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FERC approves electronic dispatch of wind, hydro generation in New England

FERC approves electronic dispatch of wind, hydro generation in New England The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved a request by New England’s independent electricity system operator to implement a modified electronic dispatch method for certain wind and hydropower generators that are classified as intermittent power resources under ISO New England Inc.’s market rules. Hydropower … Continue reading FERC approves electronic dispatch of wind, hydro generation in New England

FERC agrees: Renewables cause congestion on ISO-NE grid

FERC agrees: Renewables cause congestion on ISO-NE grid The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved an effort to help manage congestion on the Independent System Operator – New England (ISO-NE) grid — by ruling on the renewables allowed on the system. ISO-NE’s request said that because renewable output is variable, the integration of renewable … Continue reading FERC agrees: Renewables cause congestion on ISO-NE grid

FERC Okays Electronic Dispatch of Wind and Hydro in ISO-NE Market

FERC Okays Electronic Dispatch of Wind and Hydro in ISO-NE Market The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved a modified electronic dispatch method for certain wind and hydropower resources in the Independent System Operator-New England (ISO-NE) market (ER15-1509), in order to help “manage localized congestion.” The FERC order, posted on July 27, accepts, in … Continue reading FERC Okays Electronic Dispatch of Wind and Hydro in ISO-NE Market

Comverge Drives Rule Change Enabling Residential Demand Response Resources to Participate in PJM Synchronized Reserve Market

NORCROSS, Ga., Aug. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Comverge, Inc., the leading provider of demand management solutions for electric utilities, commends the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the PJM Interconnection for an important tariff change that became effective today that allows residential demand response resources to participate in the Synchronized Reserve Market. Comverge provided … Continue reading Comverge Drives Rule Change Enabling Residential Demand Response Resources to Participate in PJM Synchronized Reserve Market

Good & Bad News in Continuing Fight for Equal Treatment of Clean Energy Resources in Mid-Atlantic and Midwest Power Markets

Jennifer Chen, Advocate, The Sustainable FERC Project, Washington, D.C. Some of the proposed wholesale capacity market rule changes that are projected to increase costs for 61 million Mid-Atlantic and Midwest energy customers – and tend to favor fossil fuel generation over carbon-free resources – are being revised, but not all of them. The Sustainable FERC … Continue reading Good & Bad News in Continuing Fight for Equal Treatment of Clean Energy Resources in Mid-Atlantic and Midwest Power Markets

FERC Considering Rehearing of PJM’s Capacity Performance Plan

July 30, 2015 By Suzanne Herel The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Wednesday said it needed more time to consider rehearing requests of its June 9 order largely approving PJM’s Capacity Performance plan after receiving a flurry of feedback from state regulators, consumer advocates, generators and the Independent Market Monitor. The order is only a … Continue reading FERC Considering Rehearing of PJM’s Capacity Performance Plan

FERC: Tighter standards needed to guard against utility cyberattacks

Peter Key | Jul 26, 2015 Cyber-intruders have more ways than ever to hack into the computer networks that control the North American power grid, so the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is pushing for tighter security standards to help keep them out. It won’t be an easy job, especially because FERC wants companies that serve … Continue reading FERC: Tighter standards needed to guard against utility cyberattacks

Analysts: Exelon, Dynegy to be biggest beneficiaries of new PJM market rules

By Robert Walton | July 24, 2015 Dive Brief: Exelon Corp. and Dynegy stand to be the big beneficiaries of new market rules in PJM Interconnection, bolstered by fuel security that should keep their plants running in the most adverse scenarios. PJM is instituting new capacity performance standards after poor generator performance during the polar … Continue reading Analysts: Exelon, Dynegy to be biggest beneficiaries of new PJM market rules

FERC Rejects Bid to Broaden Scope of #Gas – #Electric Info Sharing

FERC Rejects Bid to Broaden Scope of Gas-Electric Info Sharing Federal regulators last week rejected a request by a natural gas distributor to relax restrictions on its sharing of non-public information received from electric utilities. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission dismissed National Fuel Gas Distribution’s request in two rulings. In one, FERC dismissed the company’s … Continue reading FERC Rejects Bid to Broaden Scope of #Gas – #Electric Info Sharing