The EnVision Forum by FERC and the University of Kentucky’s Center for Applied Energy Research featured discussions on storage, markets and transmission.
MISO is preparing for emergency conditions this winter despite projecting 40 GW of excess capacity to meet the forecasted peak in January.
Here is a summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee meeting on Oct. 31.
MISO executives and some of its state regulators provided sharply contrasting visions of the grid’s move away from fossil fuels and toward renewables.
SPP stakeholders debated a future that could be different from the one they are planning for, but cost concerns have prevented them from changing course.
Promoters of renewable energy worry about reliability as fossil-fuel plants retire and renewable resources are slow to take over, ACORE attendees heard.
FERC again rejected a bid by developers to obtain transmission status and cost-based rates for a proposed $2 billion pumped storage project in CAISO.
SPP members moved to eliminate Z2 revenue credits for sponsored transmission upgrades, the source of years of stakeholder frustrations and jokes.
NextEra Energy touted “one of the best renewable development periods” in its history and reported third-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ expectations.
MISO released a proposal that would replace its 15-year futures scenarios with predictions that assume more renewable generation and carbon-cutting.