Vienna, VA – July 25, 2025 — Energy Ventures Analysis (EVA) has released its comprehensive report analyzing the results of PJM Interconnection’s 2026/27 Base Residual Auction (BRA), which cleared at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)-imposed cap of $329.17 per megawatt-day (MW-day) across the entire Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) footprint. This marks a 22% jump […]
One Big Beautiful Bill Signed: What Changed and What’s Next
Executive Summary On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the Senate-amended One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). While many of the cuts from the House version remained, the final version of OBBBA introduces a more relaxed condition of eligibility for projects seeking to claim the new tech-neutral clean electricity tax credits (45Y and 48E) with […]
The One Big, Beautiful Repeal: How OBBBA Resets Clean Energy Policy
On May 22, 2025, the U.S. House passed the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), a sweeping legislative package that effectively repeals most clean energy provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Additionally, a key amendment that passed with the original OBBBA imposes two immediate eligibility conditions that disqualify the vast majority of clean energy […]
Trump Administration’s Wind Freeze: A Challenge for Offshore Wind, But Far from the End
Donald Trump’s return to the White House has triggered a significant shift in U.S. energy policy, with offshore wind facing its biggest challenge yet. A recent executive order (EO), published on January 20, 2025, halting leasing of federal land and waters for wind energy projects, has injected uncertainty into the sector, delaying key projects, discouraging […]
EVA releases new Monthly Renewable Energy Outlook
Energy Ventures Analysis is pleased to introduce its newly revamped Monthly Renewable Energy Outlook. The Monthly Renewable Energy Outlook is a comprehensive report covering the entire U.S. renewable energy space. Highlights include recent policy updates, recently completed renewable energy projects, the current status of the combined and individual Interconnection Queues for the seven major U.S. […]
Pain in the Permian: Renewable Edition
Pain in the Permian: Renewable Edition On March 8th, global oil prices fell by the largest amount since the 1991 Gulf War as Saudi Arabia abruptly ended its agreement with Russia to regulate prices through coordinated production cuts. The move sparked fears of a price war and came amid price declines caused by the COVID-19 […]
New York State Gears Up For Critical Fight Over Renewable Siting
On February 21st, 2020, New York Governor Cuomo announced a 30-day budget amendment that would “dramatically speed up the permitting and construction of renewable energy projects.” The Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and Community Benefit Act at this stage has two main mechanisms. The first is to effectively bypass the burdensome Article 10 Permitting Process by […]
Pennsylvania Governor Pushes to Join RGGI
Pennsylvania makes strides towards joining regional carbon cap-and-trade program On October 3, 2019, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf (D) issued an executive order directing the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to develop a proposal to limit power sector carbon emissions consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a multi-state cap-and-trade program intended to reduce […]
New York Carbon Emissions Set to Rise in the Wake of Indian Point Retirement
EVA has modeled the impact of the retirement of Entergy’s Indian Point nuclear plant and found that in the near term, power sector carbon emissions will increase as the lost nuclear generation is replaced with natural gas generation. Further, the retirement will increase the cost to comply with the state’s recently updated Clean Energy Standard […]
Newly-Introduced Illinois Bill Seeks to Repeal Exelon Nuclear Subsidies
A bipartisan bill (H.B. 3987) filed by two Illinois state representatives on December 9 would effectively repeal a subsidy that Exelon receives via the sale of Zero Emission Credits (ZEC) by granting an exception to customers of electric utilities that serve more than three million retail customers in the state. If the bill is signed […]