Ammann |Rate Increases

The clean energy transition is reaching a critical inflection point. Over the past decade, states have led the way in planning and incentivizing the development of renewables by setting ambitious targets known as renewable portfolio standards (RPS.) The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in 2022, the most ambitious climate legislation in U.S. history, will further boost the availability of cost-effective renewable power.