U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
DOE's proposed rescue plan for at-risk coal and nuclear plants could cost ratepayers $800 million to $3.8 billion annually, ICF analysts said.
A panel of CEOs from some of Texas’ largest energy companies panned Rick Perry’s directive that FERC consider supporting struggling coal and nuclear plants.
Rick Perry acted within his authority in ordering FERC to consider his NOPR to support coal and nuclear, but he has no power to make it provide the relief.
In his latest column, Steve Huntoon lambasts the Energy Department's proposed rule directing FERC to prop up uneconomic baseload power plants.
DOE's Electricity Advisory Committee heard recommendations from a National Academies' study on ways to prepare for “large-area, long-duration” outages.
A study for the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) spotlighting the “resiliency” of coal-fired generation echoes the DOE's findings.
Coal's best hope may be that FERC adopt the DOE grid study's recommendation to lean on RTOs to value on-site fuel storage as a proxy for resiliency.
Department of Energy, Staff Report to the Secretary on Electricity Markets and Reliability, August 23, 2017
The nuclear industry hopes the grid study released by the Energy Department will accelerate RTO price formation efforts valuing baseload generation.
The U.S. Energy Department’s study acknowledges its limited authority over wholesale markets, leaving it to FERC and RTOs to act on its recommendations.
PSEG CEO Ralph Izzo said that the company has received “just about universal support for the continued operation” of its nuclear plants.
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