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Opinion
Collaboration, not confrontation: Setting the stage for success between FERC and the states
Concrete, achievable wins are within grasp, but only if FERC learns the lessons of the past, writes former Commissioner Tony Clark.
Feb. 2, 2021 -
'This is just the beginning': Southwest Power Pool begins operating Western imbalance market
The five-minute balancing market is expected to help utilities integrate more renewable resources, but there are some concerns about the creation of a transmission seam in Colorado.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 2, 2021 -
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TrendlineGrid Resiliency
Utilities and grid operators are facing increasing threats from climate change as well as cyber and physical attacks, and are deploying a variety of responses to meet the rising challenges.
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Xcel cuts carbon emissions 50% by 2021, eyes Colorado transmission, coal plants to reach 2030 goal
The utility hinted that its Colorado IRP would include heavy investments in transmission and renewables, as well as action on its remaining coal plants in the state, and likely looking similar to its plans in Minnesota.
By Catherine Morehouse • Jan. 29, 2021 -
Deep Dive
'No compelling reason not to': Former FERC chairs, commissioners call for federal transmission overhaul
Nine former commissioners and chairs agree that now is the time for federal regulators to tackle interregional grid planning, following the release of a report.
By Catherine Morehouse • Jan. 28, 2021 -
Deep Dive
Want a more distributed and lower cost power system? Try this new planning tool
Vibrant Clean Energy offers system modeling to match today's granularity and breaks the barrier between bulk system and distribution system planning.
By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 28, 2021 -
New York approves $854M transmission line, outlines path to reach storage, renewables goals
To support a 100% emissions-free grid by 2040, a report says New York may need more than 9,000 MW of offshore wind, 30,000 MW of land-based renewables and 15,000 MW of storage.
By Robert Walton • Jan. 25, 2021 -
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PJM, utilities 'messing with' state sovereignty is 'biggest threat' to climate goals: Maryland commissioner
State lawmakers say that while leaving the capacity market appears less likely with the new administration, his comments reflect a broader power struggle between the state and its grid operator.
By Catherine Morehouse • Jan. 22, 2021 -
FERC rejects NYISO MOPR expansion, gas infrastructure orders, in Danly's last meeting as chair
"This meeting is not normal," an attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council said in a tweet.
By Catherine Morehouse • Jan. 20, 2021 -
California approves PG&E, SDG&E, SCE microgrid tariffs with eye to upcoming fire season
As battery storage capacity is added in California, developers are preparing to meet the summer peak demand through new projects, including microgrids.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Jan. 19, 2021 -
Deep Dive
Hawaii finalizes utility regulation considered potential template for US power system transformation
Stakeholders agree the state's final performance-based regulation order includes opportunities and safeguards that can lead to a new regulatory paradigm.
By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 19, 2021 -
New York to build nation's largest offshore wind program to bolster green economy
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the state selected Equinor Wind US to develop two projects, which will combine for 2,490 MW, more than 20 miles off the coast of Long Island.
By Robert Walton • Jan. 15, 2021 -
Duke, Southern file SEEM proposal with FERC as North Carolina regulators mull authority
Duke Energy argued state regulators do not need to approve its proposal to form a centralized energy exchange market before filing with federal regulators.
By Catherine Morehouse • Updated Feb. 16, 2021 -
Deep Dive
2021 Outlook: 10 power sector trends to watch
A new administration under a new party is one of many signs that 2021 will look different for policymakers, regulators, utilities and other stakeholders, but the continuation of some older trends is expected as well.
By Catherine Morehouse • Jan. 13, 2021 -
New transmission approaches can cut billions in decarbonization costs: MIT, clean energy coalition
Interstate coordination and transmission expansion can reduce the system cost of electricity in a 100%-renewable U.S. power system by 46% compared with a state-by-state approach, according to two MIT researchers.
By Robert Walton • Jan. 13, 2021 -
Deep Dive
2021 Outlook: The DER boom continues, driving a ‘reimagining’ of the distribution system
The rise of distributed resources will require a renewed distribution system that gives utilities more visibility of what's going on at the customer level to cut costs and protect reliability.
By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 12, 2021 -
New Jersey greenlights $800M PSE&G smart meter rollout, work to continue on data access
The utility plans replace 2.3 million electric meters, creating a more modernized distribution system that will allow for real-time digital communications with customers.
By Robert Walton • Jan. 8, 2021 -
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Top Utility Trends of 2020
Amid significant disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the power sector's transition to a cleaner, more distributed future continues.
By Larry Pearl • Jan. 5, 2021 -
Deep Dive
Want to know how to pick an energy market? Watch the Mountain West power providers
Xcel Colorado just joined California’s imbalance market, SPP will offer imbalance services, and researchers have proposed a Colorado-centric system. But what do power providers want?
By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 4, 2021 -
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FERC approves tariff for Southwest Power Pool's Western imbalance market
Regulators concluded the new market, which plans to launch in February, will "yield diverse benefits to the participating utilities and customers" in the regional interconnection.
By Robert Walton • Jan. 4, 2021 -
Deep Dive
The search for the next net metering policy takes center stage in California
California’s utilities and solar advocates agree a forward-looking successor tariff must use the state’s nation-leading rooftop solar penetration to address its increasingly dynamic system needs with storage.
By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 23, 2020 -
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FERC proposes incentives for voluntary cybersecurity investments, in race to secure nation's electric grid
Experts say offering incentives for utilities to invest in cybersecurity could help shore up the grid much faster than developing new mandatory standards.
By Robert Walton • Dec. 22, 2020 -
Novo Nordisk
Rising renewables penetration is a threat to grid reliability in some regions, NERC concludes
Areas of Texas, California and the Midwest are most at risk as conventional generation continues to retire, according to the annual reliability assessment.
By Robert Walton • Dec. 18, 2020 -
Deep Dive
APS's plan for closing coal plants could be a gamechanger, analysts say, but who will pay?
The company's current rate case includes $144.45 million for communities impacted by its proposed coal closures, the biggest-ever such U.S. utility commitment, but customers would pay over 80% of the plan.
By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 18, 2020 -
Deep Dive
Trio of New England decisions could help or hurt renewables as ISO-NE, NEPOOL face off at FERC
Some clean energy advocates say one of the decisions could make it more difficult to develop energy storage pojects in the region.
By Robert Walton • Dec. 16, 2020 -
Transmission, local resources, market improvements key to decarbonization: CAISO and NYISO chiefs
Adding new transmission in a timely manner will require a suite of policy improvements, says Jonathan Weisgall, vice president for legislative and regulatory affairs at Berkshire Hathaway Energy.
By Robert Walton • Dec. 10, 2020
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