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FERC rejects West Virginia PSC, market monitor complaints seeking access to PJM committee
FERC Commissioner Mark Christie dissented from the decision on one complaint, saying state regulators need more power in regional transmission organizations.
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NERC to file inverter-based resource rule revisions with federal regulators
“System events over the past six years have shown that these resources are impacting the reliability of the bulk power system,” said Howard Gugel, NERC vice president of compliance assurance and registration.
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EIA reaches agreement with bitcoin miners, will destroy collected data and publish new survey proposal
The U.S. Energy Information Administration told a federal district court on Friday that it has “formally withdrawn and ceased” the emergency collection of data from crypto miners.
Updated March 1, 2024 -
Opinion
Gas utility planning processes should be more like their electric utility counterparts
It is not in the best interest of captive utility customers to let long-lived gas delivery infrastructure spending go unvetted, especially if that infrastructure may no longer be fully utilized in the near future.
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Biden taps 3 for FERC seats amid concerns over potential lack of quorum
"A fully-seated, bipartisan FERC provides more opportunity for advancing long-lasting, sensible energy infrastructure policy,” Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., said.
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New York awards new contracts for Equinor, Ørsted offshore wind projects
Allowing Equinor and Ørsted to re-bid the projects likely prevented the cancelation of more offshore wind farms, an industry spokesman said.
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IRA implementation is still suffering from regulatory uncertainty, executives say
“The volatility and uncertainty associated with [solar] tariff measures is crazy,” said Tom Starrs, vice president of government and public affairs at EDP Renewables North America.
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Nevada regulators set to approve NV Energy’s $2B IRP amendment, including new gas resources
Critics say the utility has used the integrated resource plan amendment process to advance projects with insufficient scrutiny.
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SEC to vote on climate disclosure rule next week
The agency will “consider whether to adopt rules to require registrants to provide certain climate-related information” at a March 6 open commission meeting.
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Biden nominates 3 FERC commissioners
"A fully-seated, bipartisan FERC provides more opportunity for advancing long-lasting, sensible energy infrastructure policy,” Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., said.
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Deep Dive
2024 PJM Outlook: Tough choices loom on capacity market, plant retirements, transmission planning
Ensuring that enough new generation comes online to replace retiring power plants is a key issue that threads through PJM’s expected focus this year, stakeholders and observers said.
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Slowing wind installations threaten emissions progress under the IRA: report
More action on transmission may be needed for the Inflation Reduction Act to reach its full potential on climate, but the success of solar and batteries in particular could also hold policy lessons, an Energy Innovation report said.
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Opinion
How utilities can unleash the power of orchestration through virtual power plants
VPPs offer utilities a powerful tool to grapple with the parallel challenges of enabling electrification and equitable decarbonization while maintaining grid reliability and resilience.
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Offshore wind news and policy: Tracking the latest US developments
Updates include Oregon legislation to mandate a road map for offshore wind, and Massachusetts legislation to establish an offshore wind advisory council.
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2024 US power sector outlook
The U.S. clean energy transition is expected to accelerate in 2024 but faces question around transmission, financing, federal elections and other issues.
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Local, tribal clean energy projects can tap into $18M from DOE
Microgrids and downtown revitalization efforts that create energy-efficient buildings are potential projects the Department of Energy suggested could be eligible.
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AEP CEO removed after one year as company strategy remains unchanged
“Nothing’s really changing,” Paul Patterson, a Glenrock Associates equity analyst, said. “It’s the same story but a different chapter.”
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DOE, NARUC publish cybersecurity ‘baselines’ for utilities, distributed energy resources
The recommendations “provide a common starting point for cyber risk reduction activities,” said NARUC Executive Director Greg White.
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Deep Dive
Congressional action on energy permitting remains stuck, but states, developers are finding solutions
States are resolving local objections to projects through community engagement while transmission developers are making innovative use of existing rights-of-way to bypass permitting logjams.
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Opinion
Pump the brakes on big transmission
Our current policy enthusiasm for transmission has moved from a responsible cocktail before dinner to a bacchanalia of Roman proportions.
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Long-duration energy storage could bolster Maine’s grid in winter months: governor’s report
However, these resources will need to be properly valued and compensated by the regional capacity market, the report finds.
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Ocean City ‘cannot be bought,’ mayor told US Wind in community benefit package rejection
Mayor Rick Meehan of Ocean City, Maryland, said US Wind had offered community benefit packages in exchange for local officials refraining from negative comments about the project.
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SPP proposes renewable, thermal resource accreditation reforms aimed at bolstering reliability
The Southwest Power Pool’s current accreditation for wind, solar and storage fails to account for their reliability value decreasing as more are added to the grid, according to the grid operator.
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SEC to scrap scope 3 reporting from climate disclosure rule: Reuters
The omission could create a compliance conundrum for companies that still need to report scope 3 under European Union and California climate rules.
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ERCOT, CAISO offer best grid interconnection processes; PJM, ISO-NE the worst, report finds
The scorecard, which ranked PJM Interconnection last with a D-minus, can be used a baseline to measure interconnection reform efforts across the U.S., Advanced Energy United said.
Updated Feb. 26, 2024
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