Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Oklahoma Officials Attack, Utilities on Path to Comply Even before the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan was finalized, politicians in Oklahoma were already fighting it in the court of public opinion, and in real court, too. And Gov. Mary Fallin has vowed that Oklahoma will not submit a state compliance plan … Continue reading #Obama ’s Clean Power Plan: Oklahoma Officials Attack, #Utilities on Path to Comply→
PJM, Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines Agree to Advance Grid Reliability PJM Interconnection (PJM) – a regional transmission organization (RTO) that coordinates wholesale electricity for 13 states and the District of Columbia – has signed a memorandum of understanding with nine large natural gas pipelines (the PJM Pipelines) that provide fuel for electric power generators in … Continue reading PJM, Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines Agree to Advance Grid Reliability→
FERC approves electronic dispatch of wind, hydro generation in New England The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved a request by New England’s independent electricity system operator to implement a modified electronic dispatch method for certain wind and hydropower generators that are classified as intermittent power resources under ISO New England Inc.’s market rules. Hydropower … Continue reading FERC approves electronic dispatch of wind, hydro generation in New England→
California’s plan to let solar panels Voltron together into a “virtual power plant” …..On every building, there’s an energy meter that tracks how much electricity the building is using. For the last century, utilities neither knew nor particularly cared what went on “behind the meter,” which generally consisted of dumb, energy-consuming appliances like refrigerators and … Continue reading California’s plan to let solar panels Voltron together into a “virtual power plant”→
PUCT Files Draft Rule on Wholesale Market Oversight The Texas Public Utility Commission (PUCT) filed a proposal on August 6 that would revise the outdated process currently being used by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to “monitor compliance [by market participants] with wholesale market reliability requirements.” One of the main catalysts for the … Continue reading #PUCT Files Draft Rule on Wholesale Market #Oversight→
Maybe Ohio should try deregulating its utilities for real next time Many media outlets reported that FirstEnergy Corp.’s new CEO, Chuck Jones, is calling for “re-regulation” of Ohio’s electric industry. It created quite the buzz. Jones stated in a recent earnings call that he never called for re-regulation, and that any assertion to the contrary … Continue reading Maybe #Ohio should try deregulating its #utilities for real next time→
Report on PJM Interconnection found market performance ‘competitive’ A report released on Thursday by Monitoring Analytics, LLC, on the market performance of regional electric transmission company PJM Interconnection found it produced “competitive” results during the first six months of 2015. Net revenue, a key measure of overall market performance, was lower for new entrant units … Continue reading Report on PJM Interconnection found market performance ‘competitive’→
How Texas wind farms are putting intermittency concerns to rest It is August and that means the latest version of The Wind Technologies Market Report (WTMR) has been released by the US DOE’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) office. The WTMR is a chronicle of growth and economic and technology trends in the wind … Continue reading How Texas wind farms are putting intermittency concerns to rest→
Panda Power Funds Expands Sherman, Texas, Power Facility Panda Power Funds plans a 450 megawatt expansion of its existing 758 megawatt combined cycle natural gas power facility in Sherman, Texas. Panda Power Funds is a private equity firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas, that can develop, acquire, construct, finance and operate utility-scale, natural gas-fueled power generation … Continue reading #Panda+Power Funds Expands #Sherman, Texas, Power Facility→
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