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Maryland electric customers face up to 24% bill hikes from PJM capacity auction: report
Reliability-must-run contracts for two Talen Energy power plants added about $5 billion to PJM’s capacity costs in its last auction, Synapse Energy Economics found.
By Ethan Howland • Aug. 15, 2024 -
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OpinionWhy wait? VPPs can help PJM now
Even though PJM’s capacity prices hit record highs for 2025-26, they could go even higher or remain elevated unless the grid operator’s generation capacity can catch up with its surging demand.
By Michael D. Smith • Aug. 14, 2024 -
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TrendlineCybersecurity of the Grid
In addition to presenting opportunities for growth, AI is exacerbating cyber threats with more sophisticated malware that is easier than ever to build and deploy. The rise of distributed energy resources also creates more opportunities for attack.
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New York ISO reforms interconnection queue, launches cluster study reviews
The changes, which comply with FERC Order 2023, “deliver greater efficiencies and transparency in our interconnection process,” New York ISO President and CEO Rich Dewey said.
By Robert Walton • Aug. 13, 2024 -
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OpinionStay the course on competitive electric markets
The narrative pushed by certain investor-owned utilities — that the recent PJM capacity auction outcome somehow signals a need for re-regulation — is misleading.
By Ryan Augsburger • Aug. 9, 2024 -
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Biden administration appealing injunction against LNG pause
A district court judge dismissed 11 of 16 charges against the administration but restricted it from further halting or pausing approvals for new liquefied natural gas export terminals.
By Lamar Johnson • Aug. 8, 2024 -
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LS Power unit to pay $2.7M to settle alleged CAISO market violations
A REV Renewables battery storage system made improper bids in California’s wholesale power market, according to FERC enforcement office staff.
By Ethan Howland • Aug. 7, 2024 -
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DC Circuit vacates FERC’s reapproval of 2 LNG export terminals, gas pipeline
The court decision could delay liquefied natural gas export projects in Texas owned by NextDecade and Glenfarne Energy Transition, research firm ClearView Energy Partners said.
By Ethan Howland • Aug. 7, 2024 -
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Innovative transmission, energy storage projects in 18 states get $2.2B from DOE
Companies involved in winning projects include Allete, Duke Energy, Eversource, Grid United, National Grid, Pacific Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison.
By Ethan Howland • Aug. 6, 2024 -
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OpinionSenate permitting reform compromise is a win for American energy and American politics
The legislation would provide a good foundation to undo unreasonable timetables and fragmented planning processes inhibiting investments in clean energy projects.
By Paolo Mastrangelo • Aug. 5, 2024 -
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Window to repeal SEC climate disclosure rule closes
While Republicans failed to repeal the rule through the Congressional Review Act, it is still being targeted by policy riders in the appropriations process.
By Lamar Johnson • Aug. 5, 2024 -
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FERC seeks more info on Talen-Amazon nuclear interconnection pact
The federal agency also said it plans to hold a technical conference in the fall on issues related to co-locating large loads at power plants.
By Ethan Howland • Aug. 5, 2024 -
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US nuclear policy gains boost fuel supplier Cameco as Q2 earnings jump 157%
The Canadian uranium producer sees long-term order growth as clean energy demand rises and U.S. nuclear operators seek alternatives to Russian supplies
By Brian Martucci • Aug. 2, 2024 -
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USTR to decide soon on proposed tariff hikes for Chinese solar cells, EVs, other items
The White House’s rationale for increasing tariffs is to make the U.S. more competitive in the clean energy and technology sectors, a major focus during the Biden administration.
By Phil Neuffer • Aug. 2, 2024 -
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PJM capacity auction to lead to double-digit rate hikes for Exelon utilities: CFO
When asked about possible power plant ownership, Exelon President and CEO Calvin Butler said, “We're working with our [state utility] commissions on all types of scenarios.”
By Ethan Howland • Aug. 2, 2024 -
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FERC calls SPP Western market proposal ‘deficient,’ requests more info
Southwest Power Pool is developing a response to questions about its Western day-ahead electricity market, including rules around transmission capacity availability and resource aggregations.
By Robert Walton • Aug. 2, 2024 -
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Clean energy tax credits are tough. This new tool could help.
The free online navigator from Lawyers for Good Government can help cities determine if a project qualifies for Inflation Reduction Act direct-pay incentives.
By Ysabelle Kempe • Aug. 1, 2024 -
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FirstEnergy seeks alternatives to PJM capacity market to bolster power supply
“I'd call yesterday's [PJM auction results] the canary in the coal mine, and the canary didn't make it,” Brian Tierney, FirstEnergy president and CEO, said.
By Ethan Howland • Aug. 1, 2024 -
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DC Circuit vacates FERC approval of $950M Williams pipeline project
The agency failed to adequately explain why it dismissed studies showing that the Mid-Atlantic project wasn’t needed or why it didn’t assess the significance of its carbon emissions, the court said.
By Ethan Howland • July 31, 2024 -
55 miles of high-voltage transmission lines added in 2023 as US buildout slows: report
Despite the slowdown, utilities spent more than $25 billion on transmission last year, mainly on lower-voltage projects, up from about $20 billion in 2013, according to Grid Strategies.
By Ethan Howland • July 30, 2024 -
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DC Circuit rejects Entergy challenge to MISO’s capacity rules
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission adequately explained why it approved MISO’s plan to shift to a seasonal capacity market, the court said Friday.
By Ethan Howland • July 29, 2024 -
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Sponsored by ScottMaddenCreating impactful workforce development programs in the energy industry
Since 2006, the Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) has conducted bi-annual surveys to explore trends in the energy workforce and support companies in the industry with strategic workforce planning initiatives.
By Matt Shait, Director and Emma Park, Senior Associate, ScottMadden • July 29, 2024 -
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DOE awards $371M to boost permitting, local benefits from transmission projects
Most of the grants support projects that give communities tangible benefits from transmission development, said Maria Robinson, director of the Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office.
By Ethan Howland • July 24, 2024 -
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AEP, Exelon oppose Talen-Amazon interconnection pact to protect rate base growth potential: Constellation
Exelon’s Commonwealth Edison stands to add up to $5 billion to its rate base by building transmission infrastructure to serve planned data centers in Illinois, according to Constellation Energy.
By Ethan Howland • July 24, 2024 -
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Utility commissioners from 14 states, DC, say FERC transmission rule will lower energy costs
The support comes after utility commissions from Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and West Virginia challenged the agency’s rule in court, partly because they say it usurps state authority.
By Ethan Howland • July 24, 2024 -
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Bipartisan energy permitting bill ups FERC transmission siting authority, requires interregional planning
The Senate bill released Monday could guide the framework for action on permitting reform, which may not come until next year, according to observers.
By Ethan Howland • July 23, 2024
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