CAISO will make permanent a once-temporary practice of boosting its power reserves to account for utility-scale solar tripping offline because of inverters problem, something NERC has identified as a major reliability issue.
Interregional transmission planning challenges and the growth of renewable energy, particularly wind power were among the topics of discussion at the 2018 Mid-America Regulatory Conference.
A panel featuring officials from PJM, ERCOT and GE Power at the EIA Energy Conference took questions from the audience on several topics.
Over the next month, MISO stakeholders will rank 14 market improvements the RTO might undertake in 2019. Six of the issues (such as energy storage) are already under discussion.
MISO’s supply picture for the next five years is less rosy than it was a year ago, according to the RTO's annual survey with the Organization of MISO States (OMS).
Energy storage resources 100 kW or larger would be eligible to offer capacity, energy and ancillary services under a straw proposal MISO officials presented.
FERC agreed to postpone a technical conference over the frequency regulation market in PJM.
President Trump on Friday ordered Energy Secretary Rick Perry to take immediate action to prevent the loss of coal and nuclear plants, saying the economic and environmental challenges forcing their retirements threaten national security.
NERC said Wednesday that its annual summer reliability assessment indicates ERCOT and CAISO will face operational challenges and potential reliability concerns this summer, thanks to the two ISOs’ respective loss of baseload generation and lack of fuel assurance.
NERC said Wednesday that its annual summer reliability assessment indicates ERCOT and CAISO will face operational challenges and potential reliability concerns this summer, thanks to the two ISOs’ respective loss of baseload generation and lack of fuel assurance.