We still don’t need fracked gas: New report shows ISO got it wrong A new report shows that ISO-New England used unreasonable assumptions in its Operational Fuel Security Analysis released on January 17, 2018. ISO’s original analysis demonstrated “significant grid reliability issues and rolling blackouts under almost all scenarios studied.” But when the analysis was … Continue reading We still don’t need #fracked_gas: New report shows ISO got it wrong→
ISO-NE seeks US FERC permission to keep Exelon units online for fuel security In an apparent first, the New England grid operator has asked federal regulators for permission to pursue a reliability must-run agreement to keep two retiring units of Exelon’s Mystic Generating Station in Middlesex, Massachusetts, online to address reliability risks related to “fuel … Continue reading ISO-NE seeks US FERC permission to keep Exelon units online for fuel security→
ISO-NE cost recovery proposal opens new front in fuel security debate ISO-New England on Tuesday asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a waiver from its market rules so it can keep two units of the Mystic Generating Station, a gas plant near Boston, online beyond 2022. ISO-NE said enacting cost recovery for the 1,700 … Continue reading ISO-NE cost recovery proposal opens new front in fuel security debate→
Massachusetts Is Staring Down a Duck Curve of Its Own. Storage Could Help Get ready for solar capacity to double in the next few years. After a barrage of wicked nor’easters this winter, Massachusetts residents probably aren’t worried about having too much sun. They should be. Over in Hawaii, California and Arizona, middaysolargeneration has begun … Continue reading #Massachusetts Is Staring Down a Duck Curve of Its Own. Storage Could Help→
Federal Power Rules Threaten New England Renewable Energy A recent order by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the federal agency that oversees the nation’s power grid, could block renewable energy from fair access to the grid in New England, potentially saddle customers with more than a billion dollars in unnecessary costs, and increase fossil … Continue reading Federal Power Rules Threaten New England Renewable Energy→
Powelson ‘very nervous’ about long-term reliability in ISO-NE New England’s grid operator issued a report in January outlining several worst-case scenarios should gas capacity grow. The report concluded that heavy dependence on natural gas could result in blackouts if the grid comes under extreme stress. Renewable energy could help reduce that so-called “fuel-security risk,” but … Continue reading Powelson ‘very nervous’ about long-term reliability in #ISO-NE→
Time for Action on Outages, High Bills The news is full of reports about skyrocketing electric bills across the country and numerous outages in the Northeast. Maine gets its share of both. Something is wrong when the complaints occur as often and as loudly as they do now. Utilities and their friends have come up … Continue reading Time for Action on Outages, High Bills→
Green Massachusetts turns to coal and Russian gas to make it through winter Environmentally progressive Massachusetts, which closed its last coal-fired power plant last year, has had to rely on coal as well as natural gas imports from a Russian firm that was sanctioned by the Obama administration to make it through what has been … Continue reading Green #Massachusetts turns to coal and Russian gas to make it through winter→
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