A 2010 white paper by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) identified 10 applications for energy storage across the entire electricity supply chain.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week approved a final rule extending reliability standards to generator tie-lines and a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on standards regarding generator verification.

The nomination of Ron Binz to the FERC chairmanship was in jeopardy last week after coal-state lawmakers took him to task at his confirmation hearing.

Briefs from federal agencies governing PJM Interconnection and other national organizations. This week's news include stories from ACEEE, Environment America, the Institute for Electric Efficiency, news on pending legislation and the EPA.

RTO Insider's monthly preview of the items on the PJM MC and MRC agendas along with a description/explanation and links to our previous coverage.

Company briefs on some of the companies doing business in PJM: Duke, Exelon, FirstEnergy, and others.

Some of the changes PJM is considering in the wake of September's unexpected heat wave include: more conservative reserve calculations, quicker and more granular demand response deployments and optimizing trades with neighboring regions.

Now that the EPA has issued rules limiting carbon emissions from new coal generators, the industry says carbon capture is neither feasible nor economical - at least not yet.

Advanced energy storage is ready to move beyond pilot projects and into day-to-day operations. But it will take rule changes and cost reductions for the technologies to reach their potential.

State briefs from around PJM's territory. Included this week are Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.