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EPSA 2009-2012 Long-Term Strategic Objectives Resource Guide

The following documents present an overview of past actions by EPSA that support the objectives outlined below and offer background and insight into competitive suppliers' views on these issues:

OBJECTIVE: Achieve recognition and acceptance by policymakers that well-functioning regional competitive wholesale electricity markets promote reliability and provide substantial benefits to consumers, the economy and the environment.

Press Release: EPSA Statement on NERC 2008 Long Term Reliability Assessment (October 23, 2008)
John E. Shelk, president and CEO of the Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA), today commented on the North American Electric Reliability Corporation's (NERC) assessment of the nation's electric reliability through 2017.
EPSA Statement on NERC 2008 Long Term Reliability Assessment

PowerFact: Independent Reports Show Competitive Markets Delivering for Consumers and Leading the Way for Renewables and Demand Response (October 17, 2007)
"These three reports show that, while improvements can always be made, ISOs and RTOs are effective in setting accurate incentives and will continue to play a key role in encouraging investment in renewables and demand response. EPSA welcomes these reports as further evidence that these markets are good for consumers and the environment. These reports should serve as a shift away from the debate of whether or not competition provides benefits - it clearly does - to ensuring that the necessary infrastructure is developed in these established markets and elsewhere." John E. Shelk, President and CEO, EPSA
Independent Reports Show Competitive Markets Delivering for Consumers and Leading the Way for Renewables and Demand Response

PowerFact: DOJ's Economic Analysis Group Report Shows Electricity Restructuring Producing Tangible Benefits (October 21, 2008)
The Economic Analysis Group within the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division released a study entitled, "Electricity Restructuring: What Has Worked, What Has Not, and What is Next." The report argues that in areas where electricity restructuring has been fully implemented, it is now producing tangible benefits for consumers and that calls for heavy-handed regulation should be resisted. The report is further evidence that competitive markets are providing real benefits to electricity consumers.
DOJ's Economic Analysis Report Shows Electricity Restructuring Producing Tangible Benefits


OBJECTIVE: Achieve development of well-functioning competitive wholesale electricity markets, both in regions served by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators (RTO/ISOs) and in those without organized markets, tailored to the circumstances in each region.

Press Release: EPSA Commends NARUC; Urges States to Consider Competitive Procurement Report's Best Practices (February 18, 2009)
John E. Shelk, president and CEO of the Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) commended the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) for urging state public utility commissions to consider implementing recommended utility practices in the competitive procurement of electricity supplies in a resolution adopted at the NARUC Winter Committee Meetings today.
EPSA Commends NARUC; Urges States to Consider Competitive Procurement Report's Best Practices

Issue Brief: State Competitive Procurement: Model Success Stories and Lessons Learned (April 2008)
This paper highlights case studies from various actual competitive procurement regulations, orders and Requests for Proposals ("RFPs"), grouped into 'model success stories" and "lessons learned stories."
State Competitive Procurement: Model Success Stories and Lessons Learned

Press Release: EPSA Welcomes FERC Final Rule on Organized Wholesale Electricity Markets (October 16, 2008)
John E. Shelk, president and CEO of the Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA), today welcomed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's final rule on organized wholesale electricity markets.
EPSA Welcomes FERC Final Rule on Organized Wholesale Electricity Markets

Press Release: Competitive Suppliers Urge FERC Not to Allow NU and NSTAR to Sidestep Competition (January 28, 2009)
A coalition of three groups representing competitive power suppliers (Competitive Suppliers) raised strong concerns about the lack of detail and potential anti-competitive nature of a proposed transaction included in a Northeast Utilities Service Company (NU) and NSTAR Electric Company (NSTAR) petition currently pending before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
Competitive Suppliers Urge FERC Not to Allow NU and NSTAR to Sidestep Competition

Press Release: EPSA Files Comments on Proposed Changes to PJM's RPM Construct (January 9, 2009)
The Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) today filed comments with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to address changes proposed by the PJM Interconnection to its forward-capacity market Reliability Pricing Model (RPM).
EPSA Files Comments on Proposed Changes to PJM's RPM Construct

EPSA has taken action in the following states in pursuit of competitive procurement: Colorado, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Virginia

For more information on state level proceedings, please visit www.epsa.org.


OBJECTIVE: Achieve acceptance by policymakers of the importance of a single national policy on greenhouse gas emissions, and of how the innovation and diversity of competitive wholesale power suppliers will help achieve environmental objectives while ensuring a reliable power system.

Press Release: Competitive Electricity Suppliers Are Critical to a Green Economy and Climate Goals, EPSA Says (December 11, 2008)
John E. Shelk, president and CEO of the Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA), reaffirmed at a conference here yesterday that competitive electricity suppliers are critical to the development of the efficient and innovative methods of generating electricity needed to meet the incoming Obama Administration's goals of advancing a green economy and addressing global climate change.
Competitive Electricity Suppliers Are Critical to a Green Economy and Climate Goals, EPSA Says

Policy Statement: EPSA Statement of Policy on Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Regulation (January 27, 2007)
EPSA supports enactment of comprehensive, mandatory federal legislation to require steps to minimize the impact of greenhouse gases on the environment, consistent with the principles stated below. Climate change policies are being developed now, and EPSA companies are an important part of the solution.
EPSA Statement of Policy on Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Regulation

PowerFact: EPSA Supports a Mandatory, Uniform National Policy to Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions (February 7, 2007)
EPSA members are ideally situated to efficiently implement a national program to minimize greenhouse gas emissions; a consistent, uniform national policy that maintains American economic competitiveness is more effective than a state-by-state approach; and more from EPSA's position paper supporting its Climate Change Principles.
EPSA Supports a Mandatory, Uniform National Policy to Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions

CONTACT: JOHN SHELK
(202) 349-0154or 703-472-8660

EPSA is the national trade association representing competitive power suppliers, including generators and marketers. These suppliers, who account for nearly 40 percent of the installed generating capacity in the United States, provide reliable and competitively priced electricity from environmentally responsible facilities serving global power markets. EPSA seeks to bring the benefits of competition to all power customers.