Performance-based Regulation
June 9, 2020 | Performance-based Regulation
Performance-Based Regulation in Minnesota: A Decade of Progress
Performance-based regulation for electric utilities is gaining increased attention across the US. States like Hawaii and New York are already testing new models to align utility performance with public policy…
April 17, 2019 | Blog
How should Xcel Energy’s electric utility performance be measured? Report summarizes initial perspectives
A recent report by the Great Plains Institute summarizes initial stakeholder perspectives around what should be measured to assess Xcel Energy’s electric utility performance in the…
February 5, 2019 | Events
Webinar Recap: Xcel Energy Performance Metrics Stakeholder Process
This webinar, facilitated by Great Plains Institute, invited participants to learn about the stakeholder engagement process for establishing performance metrics for Xcel Energy’s electric utility operations, as part of MN…
November 5, 2018 | Blog
Minnesota Moves Forward with Performance-Based Regulation Process
Last week, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission decided unanimously to begin exploring performance metrics for the state’s largest utility, Xcel Energy. The decision is a major step towards achieving…
October 10, 2018 | Blog
Documenting Minnesota’s Progress with an Evolving Electric System
Less than four years ago, the Center for Energy and Environment and the Great Plains Institute launched the e21 Initiative, a multi-stakeholder collaboration brought together to find ways to…
April 26, 2018 | Media
Utility Dive: How Minnesota is Inching Toward a New Oversight Model
Utility Dive’s Herman Trabish takes a “deep dive’ into the e21 stakeholder process to explore performance-based regulation in Minnesota. From Utility Dive, April 24th, 2018: Performance-based regulation needs more…
March 6, 2018 | Blog
e21 Roundtable Suggests Process Considerations for Performance Metrics Docket
As we’ve noted previously, a core activity of e21 Phase III is to convene stakeholders in Roundtables to discuss issues related to the principles, goals, and objectives developed by…
December 1, 2016 | Integrated Systems Planning
e21 Phase 2 Report
The diverse set of e21 stakeholders have reached another milestone, concluding Phase II of their work with the release of three white papers addressing key issues in Minnesota’s energy future.
December 1, 2016 | Performance-based Regulation
e21 Phase 2 Report: Perfomance Based Compensation Framework
A central recommendation of the e21 Initiative Phase I Report is the shift to a more performance-based compensation framework, where some portion of the utility earnings is linked to utilities’…
March 30, 2016 | Blog
Q&A on Performance-Based Regulation with Energy Innovation’s Sonia Aggarwal
In Minnesota, GPI convenes a stakeholder effort called the e21 Initiative that recommends, in part, shifting toward a more performance-based regulatory approach to determine how electric utilities in the state…