Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:27:28 +0000
Is it possible that the digital infrastructure and energy/power industries are overestimating the need for data centers, and for development of new energy facilities to be used to power them? […]
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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 16:30:40 +0000
In the rapidly evolving landscape of power generation, companies are increasingly integrating smart grids and artificial intelligence (AI) into their operations. This transition, while promising enhanced efficiency and reliability, also […]
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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 17:50:38 +0000
Federal regulation of customer loads located next to existing power generating facilities, referred to as “co-located loads,” have become a significant area of interest for the electric industry. Large industrial […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:42:10 +0000
This June, the European Council formally adopted a first-of-its-kind regulation that sets out to restore at least 20% of the European Union’s (EU’s) land and sea areas by 2030 and all ecosystems in need of
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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:23:30 +0000
Virtual power plants (VPPs), as aggregations of dispatchable distributed energy resources (DERs), can deliver grid services ranging from resource adequacy to reliability at scale—all while making energy more affordable. Yet, […]
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Credit to Author: Maxwell Multer| Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:10:29 +0000
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Jan. 19 approved most of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator’s (MISO) proposed revisions to its Generator Interconnection Procedures (GIP) designed to reduce the submission […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2023 05:31:39 +0000
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has spurred investment in carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), a key tool for decarbonization, by significantly increasing the tax credit for permanently sequestering carbon dioxide. […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 16:25:00 +0000
A judge has ruled that construction of natural gas-fired power plant in Montana can resume, two months after the same judge ordered the project halted due to environmental concerns. The […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Maxwell Multer| Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 17:47:26 +0000
Each year, pursuant to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC or Commission) Revised Policy Statement on Enforcement, FERC’s Office of Enforcement (OE) publishes “annual statistical reports” summarizing its enforcement activities […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Maxwell Multer| Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2022 21:19:05 +0000
Building on analysis in its February 2021 Public Citizen, Inc. v. Centerpoint Energy, Inc. opinion, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently issued decisions in Evergy Kansas, Inc. (Evergy) and Transalta Energy Marketing (U.S.), Inc. (Transalta) analyzing whether investments that were under 10% of outstanding voting shares, but were paired with appointment of directors that […]
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