PJM Considering Change to Day-Ahead Deadlines in Response to FERC Gas Schedule Order PJM is considering changing its day-ahead market schedule in response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s April 16 ruling revising the interstate gas nomination timeline. Other RTOs’ reactions varied, with ISO-NE saying it has no plans to change its schedule and NYISO … Continue reading PJM Considering Change to #Day-Ahead Deadlines in Response to FERC Gas Schedule Order→
CAISO to FERC: Energy Imbalance Market problems found, reforms coming In a filing with federal regulators last week, California’s grid operator described price spikes in its energy imbalance market as “excursions and infeasibilities,” but also said that it had discovered the cause: the system’s inability to recognize capacity held in reserve by PacifiCorp. California ISO … Continue reading CAISO to FERC: Energy Imbalance Market problems found, reforms coming→
AES Growing Its Energy Storage Fleet, Project Pipeline in the Americas and EU AES subsidiary AES Energy Storage manages the largest fleet of grid batteries in commercial service, with 86 megawatts of storage capacity in operation, 50 megawatts in construction, and 210 megawatts in late-stage development. Looking at the portfolio of the largest utility storage … Continue reading AES Growing Its Energy Storage Fleet, Project Pipeline in the Americas and EU→
Do Pay-for-Performance Capacity Markets Deliver the Grid Resiliency Outcomes We Need Competitive wholesale power markets are designed to sustain needed investment through market participants hedging risks in response to transparent pricing in the energy and ancillary services markets. But in practice, it’s been a challenge to realize market prices fully reflective of actual market conditions. … Continue reading Do Pay-for-Performance Capacity Markets Deliver the Grid Resiliency Outcomes We Need?→
Energy officials say New England has enough power for peak summer demand The operator of New England’s regional electric grid says the region has adequate resources to handle demand for power, even though there is less generation capability available than there was last summer. Holyoke, Massachusetts-based ISO-New England (ISO-NE) is projecting that under normal weather … Continue reading Energy officials say New England has enough power for peak summer demand→
#Exelon: Pulled ads prompt questions The Pepco/Exelon merger is still on hold, but a move to pull advertising supporting the merger is prompting speculation from some the merger is a done deal. But Exelon doesn’t see it that way – though Exelon paid for the ads. “The decision to discontinue ads in Maryland and D.C. … Continue reading Pulled ads prompt questions #Exelon #exc→
Russia To Power Arctic Drilling With Floating Nuclear Reactors It would sit in the icy waters of the Arctic, and provide a constant supply of electricity to a massive rig drilling for oil. They could be mass produced, potentially cutting the cost of drilling projects. The twist? The electricity on these floating power plants would … Continue reading Russia To Power Arctic Drilling With Floating Nuclear Reactors→
Nuclear Energy in the U.S. is Not Dead, Yet Lots of people in the US want to write the obituary of the nuclear energy industry in the US. Among their reasons the high cost of new reactors, the low price of natural gas, and a skeptical public spooked by the shadow of Fukushima. EIS for … Continue reading Nuclear Energy in the U.S. is Not Dead, Yet→
Rethinking the U.S. Surrender on Nuclear Power Russia and China are racing to profit from an energy source developed—and overregulated—in the West. The ghosts of Lenin and Mao might well be smirking. Communist and authoritarian nations are moving to take global leadership in, and profit from, the commercial use of nuclear power, a technology made … Continue reading Rethinking the U.S. Surrender on Nuclear Power→
