46,000 MW of power generation remains offline in TX. More than half of that, 28,000 MW, are gas, coal, and nuclear; the remaining 18,000 MW offline are wind and solar. Yet here in SC, Dominon and Duke are spinning TX situation into a disingenuous attack on renewables. Just stop. https://t.co/YztaPJSJeQ
Tom Davis
@senatortomdavis · SC · S
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CoverageJan 3, 2020 to Oct 8, 2021
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Mega-utilities with monopolies are being challenged; with momentum in both Carolinas building to bring competition to energy-production markets, @DukeEnergy acts clandestinely via an insipid “citizens group” account to attack NC reformer @RepStrickland. But the truth will out. https://t.co/fPWGJuAlsu
South Carolina Senate Finance Committee included in the FY 21-22 budget my request to appropriate funds for the RTO study committee (to which I’ve been appointed) to retain an energy expert to advise on how to inject market principles into our state’s energy-production markets. https://t.co/BuinoEqZiV
.@CBJenergy: “Sen. Tom Davis says South Carolina sees advantages to establishing a regional transmission group including North Carolina.” But the mega-utilities are now fighting back, and they won’t easily surrender their legislatively granted monopolies. https://t.co/N0xi7SC58D
.@petermccoyforsc: We included requirements in the Energy Freedom Act for regulators and utilities to consider the benefits of rooftop solar deployment because we understood utility monopolies have a profit-driven interest in maintaining market control. https://t.co/vkyJefG1FH
Here’s why I have and always will oppose authorization for drilling offshore of South Carolina for oil and natural gas. With our ecosystem in the Lowcountry, there is simply no margin for error. https://t.co/GlVwagPD2w
.@CVofSC: The PSC just used the Energy Freedom Act to force Dominion to submit a plan with a coal plant retirement analysis; a good stopgap, but ultimately more competition & choice is needed to ensure ratepayers receive affordable, reliable, clean energy. https://t.co/gjxvCCEy5Y
.@postandcourier: After the V.C. Summer debacle exposed “regulated monopolies,” South Carolina is appropriately exploring electricity deregulation; the big takeaway from Texas is there are different ways to deregulate and different degrees of deregulation. https://t.co/N2ZMeQ4NMm
An explosion in information and communications technology has revolutionized the electricity-supply chain. The Energy Freedom Act started to clear the way for innovations, but monopolistic clutter remains. An RTO study committee is the next logical step. https://t.co/Eq6faJTGUQ
Speaking now on a panel re: electricity market reform in the Carolinas. The objective is for consumers to pay rates that are a function of what competition in energy-production market dictates, as opposed to paying a mega-utility a guaranteed rate of return on invested capital. https://t.co/ahKylSJY1s