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July 5, 2024

Natural Gas

NYISO
NYPSC Seeks FERC Rehearing on NYISO’s 17-Year Amortization
The New York Public Service Commission asked FERC to again rule on its order accepting NYISO's 17-year amortization period proposal for calculating the annual costs for hypothetical fossil fuel plants.
Blade Energy Partners/CPUC
SoCalGas, California PUC Settle Aliso Canyon Case
The California PUC adopted a settlement over the massive natural gas leak at the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility in 2015 that includes a $71 million penalty against Southern California Gas.
PJM
PJM MIC Briefs: Aug. 9, 2023
PJM's Market Implementation Committee endorsed one of several packages to create new rules for generators with co-located load and rejected four proposals revising how generators providing reactive power service are compensated.
U.S. SEC
FERC Grants Co-ops’ Complaint Against PSCo
FERC said Public Service Company of Colorado must allow four cooperatives disputing gas costs during Winter Storm Uri to review a baseload contract.
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California to Keep Old Gas Plants Operating for Reliability
The California Energy Commission agreed to keep three old, environmentally damaging gas-fired plants operating along the coast for grid reliability, despite an outpouring of opposition.
Steven Baltakatei Sandoval, CC BY-SA-4.0, via Wikimedia
EPA Power Plant Proposal Gets Mixed Reception in Comments
EPA received comments on its proposal to regulate greenhouse gases from power plants, with some, including ISO/RTOs, arguing the proposal needed major improvements to preserve reliability.
Shutterstock
FERC Approves Updates to ISO-NE Inventoried Energy Program
FERC agreed with ISO-NE that the updated gas price rates more accurately reflect market conditions.
The Brattle Group
Clean Energy Group Urges Utilities to Replace Peakers with VPPs
The Clean Energy Group hosted a webinar laying out the case to replace natural gas peaking plants with VPPs, as they would avoid harmful emissions in densely populated areas.
TVA
TVA’s Cumberland Coal-to-gas Plans Press on over Resistance
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s plan to swap a retiring coal plant with a new natural gas facility is making progress despite opposition from environmental groups.
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Environmentalists Call on Utility CEOs to Split with EEI on EPA Rule
A coalition of environmental groups wrote a letter to every EEI member CEO asking them to support EPA’s proposed emissions standards for power plants.

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