FERC: Idled NY Plants Can Lose Interconnection Rights NYISO can force idled generators to allow use of their interconnections for reliability purposes, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ruled last week, saying that such actions do not constitute an unconstitutional “taking” under the Fifth Amendment. The commission approved most of the tariff revisions NYISO proposed in … Continue reading FERC: Idled NY Plants Can Lose Interconnection Rights→
For some users, cheap electricity in high-priced New York This will shock every New Yorker fed up with high electricity prices: there’s a class of electric customers in the Empire State that has sharply lowered its costs to below national averages, thanks to effective lobbying and sympathetic state policy. Industrial power users, mostly upstate, pay … Continue reading For some users, cheap electricity in high-priced New York #NYC→
What Did April Bring?: FERC Extends Out-of-Market Reliability Measures but Wants Market-Based Solutions The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) recently published two orders that approved capacity and reliability measures for the Independent System Operator New England Inc. (“ISO-NE”) and the New York Independent System Operator (“NYISO”). In contrast to its approval of NYISO’s measures as … Continue reading What Did April Bring?: FERC Extends Out-of-Market Reliability Measures but Wants Market-Based Solutions→
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?→
Second Circuit Upholds FERC’s NYISO Capacity Zone Order On April 2, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (“Second Circuit”) upheld the Commission’s approval of a new capacity zone and demand curve for the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (“NYISO”). Previously, on June 4, 2014, the Second Circuit denied an … Continue reading Second Circuit Upholds FERC’s NYISO Capacity Zone Order→
FERC Sets Ginna Nuclear Facility Agreement for Hearing The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) continues to look askance at utility requests for guaranteed income streams for their generation resources. Most recently, R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC (Ginna) received a lukewarm reception to its request to establish a rate schedule and guaranteed revenue … Continue reading FERC Sets #Ginna Nuclear Facility Agreement for Hearing→
New York’s ‘smart grid’ research could influence other areas New York State learned a big lesson after Hurricane Sandy knocked out power to more than 8 million residents and did billions of dollars in economic damage to the New York City metropolitan region: The city and its utility infrastructure are highly vulnerable to climate change-influenced … Continue reading New York’s ‘smart grid’ research could influence other areas→
Electricity Storage & Smart Grid Research Programs Launched By Indiana & New York Renewable energy technologies using wind or solar have long stirred questions about electricity storage for those times when it is either dark or windless. Add demand for a smart grid and a lot of work still needs to be accomplished. To this … Continue reading Electricity Storage & Smart Grid Research Programs Launched By Indiana & New York→
NYISO Asks if ICAP Order Includes the Lower Hudson Valley NYISO asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission this week if a recent order meant to mitigate market power in the installed capacity market in New York City would apply to its new capacity zone in the Lower Hudson Valley (EL07-39-006). NYISO wants an expedited ruling … Continue reading NYISO Asks if ICAP Order Includes the Lower Hudson Valley→
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