FERC: PJM Demand Response Stop-gap Measure ‘Premature’ The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Tuesday rejected PJM’s contingency plan to include demand response in its capacity auctions in the event an appellate court ruling limiting FERC’s jurisdiction over DR is allowed to stand (ER15-852). FERC called the filing premature, saying it would disrupt the commission’s options … Continue reading FERC: PJM Demand Response Stop-gap Measure ‘Premature’→
Court Rules ERCOT Not A Governmental Unit, Denies Appeal from Retail Provider The Texas Court of Appeals, Third District, recently dismissed an appeal of a district court ruling filed by former retail electric provider HWY 3 MHP, LLC, finding that ERCOT is not a governmental unit, and therefore an appeal of district court’s order on … Continue reading Court Rules ERCOT Not A Governmental Unit, Denies Appeal from Retail Provider→
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’→
Bailout of nuclear power plant would set bad precedent The New York state Public Service Commission and the Cuomo administration will soon decide whether ratepayers can be forced to bail out Exelon, the nation’s largest nuclear power plant operator, and its Ginna nuclear plant, one of the world’s oldest commercial reactors, built near Rochester in … Continue reading Bailout of nuclear power plant would set bad precedent #EXC #Ginna→
Reducing Climate Change Would ‘Create One Million Jobs’ As the March 31 deadline for countries to submit their proposals for tackling irreversible climate change passes, a new report claims lives could be spared, the climate could be saved from catastrophic and irreversible change, and one million jobs could be created if green policies are initiated. … Continue reading Reducing Climate Change Would ‘Create One Million Jobs’→
GridLiance and Blackstone Announce the Formation of a New Electric Transmission Company ANSAS CITY, Mo. & CHICAGO & NEW YORK, Mar 31, 2015 (BUSINESS WIRE) — GridLiance GP, LLC (“GridLiance” or “the Company”) and Blackstone Energy Partners, an affiliate of The Blackstone Group L.P. BX, +0.23% today announced the formation of GridLiance, the nation’s first … Continue reading GridLiance and Blackstone Announce the Formation of a New Electric Transmission Company→
Coal burn could increase with Illinois nuclear unit offline: PJM With the shutdown of Exelon Generation’s 1,242-MW Braidwood-1 nuclear power unit in Braceville, Illinois, this week, there could be an uptick of coal burn in PJM’s power grid, a spokesman with the regional transmission organization said Tuesday. Exelon announced the nuclear unit, located about 50 … Continue reading Coal burn could increase with Illinois nuclear unit offline: PJM→
Solar Energy Has a Silver Bullet That Could Upend This Trillion Dollar Industry We’re less than three months into 2015 and already the solar industry is laying out plans to upset the electric utility industry. SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY ) is partnering with Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA ) to offer a “microgrid service” that combines solar, … Continue reading Solar Energy Has a Silver Bullet That Could Upend This Trillion Dollar Industry→
Renewable energy is growing very, very fast. It’s just still not fast enough.. The global shift toward renewable energy is not only continuing apace — it may be picking up speed. Such is the upshot of a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme, finding that worldwide investment in renewables totaled $ 270.2 billion … Continue reading Renewable #energy is growing very, very fast. It’s just still not fast enough.→
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