ACORE touts CO2 cuts from organized grid in Southeast

The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) is touting the significant carbon dioxide emission cuts and cost savings that could result from creating an energy exchange market or a fully organized power market, known as a regional transmission organization (RTO), in the Southeast. Such a move would require sign-off from federal energy regulators, though it would also likely require significant buy-in from Southern state officials and affected utilities. “Results from the modeling show that the ‘RTO’ scenario results in the...