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BNEF Summit: Oil, Gas Execs Argue for Key Role in Energy Transition

Fossil fuel executives Jeff Gustavson of Chevron (left) and Anna Mascolo of Shell (center) lay out their vision of the role of "low-carbon" technologies in the energy transition, with moderator Alix Steel of BNEF.

Apr 23, 2024Commentary & Special ReportsK Kaufmann

A series of presentations and panels at the BloombergNEF Summit provided a measure of the industry’s success in crafting a narrative based on a “balanced” and well-paced transition that includes cutting egregious emissions and scaling carbon capture and storage technologies.

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Aparna Varde, a professor at Montclair State University, addresses the Wind Institute Research Symposium and outlines the research she conducted into the sentiment of social media posts toward offshore wind projects.

Forum: Innovation Key to Advance NJ Offshore Wind

Apr 23, 2024Commentary & Special ReportsHugh Morley

Innovation and in-state project development will be key to New Jersey’s offshore wind future as the state advances its initiative to create an offshore power center that can connect to homes and businesses onshore, according to speakers at the Wind Institute Research Symposium.

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NextEra Energy

NextEra: Solar and Storage Best Bet to Meet Load Growth

Apr 23, 2024Company NewsJon Lamson

Projected load growth nationwide from data centers, electrification and increased domestic manufacturing will drive increasing demand for renewables, NextEra Energy CEO John Ketchum said during a first-quarter earnings call.

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MISO’s Sloped Demand Curve Plan Draws 2nd Deficiency Letter

Apr 23, 2024MarketsAmanda Durish Cook

FERC once again said it needs more information on clearing price caps before MISO can proceed with sloped demand curves in its capacity auctions.

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SPP MMU's Keith Collins listens to responses during the MOPC meeting.

SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee: April 16-17, 2024

Apr 23, 2024SPPTom Kleckner

SPP publicly alerted stakeholders it failed to conduct a tariff-required analysis of several GI queue study clusters during their effort to reduce the backlog of GI requests dating back to 2017.

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FERC Observers, Stakeholders Lay out What is at Stake with Tx Rule Looming

Apr 22, 2024Public PolicyJames Downing

FERC is set to vote on its long-awaited proposed rule on transmission planning and cost allocation for regional lines at a special open meeting May 13.

PJM, Monitor Seek to Revise Reserve Requirements and Dispatching

Apr 22, 2024MarketsDevin Leith-Yessian

The Reserve Certainty Senior Task Force is considering proposals from PJM and the Independent Market Monitor aimed at improving the performance of reserve resources by increasing electronic signaling and providing more flexibility around reserve procurement targets.

PJM Stakeholders Considering Changes to Generation Deactivation Compensation and Timelines

Apr 22, 2024MarketsDevin Leith-Yessian

PJM and the Independent Market Monitor presented the Deactivation Enhancement Senior Task Force with two proposals to increase the notification generators seeking deactivation must provide PJM and standardize compensation for those that enter into agreements to continue operating beyond their desired retirement date.

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The summer load and resource zones for the Western Resource Adequacy Program

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WRAP Participants Seek 1-Year Delay to ‘Binding’ Operations

Apr 22, 2024Resource AdequacyRobert Mullin

Citing “significant new headwinds” to securing energy resources, participants in the Western Resource Adequacy Program are seeking to delay the program’s “binding” penalty phase by one year, to summer 2027.

Industry Approves NERC’s Cyber Monitoring Standards

Apr 18, 2024Standards/ProgramsHolden Mann

NERC's proposed internal network security monitoring standard is on track for submission to FERC after an as yet unscheduled final ballot.

DOE Urges Utilities to Embrace ‘Holistic’ Reliability Solutions

Apr 17, 2024Resource AdequacyHolden Mann

With electricity demand expected to undergo rapid acceleration by 2028, stakeholders must “pursue the full range of technology, planning and operation solutions” to meet resource adequacy needs, the DOE said in a report.

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Marking Earth Day, President Joe Biden warned of the threats of climate change. 'Over the last two years, natural disasters and extreme weather in America have cost $270 billion in damages. The impacts we've seen, decades in the making because of inaction, are only going to get worse, more frequent, ferocious and costly.'

The White House

Biden Announces $7B in IRA Funds for Low-income Solar

Apr 22, 2024Federal PolicyK Kaufmann

President Joe Biden announced $7 billion in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act, to be used by states and nonprofits across the country to install solar in low-income and disadvantaged communities.

NY Offshore Wind Plans Implode Again

Apr 21, 2024State and Local PolicyJohn Cropley

Three provisional contracts totaling 4 GW and constituting the entire result of New York's third offshore wind solicitation have been cancelled.

The Future of Natural Gas with Growing Demand and Climate Targets

Apr 21, 2024Federal PolicyJames Downing

A DOE report on resource adequacy says firms investing in natural gas capacity could be retrofitted with carbon capture and storage, or the ability to burn clean hydrogen.

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MISO Reports 123-GW Roster for 2023 Interconnection Queue Cycle

Apr 24, 2024MISOAmanda Durish Cook

MISO announced that 123 GW of new generation spread across 600 applications are vying to enter its generator interconnection queue under the 2023 cycle.

FERC Conditionally Accepts OG&E Rate Filing

Apr 22, 2024RTO InsiderTom Kleckner

FERC conditionally accepted Oklahoma Gas and Electric’s proposed formula rate template revisions, as requested, but directed the company to submit a compliance filing within 30 days.

ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: April 15, 2024

Apr 21, 2024ERCOTTom Kleckner

ERCOT says recent changes to the calculations used to determine ERCOT contingency reserve service have resulted in smaller quantities of the product this year and stalled the need for further modifications.

GCPA Spring Conference Reckons with Texas-sized Load Additions

Apr 21, 2024ERCOTAmanda Durish Cook

The Gulf Coast Power Association Spring Conference tackled the vexing assignment of how to reliably serve Texas’ unprecedented surge in demand with a cleaner energy supply.

NARUC

OMS Taps Minnesota PUC Veteran as Next Executive Director

Apr 21, 2024MISOAmanda Durish Cook

The Organization of MISO States has named Tricia DeBleeckere, current MISO director of state policy and strategy, as its next executive director.

NCPA's Randy Howard used this graphic to explain the process for moving a CAISO governance bill through the California legislature in 2025. Pathways Initiative backers plan to start discussions with legislators this fall.

West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative

Past Opponents Now See Legislative Pathway to CAISO Regionalization

Apr 21, 2024CAISO/WEIMRobert Mullin

Reps from two groups that blocked past efforts to “regionalize” CAISO predict success for an upcoming campaign to change California law to allow the ISO to participate in an independent RTO.

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Gas, Electric Trade Associations Call for More Gas Infrastructure

Apr 16, 2024Regional EntitiesJon Lamson

ISOs and RTOs should take a more prominent role in expanding gas networks, gas and electricity industry representatives emphasized at a webinar.

NERC Tries Again with Revised INSM Standard

Apr 11, 2024Standards/ProgramsHolden Mann

NERC is taking comments through April 17 on the latest revision to its proposed internal network security monitoring standard.

NERC Makes Case for Recertification in Performance Assessment

Apr 10, 2024FERC & FederalHolden Mann

NERC highlighted its progress over the last five years in its draft performance assessment.

Senate Energy Subcommittee Examines Cybersecurity Shortfalls at Dams

Apr 10, 2024Standards/ProgramsJames Downing

Most of the U.S.’ dams lack adequate cybersecurity protections, and FERC’s resources are too limited to develop them, senators heard in committee.

NERC Answers IRC Cold Weather Standard Objections

Apr 8, 2024NERC & CommitteesHolden Mann

NERC urged FERC to set aside the ISO/RTO Council's objections to its proposed cold weather standard.

NERC

Robb, Cancel Review Reliability Landscape

Apr 4, 2024Standards/ProgramsHolden Mann

NERC CEO Jim Robb and E-ISAC CEO Manny Cancel shared their views on the electric reliability landscape in a media call.

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The Mystic Generating Station in Everett, MA.

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Mass. AGO, DOER Call for Climate Guardrails on Everett LNG Contracts

Apr 21, 2024State and Local PolicyJon Lamson

The Massachusetts AGO and DOER expressed concern about the climate effects of proposed utility supply contracts to keep the Everett LNG import facility operating until 2030.

BNEF Summit Focuses on Financing Energy Transition, Fast and Slow

Apr 18, 2024Federal PolicyK Kaufmann

Global investment in passenger electric vehicles was up 36% in 2023, investment in energy storage jumped 77%, and investment in carbon capture and storage nearly doubled.

New Jersey BPU Picks 8 Grid-scale Solar Projects Totaling 310 MW

Apr 18, 2024State and Local PolicyHugh Morley

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities approved eight solar projects in its second solicitation for grid-scale projects, nine months after declining to support any bids in the first solicitation due to cost.

Wash. Cap-and-invest Supporters Launch Anti-repeal Effort

Apr 18, 2024Industrial DecarbonizationJohn Stang

Bolstered by a nearly $5 million war chest, supporters of Washington’s cap-and-invest system have begun efforts to defeat a campaign that seeks to scrap the carbon allowance program through a referendum this fall.

A solar project installed on a warehouse rooftop in Perth Amboy

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NJ Creates Green Bank to Support Clean Energy Goals

Apr 18, 2024State and Local PolicyHugh Morley

The New Jersey Economic Development Authority approved the establishment of a green bank to help the state reach its clean energy goals.

Horse Heaven Hills area in southeastern Washington.

Bureau of Land Management

Wash. Council OKs Reduced Version of Horse Heaven Hills Project

Apr 18, 2024State and Local PolicyJohn Stang

Washington’s EFSEC recommended approval for a slimmed-down version of a controversial wind project proposed for a site just south of the Tri-Cities in southeastern Washington.

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