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ISO and RTO Responses to FERC Data Requests Fail to Provide Clear Support for Proposed Gas Day Rulemaking

ISO and RTO Responses to FERC Data Requests Fail to Provide Clear Support for Proposed Gas Day Rulemaking The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently employed the somewhat unusual device of issuing data requests to electric power industry participants in an attempt to obtain information that might support a controversial proposed rulemaking that would change … Continue reading ISO and RTO Responses to FERC Data Requests Fail to Provide Clear Support for Proposed Gas Day Rulemaking

EPA’s Clean Power Plan Threatens To Turn The Lights Out On America

LAURA SHEEHAN   |   MARCH 3, 2015 The Washington Post profiled Sharon Garcia, a single mom from Pueblo, Colorado, last year who suffers from a state policy that shuttered coal plants in favor of costlier, less reliable fuel sources. Ms. Garcia and her family—emblematic of so many other U.S. families—are forced to live in darkness at … Continue reading EPA’s Clean Power Plan Threatens To Turn The Lights Out On America

Grid operators address fuel assurance issues in filings made at FERC

From the February 24, 2015 issue of Public Power Daily Originally published February 23, 2015 By Paul Ciampoli News Director Independent system operators (ISOs) and regional transmission organizations (RTOs) recently submitted reports to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on fuel assurance issues in response to a directive from the commission issued in late 2014. Read … Continue reading Grid operators address fuel assurance issues in filings made at FERC

FERC Accepts Order No. 1000 Interregional Filings by SPP, MISO

February 24, 2015 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) accepted Order No. 1000 interregional filings by Southwest Power Pool Inc. (SPP) and Midcontinent Independent System Operator Inc. (MISO). The two regions agreed on many revisions to their joint operating agreement (JOA) related to transmission coordination but disagreed on certain cost allocation methods that must be … Continue reading FERC Accepts Order No. 1000 Interregional Filings by SPP, MISO

FERC Approves SPP/MISO Protocols Aimed At Managing Seams Congestion

FERC Approves SPP/MISO Protocols Aimed At Managing Seams Congestion On January 22, 2015, the Commission conditionally approved Southwest Power Pool’s (“SPP”) proposed “Market-to-Market” coordination protocols with the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (“MISO”), and, among other things, made determinations on several key issues relating to the protocols that were examined during a technical conference held in … Continue reading FERC Approves SPP/MISO Protocols Aimed At Managing Seams Congestion

SPP, MISO Move Ahead on Flowgate Rules

SPP, MISO Move Ahead on Flowgate Rules The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week approved SPP’s market-to-market coordination rules with MISO, after the two RTOs resolved an earlier dispute over the creation of flowgates (ER13-1864). Read full article at RTO Insider FERC DOCKET ER13-1864-000

Mike Ross Returns To Southwest Power Pool Post

Mike Ross Returns To Southwest Power Pool Post Before his run for Arkansas Governor, Mike Ross was looking forward to retirement from Congress and serving as SVP for Governmental Affairs for regional electricity transmission operator Southwest Power Pool. Read full article at UAL Public Radio