FERC Again Rejects Challenge to ISO-NE New Entry Pricing FERC on Thursday reaffirmed the zero-price offer requirement in ISO-NE’s new entrant pricing rule, again rejecting complaints by Exelon and Calpine that it unreasonably suppresses capacity prices and discriminates against existing resources (EL15-23-001). The commission denied rehearing of an order from January 2015. (See FERC Upholds … Continue reading FERC Again Rejects Challenge to ISO-NE New Entry Pricing→
New England electric rates to be investigated he cost of moving electricity from one place to another, which appears on your electric bill as transmission, is much higher in New England than in other parts of the country, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission wants to know why. In an order issued on Dec. 28, … Continue reading New England electric rates to be investigated→
Vermont Approves HVDC to Deliver Canadian Renewables to New England Vermont’s Public Service Board has issued siting approval for the New England Clean Power Link Transmission Line, which will carry Canadian hydro and wind energy to the Northeast. The 1,000-megawatt Clean Power Link will run about 150 miles from the U.S.-Canadian border, travel under Lake … Continue reading Vermont Approves HVDC to Deliver Canadian Renewables to New England→
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→
N. England power reliability program under fire The U.S. Court of Appeals’ Washington, D.C. circuit last week asked New England grid operator ISO-NE to ensure that the rates of its inaugural winter reliability program were just and reasonable. In doing so, the appeals court partially sided with TransCanada Power Marketing and the Retail Energy Supply … Continue reading N. England power reliability program under fire→
Renewable integration and direction of the US electricity markets The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the Clean Power Plan Rule (CPPR) to cut carbon pollution from existing power plants on August 3, 2015. The CPPR requires the current power fleet to cut CO2 emissions 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. The final … Continue reading Renewable integration and direction of the US #electricity_markets→
DC Circuit Says Energy Regulator Must Reconsider Cost Of New England’s Winter Reliability Program A three judge panel for the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled yesterday that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) decision to approve a winter reliability program submitted by New England’s grid operator in 2013 should have considered … Continue reading DC Circuit Says Energy Regulator Must Reconsider Cost Of #New_England ‘s Winter Reliability Program→
Northeastern Interregional Market to Decrease Wholesale Costs ISO New England (ISO-NE) and the New York Independent System Operator (NY-ISO) announced the implementation of a new interregional market system on December 15 that is expected to streamline electric energy transactions, cut costs, and improve the flow of power between the two regions. The system – based … Continue reading Northeastern Interregional Market to Decrease Wholesale Costs→
NRC wants more information on Seabrook concrete tests WASHINGTON, D.C. — Seeking to understand the testing initiated by owners of NextEra Energy Seabrook nuclear power plant on its concrete problem, staff from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission spent three days auditing the regimen being conducted at the University of Texas. The purpose of the NRC’s October … Continue reading NRC wants more information on #Seabrook concrete tests→
Nuclear industry reps visit Vermont Yankee Nuclear industry representatives believe plant decommissioning processes could go quicker if rules around it were changed to fit the current landscape in which shutdowns are happening more often than before. “It helps if we actually see one and see what these guys are going through,” said Rod McCullum, senior … Continue reading Nuclear industry reps visit #Vermont_Yankee→
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