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Gas-Heavy ISO-New England Braces for Steep Influx of Wind, Solar, Storage

March 18, 2020 admin Business, carbon pricing, climate change, Coal, competitive markets, Environmental, ferc, Fuel, fuel security, Gas, infrastructure constraints, ISO New England, Markets, mystic, natural gas, news, Nuclear, pipelines, reliability, Renewables, rggi, Solar, state mandates, state subsidies, Technology, wholesale electricity markets, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 13:50:16 +0000

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While it is currently highly dependent on natural gas generation today, about 95% of ISO-New England’s (ISO-NE’s) interconnection request queue—a proposed total capacity of 20.9 GW—comprises wind, solar, and battery projects. That clearly indicates that developers in New England’s wholesale market “are looking to take advantage of state incentives, declining technology costs, and revenues from […]

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FERC Thwarts ISO-NE’s Attempt to Keep Mystic Gas Units Online

July 5, 2018 admin Business, Exelon, ferc, Fuel, iso-ne, Legal & Regulatory, lng, Markets, mystic, news, Security

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on July 2 denied ISO-New England’s (ISO-NE’s) request for a tariff waiver to keep two gas-fired units—a total capacity of 1,700 MW—at Exelon’s Mystic Generating Plant in Boston, Massachusetts, running to address “fuel security risks.” The commission instead gave the grid operator a year to submit permanent tariff revisions […]

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