Demand Response/Energy Efficiency

The Illinois General Assembly House of Representatives’ Energy and Environment Committee scheduled a meeting on April 29, 2025, to discuss SB2456- Amends the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources Development Law of 1997, last discussed in PJM Flash 25-13. If enacted, SB 2456 would extend  20 ILCS 687/—which established a renewable energy resources trust …

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As last discussed in PJM Special Flash 25-14.1, on February 28, 2025, in Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) Docket 25-0213, Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) filed a Petition seeking approval of its 2026-2029 Energy Efficiency and Demand Response Plan (the Plan) along with the Testimony from ComEd’s Senior Manager for Strategic Planning and Portfolio Management. ComEd developed the filing pursuant to 220 ILCS 5/3-105, which required …

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As last discussed in PJM Flash 25-10, on February 28, 2025, in Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) Docket 25-0213, Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) filed a Petition seeking approval of its 2026-2029 Energy Efficiency and Demand Response Plan (the Plan) along with the Testimony from ComEd’s Senior Manager for Strategic Planning and Portfolio Management. ComEd made the filing pursuant to 220 ILCS 5/3-105, which required ComEd …

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On December 3, 2024, the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities (EPU) Committee held a hearing (see notice) on several bills related to clean energy. We summarized several of these bills in PJM Flash 24-47, following prior hearings before the Senate EPU Committee. We summarize the legislation and the written testimony on those bills at …

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On November 14, 2024, the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities (EPU) Committee scheduled a hearing for November 19, 2024, at 10:00am, at which it will hear testimony on the following bills related to renewable energy: The hearing will take place in-person in the Finance Hearing Room of the Ohio Statehouse, located at 1 Capitol …

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