ERCOT: Power OK for Spring, Summer With enough power to meet the state’s needs, Texas is unlikely to experience brownouts or rolling blackouts this spring and summer, its grid operator said. The Electricity Reliability Council of Texas said its forecasts indicate the system will have more than 79,000 megawatts of generation available this spring to … Continue reading ERCOT: Power OK for Spring, Summer
PJM PANEL ADVANCES CAPACITY, DAY-AHEAD POWER MARKET PROPOSALS The PJM Interconnection’s Market Implementation Committee on Wednesday approved manual changes affecting the capacity market and the day-ahead market time line, but rejected proposals to mask the identity of financial transmission rights auction winners. On the capacity performance market, the committee agreed to add three parameters — … Continue reading PJM PANEL ADVANCES CAPACITY, DAY-AHEAD POWER MARKET PROPOSALS
NRG TELLS ERCOT IT PLANS TO MOTHBALL A UNIT AT ITS WA PARISH POWER PLANT NRG Energy has told the Electric Reliability Council of Texas it plans to mothball a 75 MW natural gas peaker at its 3,675 MW WA Parish power plant located southwest of Houston. In a suspension-of-operations notice filed Friday with ERCOT, … Continue reading #NRG TELLS ERCOT IT PLANS TO MOTHBALL A UNIT AT ITS #WA_PARISH POWER PLANT
NYISO Warns of Power Capacity Gap When Ginna, FitzPatrick Nuclear Plants Are Closed Closure of Exelon’s 614-MW R.E. Ginna and Entergy’s 882-MW James A. FitzPatrick nuclear plants will leave New York with a statewide power deficiency starting in 2019, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) has concluded. A generator deactivation assessment issued on February … Continue reading NYISO Warns of Power Capacity Gap When #Ginna, #FitzPatrick Nuclear Plants Are Closed
Prices Down 26% in ISO-NE Capacity Auction Offshore Wind, Fuel Cells Clear By William Opalka Prices dropped 26% in ISO-NE’s 10th Forward Capacity Auction as new resources more than made up for retiring generation, the RTO reported on Thursday. The capacity auction, held Monday for the 2019/20 commitment period, cleared more than 1,800 MW of … Continue reading Prices Down 26% in ISO-NE Capacity Auction
FERC Accepts ISO-NE’s Inclusion Of Distributed Solar Resources In Calculating Reduced 2019-2020 Capacity Requirement On January 8, 2016, the Commission approved proposed values submitted by ISO New England, Inc. (“ISO-NE”) to develop a demand curve for the tenth Forward Capacity Auction (“FCA 10”), which is scheduled to be held in February, 2016. One of the … Continue reading FERC Accepts ISO-NE ‘s Inclusion Of Distributed Solar Resources In Calculating Reduced 2019-2020 Capacity Requirement
Calpine to Take Uneconomic CCGT Plant Offline in Calif. Calpine Corp. will idle a 578-MW natural gas–fired combined cycle (CCGT) power plant in northern California for likely the remainder of the year. The Houston-headquartered company told POWER on January 15 that it will put the 2001-built Sutter Energy Center in Yuba City in “cold layup.” … Continue reading #Calpine to Take Uneconomic #CCGT Plant Offline in Calif.
Energy Company to close two biomass plants in Maine WEST ENFIELD, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — New Jersey based Covanta energy company announced Thursday it is shuttering two of it’s biomass power plants in Maine. Covanta Energy confirmed that decision Thursday afternoon. Covanta, which is based in Morristown, New Jersey operates biomass power plants in West … Continue reading Energy Company to close two biomass plants in #Maine
Read full article at Utility DiveFERC orders changes to MISO capacity auctions as manipulation probe persists FERC has determined that the rules governing a MISO capacity auction last year need to be revamped, responding to a slew of criticism after prices in Zone 4 cleared $150/MW-day compared to $16.75/MW-day during the same period last year. … Continue reading FERC orders changes to MISO capacity auctions as #manipulation_probe persists
Renewable energy passes the 50% mark for new U.S. electricity capacity Electricity generated from renewable sources accounted for more than 50% of all new U.S. energy capacity installations in 2014, growing to 15.5% of total installed capacity and 13.5% of total electricity generation. Solar electricity installations lead the pack, increasing by more than 54% and … Continue reading Renewable energy passes the 50% mark for new U.S. electricity capacity
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