FERC ruled that a Michigan soybean farm operating two small biomass plants is not excused from a requirement to file as a qualifying facility (QF) under PURPA, but reduced the consequences for its failure to do so.
FERC will review how it enforces the 1978 Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA), with the commission’s treatment of the 1-mile rule a likely focus.
FERC should let RTO stakeholder processes work and not issue broad and costly new mandates on grid resilience, commenters told the commission.
SPP’s Board of Directors was forced to table the appeal of a rejected revision request, cutting short the discussion when they realized the supporting documentation was not included in the background materials.
DTE Energy is focused on plans to double its renewable energy capacity by the early 2020s and build a new, controversial $1-billion gas-fired plant recently approved by regulator.
FERC told Congress it is ready to act on distributed energy resources (DER), assuring House members they will not encroach on state jurisdiction.
Idaho Power and Powerex began transacting in the EIM, bringing to eight the number of members participating in CAISO’s regional real-time market.
FERC on Monday approved Basin Electric Power Cooperative requests to eliminate its obligation to purchase power and capacity from generating facilities over 20 MW under the Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA).
APPA CEO Sue Kelly has been railing for years against RTO rules she says are skewed in favor of large transmission and generation owners. As members gathered for their annual Legislative Rally, the group could celebrate recent policy victories on both fronts.
Resilience, pipelines and PURPA topped the discussions at the National Association of Regulatory Commissioners’ (NARUC) winter meetings.