The Rise of AI and Data Center Electricity Demand AI and data centers have become global focal points—dominating headlines and reshaping energy demand forecasts. Powering these facilities, especially those supporting AI workloads, requires vast amounts of electricity. According to the Energy and AI report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), global investment in data centers […]

Recently, carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies have gained more attention. These technologies are not new as they have been used to enhance the production in hard-to-abate industries (such as cement, petrochemicals, iron and steel, fertilizers, and natural gas processing). Many experts now see CCUS as a crucial tool to mitigate the climate change […]

International Energy Agency (IEA) recently released its 2023 Electricity Market Report. The report showed that renewables and nuclear energy will dominate the growth of global electricity supply through 2025.  The electricity generation sourced from coal power plants in the EU, the U.S., and Canada has been declined. But this is opposite to many Southeast Asian […]

Dr. Romkaew Broehm participated in the Andean Regional Peer Review on Transparency in Integrated Electricity Markets from December 14-16, 2022.  The meeting was organized by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and sponsored by the Power Sector Program, Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State, in coordination with the Inter-American Development Bank […]

In August 2022, the U.S. administration and congress passed a historic legislative package, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) or known as the first climate bill. The Biden Administration through this IRA has aimed to achieve a net zero emission* by reducing GHG emissions into two stages: 1) at least a 50% reduction from […]

Digitization, AI-powered innovation, cloud technology, and growing renewables is about to transform bilateral trading in the Southeast region. Utilities serving loads in the Southeast region recently joined forces to request the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to operate the “Southeast Energy Exchange Market” (SEEM), an electricity exchange platform that will trade non-firm electricity every 15 […]

A rare extreme winter hit Texas this week.  It made ERCOT scramble for power but ended up with a massive and prolonged rolling blackouts.  Over 30,000 MW of both renewables and thermal power plants were off-line causing businesses and households to be out of electricity, approximately 16,500 MW.   The Gas Delivery Emergency Order to ensure […]

As the advisers with PTIT to Thailand’s Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO), Romkaew Broehm and Michael Schaal at A-Delta gave a public talk to Thailand’s government officials, utilities, regulators, and educators on: “Path for Electricity Sector’s Transformation: Participating Resources Integration,” and “Competitive Markets for Natural Gas: Enabling Competitive Electricity Market,” respectively.  The public talk […]

RPB Energy Economics with Econolytics submitted a report on an international standby tariffs survey to PTIT for the Office of Energy Regulatory Commission last month.  The purpose of our study is to review and evaluate standby tariff designs from several different jurisdictions to better understand the range of potential rate designs possible for use in […]

In February 2020, Dr. Broehm gave a public talk  on “Green Electricity Innovative Approaches to Accelerate Renewable Goal” in Bangkok.  She shared the U.S. and the EU clean energy policies and discussed innovative rate designs as corporate buyers are demanding more green power.  She compared the differences between physical and virtual PPAs and how they […]

Lusaka, Zambia  In November 2019,  Dr. Romkaew Broehm shared her experience and knowledge of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Open Access Transmission Policies  with Southern African regulators and their staff during a three-day peer review  on Grid Code Implementation.  The program was organized by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and sponsored by […]

Cambridge, MA  In July 2019, the young professionals at the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand visited the U.S.  to participate in the Electricity Market & Trading Workshop organized by RPB Energy Economics LLC (RPBEE).  The workshop participants learned about the U.S. wholesale electricity markets and trading, particularly what encompassed a Locational Marginal Pricing (LMP) market […]