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July 4, 2024

Southern Co.

Southeast Utilities Talking Regional Market
Utilities and cooperatives in the Southeast have been meeting for months on a plan to create a regional 15-minute energy market.
Pandemic Poses Long-term Reliability Challenges
Participants in the first panel of FERC’s two-day technical conference on the impacts of COVID-19 struck a hopeful tone, but also said caution is needed.
Pandemic Adds to 2020 Hurricane Season Challenges
Utilities expect mutual assistance plans to help the U.S. grid weather a predicted active Atlantic hurricane season, even in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Commenters See Overreach in Supply Chain Standards
The drafting team working on changes to NERC standards on supply chain risks will regroup after an initial ballot indicated opposition to the changes.
MISO Monitor Sees Lower Margin for Summer
MISO’s Independent Market Monitor has a different opinion of the RTO’s summer supply picture three weeks into the season.
Gulf Power
FERC Approves NextEra’s Gulf Power Acquisition
FERC conditionally approved NextEra Energy’s acquisition of Florida utility Gulf Power as being "consistent with the public interest."
Counterflow: The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Columnist Steve Huntoon criticizes the Georgia Public Service Commission and its handling of the Vogtle nuclear plant's construction.
Georgia Power
Georgia PSC Votes to Complete Vogtle Units
Georgia regulators voted to allow Georgia Power and its partners to complete the two nuclear reactors under construction at the Vogtle plant.
Kansas Electric Power Cooperative
FERC Rejects SPP Change on Network Resource Upgrades
FERC issued rulings in three SPP transmission cases, mostly siding with the RTO but rejecting its proposed changes to classifying service upgrade costs.
AWEA
GOP Tax Bill Would Trim PTC, Drop Credit for EVs
The tax bill introduced by House Republicans would trim the wind production tax credit by more than a third and eliminate the credit for electric vehicles.

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