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FEDERAL OFFICIALS DELAY GRID OPERATOR’S SCHEME TO BEEF UP PEAK POWER CAPACITY

FEDERAL OFFICIALS DELAY GRID OPERATOR’S SCHEME TO BEEF UP PEAK POWER CAPACITY Worry is that proposal to address reliability issues could cause prices to spike The federal government has temporarily put on hold a proposal by the operator of the nation’s largest power grid, a plan greeted with widespread criticism from state regulators in New … Continue reading FEDERAL OFFICIALS DELAY GRID OPERATOR’S SCHEME TO BEEF UP PEAK POWER CAPACITY

FERC: PJM Capacity Performance Filing ‘Deficient’

FERC: PJM Capacity Performance Filing ‘Deficient’ PJM’s controversial Capacity Performance plan was turned back Tuesday by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which deemed the filing deficient and gave the RTO 30 days to provide additional information (ER15-623). FERC’s four-page order questioned 10 areas of the proposal, which was conceived to increase reliability expectations of capacity … Continue reading FERC: PJM Capacity Performance Filing ‘Deficient’

GE unit to auction transmission capacity from its smart grid project

GE unit to auction transmission capacity from its smart grid project General Electric unit GE Energy Financial Services announced today that it will auction 315 MW of bi-directional electricity transfer capacity across its Linden Variable Frequency Transformer smart grid project, which uses GE technology to enable a simple and controlled transmission path between electrical grids. … Continue reading GE unit to auction transmission capacity from its smart grid project

FERC Rejects Illinois Municipal Electricity Agency Waiver From PJM Capacity Rules

FERC Rejects Illinois Municipal Electricity Agency Waiver From PJM Capacity Rules On March 9, 2015, FERC rejected the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency’s (“Illinois MEA”) waiver from PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s (“PJM”) capacity rules for the 2018/2019 delivery year. As a result, the Illinois MEA cannot use a majority of generation located outside of the Commonwealth Edison … Continue reading FERC Rejects Illinois Municipal Electricity Agency Waiver From PJM Capacity Rules