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FERC Proposal Would Cut Reactive Power Compensation, a Potential Hit to Independent Power Producer’s Revenue Mix

April 17, 2024 admin Coal, ferc, Gas, Generation, hybrid power, Hydro, ipp, Legal & Regulatory, news, Nuclear, offshore wind, pjm, power, reactive power, Renewables, revenue, Solar, T&D, thermal, Wind

Credit to Author: Terence Healey| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:48:38 +0000

In a time where capacity revenues are pricing lower and many generation owners find that their facilities are not being dispatched for energy on a consistent basis, reliable revenue streams […]

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Grids Brace for Solar Eclipse, Totality Poised to Test Ramping

April 15, 2024 admin caiso, energy security, ercot, full coverage, grid ramping, ISO New England, MISO, news, NYISO, pjm, reliability, Solar, Solar eclipse, solar generation, solar output, solar pv, SPP, sustainability, Technology, trends, weim, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2024 13:30:51 +0000

Grid operators across the U.S. report they are largely prepared for the total solar eclipse that will pass over a large swath of North America on April 8, though they […]

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PJM Capacity Market Reforms Shake Up Resource Accreditation, Impose New Offer and Testing Requirements

February 28, 2024 admin capacity, federal energy regulatory commission, ferc, Legal & Regulatory, Market, Markets, news, pjm, reliability pricing model, T&D

Credit to Author: Maxwell Multer| Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 15:44:32 +0000

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), in Docket No. ER24-99-000, recently approved a suite of tariff revisions submitted by PJM intended to “accommodate the energy transition while maintaining resource adequacy.” […]

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Planning for PJM’s Grid of the Future Starts Today

February 6, 2024 admin clean power, grid, pjm, pjm interconnection, Solar energy, utilities, wind energy

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2024 18:26:08 +0000

PJM’s proposed long-term regional transmission planning marks a new way forward. How much it will deliver is still uncertain. It … [continued]

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PJM Urges Delayed Retirement of 840-MW Fossil Fuel Power Plant, Citing Reliability Impacts

January 13, 2024 admin brandon shores, Business, Coal, coal plant, economics, EPA, fossil fired power plants, full coverage, Gas, h.a. wagner, Markets, news, pjm, power, Power Demand, reliability, reliability must run, retirements, talen energy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:17:22 +0000

The H.A. Wagner Power Plant, located outside Baltimore, MD, is fueled by coal, natural gas, and oil. It includes an approximately 13-megawatt gas turbine unit, which can serve as a peaking unit. Unit 3 will convert to run on oil by the end of 2023. Courtesy: Talen Energy

PJM has urged Talen Energy to delay its deactivation of two of four units at the 840-MW coal, oil, and gas–fired Herbert A. Wagner Generating Station in Maryland until transmission […]

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New Gas-Fired 1,875-MW Plant Comes Online in Ohio

June 7, 2023 admin 7ha.02, caithness energy, Gas, ge, ge vernova, guernsey power station, natural gas, Ohio, pjm, power, rockies express pipeline

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2023 01:07:20 +0000

A new natural gas-fired power plant has entered commercial operation in Ohio. The 1,875-MW Guernsey Power Station, in Guernsey County in southeastern Ohio, is sourcing gas from the Marcellus and […]

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Google Installing 500 Megawatts of Solar for Environmental Justice

May 20, 2023 admin clean power, community solar, edp renewables, environmental justice, google, pjm, pjm interconnection, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 13:19:22 +0000

Solar power is not just for rich people, but it’s not free and you typically need to show a decent credit score to finance it. As with many things in life, the less wealthy people in society are left behind a bit as we transition into this cleaner, more financially sensible (in the long term) […]

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Gas Generators Get Caught With Their Plants Down

April 12, 2023 admin clean power, federal energy regulatory commission (ferc), ferc, Fossil Fuels, grid reliability, natural gas, onshore wind farms, pjm, pjm interconnection, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2023 02:07:57 +0000

While natural gas plants underperform, wind farms outperform.

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Arctic Blast Roiling Reliability in TVA, MISO, SPP, PJM

December 24, 2022 admin Business, demand, ercot, full coverage, Markets, MISO, nerc, news, pjm, Power Demand, Power supply, reliability, SPP, TVA

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 14:09:33 +0000

An Arctic blast felt by a large portion of North America is causing reliability turmoil within some segments in its bulk power system, forcing reliability coordinators to declare emergencies, issue conservation warnings, or curtail load. TVA, Grappling With Demand Surge, Is Curtailing Load Temperatures averaging the single digits across the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) prompted […]

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5 Grid Plans to Cut Fossil Fuel Dependence

April 2, 2022 admin California, california independent system operator, clean power, federal energy regulatory commission (ferc), grid, market research, midcontinent independent system operator (miso), pjm, policy & politics, policy research, research, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2022 01:18:45 +0000

Replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy from wind and solar will depend on upgrading the electric power grid, which is currently plagued by planning delays and gridlock. To address such problems, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which supervises utility company and grid operator planning, is in the midst of proposing new transmission planning rules. While […]