Lawmakers have a choice: maintain the status quo or expand competition through SB 1411 and related bills.

The question is how quickly Missouri can act.

Critics often point to outdated examples like California.

But today’s competitive markets have stronger safeguards — and are delivering faster investment and better outcomes.

Missouri already imports more electricity than it produces — even before expected retirements.

Without action, costs and reliability risks will only grow.

Missouri is not California, and its utility customers deserve choice | Opinion Jefferson City lawmakers should restructure the state’s electricity markets to break up utility monopolies and allow competition. | Opinion

Electric utility rates are up 61% since 2008. Supply is tightening. Missouri needs a better path.

SB 1411 opens the door to competition, bringing new generation online faster and helping protect customers.

In @kansascity.com, @epsaceo.bsky.social Todd Snitchler breaks it down: tinyurl.com/ydpcn3yu

📈 Rising demand from AI, data centers & electrification
⚡ Competitive markets driving new generation
🛠️ Permitting reform & better forecasting are key

"If competitive power suppliers make investments that prove to be inefficient or unnecessary, the investors bear the cost of that mistake,” Snitchler said. “The risk of investing in generation remains on the developers and owners of power plants – not the ratepayer.”

“Our nation is at an inflection point.”

EPSA President & CEO Todd Snitchler testified before the Senate on the growing strain on the grid—and what it will take to keep power reliable and affordable.

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🎃 When states walk away from competitive power markets like PJM, consumers get haunted by higher bills and fewer choices.

EPSA weaves a spooky tale of what the alternatives to procuring power could spell for PJM states.

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🎙️ Our EVP of Energy, David Hill, recently joined @epsanews.bsky.social #EnergySolutions podcast for a broad conversation covering everything from permitting reform to rising electricity prices and why bipartisanship is key to moving sound energy policy forward.

PJM has selected 51 projects to receive expedited interconnection studies through its Reliability Resource Initiative (RRI).
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Writer: Devin Leith-Yessian

FERC’s annual Summer Assessment shows rising demand and shrinking reserve margins as new supply has been slow to come online.
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Writer: James Downing

Powering Pennsylvania: Chairman Stephen DeFrank on Rising Energy Demand and Consumer Costs - EPSA Stephen DeFrank, Chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission joins EPSA's Energy Solutions podcast to discuss how the commonwealth is managing major electricity demand growth and advancing ...

🎙️NEW: PA PUC Chair Stephen DeFrank joins @epsaceo.bsky.social to talk what it takes to meet surging #energy demand from data centers, manufacturing, and electrification-while staying focused on reliability and consumer costs. 🎧Listen now: tinyurl.com/y2t433y3

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💡Capacity auction prices are only a small piece of electric bills across PJM. Total costs of generation and capacity have seen increases from recent record lows, but total generation and capacity costs remain consistent with prices seen during the 2010s, especially on an inflation-adjusted basis.

💡Generation costs today remain lower than in some recent years across the PJM region.

💡Power generation accounts for roughly the same percentage of an electric bill today as it did 10 years ago – 45% on average.

💡New report finds rising #energy costs not driven by power generation- higher #utility bills largely reflect growing spending by local utilities on transmission and distribution and the costs of state policies.

Dig into the data from Energy Tariff Experts for EPSA: tinyurl.com/3pyc7cxf

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💡While load growth is certain, just how much demand will rise is unclear, creating risk for captive ratepayers, writes Peter Kelly-Detwiler @rtoinsider.bsky.social : tinyurl.com/42f32n93

Competitive #electricity markets help shield consumers from investment risks. More at EPSA: tinyurl.com/ye9h6uxp

💸💡What drives #energy costs? Wholesale electricity prices are just part of what consumers pay, and many other factors contribute to the total monthly bill.

@nyiso.com breaks it down.

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PJM CEO Manu Asthana and Aftab Khan, EVP – Operations, Planning & Security, discussed PJM’s reliability and resource adequacy efforts in two separate panels at the @epsanews.bsky.social Competitive Power Summit Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

📺"Just Win Baby": @epsaceo.bsky.social and Ohio business leaders and consumer and environmental advocates talk energy growth, reliability, consumer costs at the Columbus Metropolitan Club.

"Competitive generators keep the risk off of captive customers."

Watch: tinyurl.com/27e9yd36

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⚡Competitive power markets unlock private investment. The new $25B partnership between ADQ and Energy Capital Partners will bring 25 GW of generation online, helping AI data centers and industrial sectors have the energy they need. 👉ow.ly/cP2v50VlrM6

Ep. 46: Electrification Amps Up - NEMA's Debra Phillips - EPSA National Electrical Manufacturers Association President and CEO Debra Phillips, shares insights on the evolving landscape of electrification, including policy solutions, workforce development, and the...

From EVs to transformers, our latest podcast explores key #electrification trends. NEMA's Debra Phillips shares insights and new data on:

⚡ The future of power grid flexibility
🔋 Supply chain & workforce challenges
📈 The impact of rising electricity demand

Tune in 🎧 ow.ly/H5IH50V8uxP

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⚡ Panel Spotlight ⚡From Challenges to Solutions: The Future of the Grid -

Join us at the EPSA Competitive Power Summit to hear from experts on:
🔹 Next-gen energy tech
🔹 Market-driven investment strategies
🔹 Policies to enable real solutions

📅 Register now! ow.ly/4E1Q50V2maV

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⚡ DC PSC Chairman Emile C. Thompson will give the lunch keynote at our Competitive Power Summit on April 2.

This is a must-attend event for anyone interested in the future of competitive electricity. Let’s talk innovation and policy—see you there!

🔗 Register now: ow.ly/hp7050UZtqy #CPS25

🏈What's it take to power the #SuperBowl? EPSA member companies provide about 70,000 MW of generation capacity to PJM Interconnection's 65 million customers.⚡

PJM shared a fun look at how electric demand ebbs and flows throughout the day: tinyurl.com/5n93ssv4

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Hi again #EnergySky! Will you join us at EPSA's Competitive Power Summit in DC?

Of the folks we can tag on BlueSky, speakers include @nyiso.bsky.social's Rich Dewey, @politico.com's @cmorehouse.bsky.social, @epsaceo.bsky.social, and many more!

Details, register👉ow.ly/4wlw50URnpa

Balancing Reliability, Affordability, and Sustainability: Competitive Power Markets Meet the Moment  - EPSA As AI demands more energy, competitive power suppliers can meet the moment and help win the race to keep America an economic leader.

At USEA's Annual Forum, Todd Snitchler @epsaceo.bsky.social discussed the value states and their consumers get from participating in regional wholesale electricity markets like PJM Interconnection. #EnergySky

EPSA caught up with newly appointed @ferc.gov Chair Mark Christie in 2022 to hear about his priorities on our podcast, Energy Solutions.

As he prepares to take the helm, revisit his conversation with
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Load forecasts from data centers risk falling into irrational exuberance territory There is a long history of overestimating load growth, which can drive overbuilding and the addition of resources that may exceed the increased demand.

Are projections for skyrocketing electricity demand growth overhyped? CEO of @epsanews.bsky.social warns that customers could be stuck paying for overbuilds if it doesn't materialize.

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