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July 2, 2024
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MISO Leadership Issues Urgent Call for In-Service Dates
MISO CEO John Bear takes notes during MISO Board Week June 25-27 in Eagan, Minn.
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MISO’s system is at the mercy of faster interconnections of new resources and retirement delays, executives said in a quarterly address to the board and stakeholders.
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Phillips, Christie Debate Loper Bright’s Impact on FERC Order 1920
The Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo is already making waves in the rehearing process on FERC Order 1920.
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The FRA ordered NERC to base the study on the transmission planning regions identified in FERC Order 1000.
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NERC Promises 1st ITCS Results by August
NERC said it will release the ITCS by August, with additional U.S. analyses to be completed in November and Canadian results to follow next year.
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ERCOT data show renewables' effect on ramp.
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ERCOT, IMM Share Details on Ancillary Services Study
ERCOT staff have made a pair of preliminary recommendations as part of their collaboration on an ancillary services study that is due to Texas regulators before year’s end.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will offer Central Atlantic wind energy areas A-2 and C-1 at an auction in August.
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BOEM Sets Central Atlantic OSW Auction for August
This auction is the first in a series of a dozen offshore wind lease sales tentatively scheduled by BOEM through the end of 2028.
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Galt Power Fined $1.5M Following Anti-Manipulation Investigation
FERC approved a $1.5 million civil penalty on Galt Power following an investigation finding manipulation violations in the creation of renewable energy credits.
Extensions Likely for MISO’s Term-limited Board Members
MISO and its board are scrutinizing the steps they can take to preserve institutional knowledge on the board of directors as they confront half of board members reaching term limits this year and next.
PJM Consumer Advocates File Complaint on EE Market Design
Three state consumer advocates filed a complaint against PJM with FERC, alleging the RTO’s treatment of energy efficiency resources is unduly discriminatory and is not properly documented in its governing documents. 
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FERC Orders Further Cold Weather Standard Modifications
FERC directed NERC to submit further changes to its latest cold weather standard within the next nine months.
NERC Submits INSM Standard for FERC Approval
NERC submitted to FERC its proposed cybersecurity reliability standard requiring utilities to implement internal network security monitoring software on select grid cyber systems.
FERC Preparing Multiple NERC Decisions
FERC will consider several items touching on the ERO Enterprise at June 27 open meeting.
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Passenger EV sales year-on-year change in select countries, 1Q 2024
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BNEF: ICE Phaseout by 2035 Critical to Reach Net Zero by 2050
About 20% of all vehicles sold worldwide this year will have a plug ― either battery electric or plug-in hybrid ― with sales predicted to rise to one-third by 2027.
Bp Says It is Still Evaluating Beacon Wind
Bp is reported to be taking a timeout on offshore wind so it can refocus on oil and gas.
RI Sets 600-MW Energy Storage Target
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee signed into law a bill that sets a target of 90 MW of energy storage installed by Dec. 31, 2026; 195 MW by the end of 2028; and 600 MW by the end of 2033.
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PJM MRC/MC Briefs: June 27, 2024
PJM’s Markets and Reliability Committee endorsed a proposal to align the day-ahead energy market commitment cycle with the daily gas nomination deadlines.
MISO Warns Members of Rising Budgets
MISO said its cost of doing business is set to escalate within the next four years, spawning bigger operating budgets and heftier member dues.
NEPOOL Holds Summer PC Meeting amid New England Heat Wave, Climate Protests
NEPOOL held its annual summer Participants Committee meeting in New Hampshire during a multiday stretch of extreme heat and high demand on the New England grid.
FERC Rules for CAISO on Capacity Deliverability Rights Complaint
FERC denied a complaint by energy conglomerate Saavi alleging CAISO unlawfully terminated the full capacity deliverability rights for its gas-fired generating unit in Mexico that previously was interconnected with the ISO’s grid.
FERC granted Southern California Edison two incentives for its Del Amo and Lugo transmission projects.
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FERC Grants SoCal Edison Incentives for 2 Transmission Projects
FERC approved two transmission incentives requested by Southern California Edison that would offset potential costs associated with building the Del Amo-Mesa-Serrano and Lugo-Victor-Kramer projects. 
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Supreme Court Ends Chevron Deference to Administrative Agencies
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the doctrine of Chevron deference to federal agencies in interpreting statutes when issuing rules, ending 40 years of legal precedent.
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FERC Accepts NERC ROP Changes, Drops Assessment Proposal
FERC accepted NERC's plan for registering inverter-based resources, while dropping a proposal to require more frequent performance assessments from the ERO.
NERC State of Reliability Report Notes Progress, Challenges in 2023
NERC's 2024 State of Reliability Report noted resilience in the face of extreme weather last year, along with growing rates of generator forced outages.
NERC: ITCS to Become ‘Road map’ for Grid Studies
NERC staff say the Interregional Transfer Capability Study will lay "important groundwork" for future reliability assessments.
NERC Committee Seeks Focus in Busy Standards Projects
NERC's Standards Committee worked to keep order in a packed slate of standards development projects this week.
Goff Consulting's Eric Goff has represented the joint commenters' interest during the NOGRR245 conversation.
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Renewable Developers Oppose Proposed ERCOT IBR Rule
Several renewable energy developers are opposing ERCOT stakeholders’ approval of a controversial rule change that would impose voltage ride-through requirements on IBRs.  
NOGRR245 went through many red-lined versions.
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ERCOT TAC Endorses Rule for Inverter-based Resources
ERCOT stakeholders and staff came to an agreement on a rule change that imposes voltage ride-through requirements on IBRs.

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This rooftop array is part of a nine-site, 6.8-MW community solar portfolio installed in White Plains, N.Y., by the city and DSD Renewables in 2022.
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Trade Group Wants NY to Press Distributed Solar
Small-scale solar has been a success story in New York state, which is on track to reach its 2025 goal of 6 GW of distributed solar a year early.
CEC Delays Vote on California OSW Plan
The California Energy Commission yielded to public requests for more time to review a 400-page offshore wind document, which was released less than 24 hours before the scheduled vote.
NYISO Reveals Bids in NYC Offshore Transmission Solicitation
NYISO received four bids in response to its Public Policy Transmission Need solicitation to deliver up to 8 GW of offshore wind power to New York City.
Calif. Agencies Outline ‘High Road’ to Developing EV Workforce
California officials described how their agencies plan to address the shortage of skilled workers needed to support the state’s transition to zero-emission vehicles.
A pair of graphs from the report showing the near-term fuel mix and capacity additions in China
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LNG Won’t Replace Coal in Generating China’s Power, Report Says
The world’s largest coal consumer will not be replacing that domestic resource with imported natural gas, IEEFA said in its report.
Components for the South Fork Wind offshore wind farm are shown at the State Pier in New London, Conn., in late 2023.
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DOE Dives into US Offshore Wind’s Growing Pains
U.S. Department of Energy officials say they're optimistic the costs of offshore wind energy development will begin to ease by the end of the decade.