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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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:17:22 +0000
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 […]
The post PJM Urges Delayed Retirement of 840-MW Fossil Fuel Power Plant, Citing Reliability Impacts appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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) […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2023 02:07:57 +0000
While natural gas plants underperform, wind farms outperform.
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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Read moreCredit 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 […]
Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 14:53:50 +0000
Scaling Clean: This report draws on original RMI analysis as well as extensive discussions with PJM states, utilities, customers, and clean energy developers. Spurred by state decarbonization policy, strong customer demand, and rapidly improving technology, carbon-free energy is playing a growing role in PJM, the United States’ largest wholesale electricity market. However, the pace of […]
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2022 17:10:16 +0000
Texas-based CPS Energy, the largest municipally owned electric and natural gas company in the U.S., has entered into a 15-year commercial agreement to explore installing up to 15 MW of geomechanical pumped storage (GPS). The agreement will kick off with a pioneering 1-MW project that will pump water into drilled wells and store it under […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Kennedy Maize| Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 05:11:00 +0000
The PJM Interconnection’s Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR) was introduced in 2006 as a floor to bar new generators from artificially depressing capacity auction clearing prices through below-cost bids.
The post Market Transitions: The MOPR Merry-Go-Round appeared first on POWER Magazine.
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