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September 30, 2024

Reliability

Counterflow: Beware Those Bearing Gifts
Steve Huntoon shares why he is skeptical of Berkshire Hathaway Energy's proposal to give Texas 10 GW of emergency generation in exchange for $8.3 billion.
Conflict over Power Shutoffs Grows in California
Debate over using large-scale blackouts to prevent wildfires in California has become more urgent as the state heads into another fire season.
PGE Execs Contrite over Feb. Outage Communications
PGE's CEO expressed regret over a breakdown in public communications as February's ice storms left nearly half the utility’s customers without power.
Carver-Kingston Line Review Holds for NTA Analysis
Mass. regulators want to take a deeper dive into solar plus storage as an alternative to Eversource’s proposed Carver-Kingston transmission line.
PJM Operating Committee Briefs: March 11, 2021
PJM proposed allowing generators critical for determining interconnection reliability operating limits to recover required upgrade costs.
MISO Underscores Need for RA Action in Winter Storm Review
MISO reiterated the extraordinary nature of mid-February’s winter storm, promising more data later this month and resource adequacy solutions by year-end.
EIM Governing Body OKs Summer Readiness Measures
The Western Energy Imbalance Market approved two CAISO measures and endorsed a third to improve reliability, mitigate capacity shortfalls.
Senators Grill Robb, Asthana over Texas Outages
The Senate ENR Committee pressed NERC CEO Jim Robb and PJM CEO Manu Asthana for an explanation of the February winter storm and resulting outages in Texas.
GAO Urges FERC, DOE to Act on Climate Change
GAO urged FERC and the DOE to develop strategies for responding to increasing stresses on the electric grid from climate change.
Overheard at CERAWeek by IHS Markit
The energy industry’s largest international gathering, CERAWeek by IHS Markit, was held virtually with “unprecedented” participation.

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