Thread by @SimonMahan

Next up at @infocast_events #sere22 Utilities' Carbon-Free Goals and Their Plans for Renewable Procurement feat. Georgia Power Company, Entergy, TVA, Green Power EMC #energytwitter

GPC: Our IRP is every three years with lots of intervenors. We have a lot of load growth. Scenario planning is at the heart of the IRP. We take into a range of carbon costs. We're closing coal by '35. Adding 3GW of renewables and batteries.

Entergy: Our IRP is 4yrs. Commission doesn't approve the plan. Modeled 3 scenarios. Ref. Plan incl. 2.6 GW to be added by '25. 11 GW by 2042. Fuel cost savings across all three scenarios. Industrial customers want to reduce their CO2 emissions.

TVA: Last IRP was '19. We are increasing renewables and closing coal. Contracted 2.2 GW of solar. Kicking off new IRP. Carbon free RFP will help inform IRP. We've released a 5gw RFP.

GPEMC: If you've met one cooperative, you've met one cooperative. They're all different. Our purpose is to help aggregate for them. We're closing in on 2GW. Probably need to double it by 2030.

GPC: We got flexibility, adaptability, and controlability approved by the commission in the IRP, about 6GW by 2035. We'll have a new target in 2025 with new info. We'll have a capacity need by end of the decade.

Entergy: Our 475mw solar approved came from a 2020 rfp in a load pocket. The '21 RFP of 600mw for solar will be filed soon. The '22 RFP of 1500mw allows more bids elsewhere. IRP expects "sizable and frequent" RFP's, likely annual. PSC approval takes too long.

TVA: We're seeing land use constraints. There's misinformation regarding renewables. Renewables provide new tax base. Interconnection is also a challenge. Internally looking at transmission on where solar corridors could be.

GPC: Feedback is very important to us. We need "constructive friction".