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September 29, 2024

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Northern Indiana Public Service Co.
MISO: 50% Peak Load Cap, Software Help Key for Crowded, Delayed Queue
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.
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Texas PUC Sets Reliability Standard for ERCOT
Texas’ regulatory commission has adopted a reliability standard for the ERCOT region, one of several policy parameters that will be used in upcoming analyses for the proposed performance credit mechanism market design.
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Counterflow: Back to the Future
After writing 90 columns over 10 years, Steve Huntoon looks back at what he might have gotten right or gotten wrong.
EIA
DOE Approves 1st LNG Exports Since Biden Administration’s Pause
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.
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NYISO Presents Final 2025 Project Budget Recommendation
NYISO's final 2025 project budget recommendation re-added several items, such as the storage as transmission project, that will be presented to the Management Committee later this year.
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Large Consumers Miffed at NYISO Proposal to Shorten SCR Notice Period
NYISO proposed shortening the activation notice period for special-case resources from 21 hours to four, which caused consternation among program participants at the Installed Capacity Working Group’s meeting.
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Mass. DPU Approves 1st Round of Utility Grid Modernization Plans
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities approved grid modernization plans from electric distribution companies to handle increasing electrification and the deployment of distributed resources.
The Brattle Group
Brattle New Mexico Study Shows EDAM Benefits Outpacing Markets+
A new study may dispel the notion that New Mexico utilities must follow the day-ahead market choice of their Arizona counterparts in order to realize benefits from market participation.
ERCOT
ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: Aug. 28, 2024
ERCOT says it may move up the real-time co-optimization project’s go-live date from its previous September 2026 target, welcome news about a mechanism that will be integral to the future market design.
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CAISO IDs More Challenges in Refining Interconnection Process
CAISO dove into Track 3 of its Interconnection Process Enhancements initiative as staff and stakeholders grappled with how to solve problems related to allocating transmission plan deliverability.

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