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CRI’s Stevenson disagrees on Carney’s response to PJM’s capacity auction

Bradley VasoliBusiness, Government, Headlines

  Delaware Governor John Carney and four other Democratic governors are pushing for changes at PJM, a regional power grid operator, after its recent auction pointed to sharp increases in electricity costs. But David Stevenson, director of the Center for Energy & Environment at the Newark-based Caesar Rodney Institute, sees three general problems with the governors’ letter. Delaware’s Carney joined …

The proposed US Wind benefits package includes annual payments over 20 years, worth $2 million dollars to each town.

US Wind offers 5 Delaware beach towns $2 million each

Jarek RutzBusiness, Headlines

A national offshore wind energy development company is making its case to Delaware’s coastal towns. US Wind, Inc. recently presented a package of community benefits for Delaware’s coastal residents to the Delaware Association of Coastal Towns. The community benefits package includes a stream of annual payments over 20 years, worth $2 million dollars to each town.  The payments would begin …