FERC needs to review capacity market performance, GAO recommends Capacity markets may or may not be functioning properly, but FERC can’t adequately make that determination, according to the GAO report. “Available information on the level of resource adequacy … and related costs in regions with and without capacity markets is not comprehensive or consistent,” the … Continue reading FERC needs to review capacity market performance, #GAO recommends→
Perry grants FERC more time to consider grid rule Energy Secretary Rick Perry late Friday said federal regulators can have an additional 30 days to reply to his request for power market reforms that would boost coal and nuclear plants. In a letter to Kevin McIntyre, the new chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, … Continue reading Perry grants FERC more time to consider grid rule→
FERC Returns to Full Strength and Faces Key Decisions After months of delay, Kevin McIntyre was sworn in today as the newest chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the independent federal agency that oversees the electric power grid and gas pipeline permit approvals. This also puts FERC at full strength with five commissioners … Continue reading FERC Returns to Full Strength and Faces Key Decisions→
States can’t bar efficiency technologies from wholesale electricity markets, FERC rules The decision, responding to a petition from Advanced Energy Economy to clarify the commission’s authority, is seen as a win for advocates of demand management technologies. he Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in a Dec. 1 order, barred states from blocking energy efficiency from competing … Continue reading States can’t bar efficiency technologies from wholesale electricity markets, FERC rules→
US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Rejects Energy Efficiency Restrictions The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has this week rejected a proposal filed earlier this year by PJM Interconnection seeking permission to restrict energy efficiency resources from entering the wholesale market, a move which has been praised by energy efficiency proponents. Earlier this year, regional grid … Continue reading US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Rejects Energy Efficiency Restrictions→
In Texas, specter of FERC jurisdiction stirs concern Invoking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Texas is a good way to prompt a reaction, especially when discussing the state’s main power grid. “You just need to be aware that FERC is a four-letter dirty word around here,” Craven Crowell, chairman of the Electric Reliability Council … Continue reading In #Texas, specter of FERC jurisdiction stirs concern→
Feds propose plan to bail out nuke, coal plants, possibly including Three Mile Island A fast-tracked Trump administration proposal and a separate plan by regional grid operator PJM Interconnection could boost the financial fortunes of struggling nuclear and coal power plants, including Three Mile Island. Both would raise the cost of electricity for consumers. TMI … Continue reading Feds propose plan to bail out nuke, coal plants, possibly including #Three_Mile_Island→
Feds propose plan to bail out nuke, coal plants, possibly including Three Mile Island A fast-tracked Trump administration proposal and a separate plan by regional grid operator PJM Interconnection could boost the financial fortunes of struggling nuclear and coal power plants, including Three Mile Island. Both would raise the cost of electricity for consumers. TMI … Continue reading Feds propose plan to bail out nuke, coal plants, possibly including #Three_Mile_Island→
FED FUNDS 6,765 MILES OF RURAL POWER LINES “These significant investments will help develop and maintain modern, reliable electric infrastructure that businesses and rural communities need in a 21st Century economy,” Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said. “The loans will help utilities and cooperatives build new transmission and distribution lines, upgrade networks and facilities, and … Continue reading FED FUNDS 6,765 MILES OF RURAL POWER LINES→
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