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Texas regulators have rejected the second-largest project from its portfolio of potential generation resources that would be built with state funds.
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NERC held a technical conference hoping to address the issues that have blocked the passage of a standard on ride-through requirements for inverter-based resources.
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Clean energy developers set a record for the second quarter with 11 GW of installations – up 91% from the same three months last year.
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The DOE awarded grants to nearly 300 projects at hydroelectric facilities to enhance dam safety, strengthen grid resilience and improve the environment.
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The WestTEC steering committee unanimously approved the plan that will underpin a Western transmission study designed to spur development of interregional projects over the next two decades.
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Collaboration among stakeholders will be crucial to maintaining Western grid reliability in the face of increasing demand posed by large loads such as new data centers, speakers said during a webinar hosted by WECC.
MISO is adamant that it should limit project proposals in future queue cycles to 50% of annual peak load to moderate its 300-GW, oversaturated queue.
Speeding up the interconnection queues is becoming more important as demand growth and the retirement of existing generators combine to cut into reserve margins around the U.S., experts said during a webinar hosted by Advanced Energy United.
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NYSEG acknowledged its primary and backup control centers shared too many communication links in a settlement approved by FERC.
NERC released the first installment of the federally mandated ITCS in draft form this week.
In a new report on compliance with NERC's CIP standards, FERC identified several areas for improvement from recent audits of registered entities.
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The two Energy Innovation Hubs will accelerate development of storage technology beyond lithium-ion batteries, with a priority on use of inexpensive and abundant materials.
The Department of Energy approved a five-year term for New Fortress Energy’s Fast LNG 1 project to export gas produced in the U.S. to countries without free trade agreements.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals set aside EPA emission rules on new large boilers as they applied to those built prior to August 2020, ruling that was a violation of the Clean Air Act.
