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Nuclear Subsidy Dispute Now Rests with FERC, Competitive Generators Say

April 16, 2019 admin Business, calpine, climate change, courts, epsa, Exelon, Federal Court, ferc, Illinois, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Markets, mopr, New Jersey, New York, news, NRG, Nuclear, nuclear subsidies, Ohio, Pennsylvania, pjm, pseg, second circuit, seventh circuit, Supreme Court, vistra, zecs

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 16:41:28 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to reconsider industry-led challenges to state nuclear subsidy programs in New York and Illinois leaves the contentious matter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The high court on April 15 declined to accept petitions for review of decisions by the Second Circuit and Seventh Circuit, dealing a major blow […]

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PJM Will Hold Capacity Auction Under Current Rules in August

April 10, 2019 admin bra, Business, capacity auction, carbon pricing, Coal, ferc, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, market reforms, Markets, mopr, news, Nuclear, pjm, Renewables, reserve pricing, rps, states, subsidies

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 21:52:23 +0000

PJM Interconnection said it will hold its 2022–2023 capacity auction under current market rules on Aug. 14, 2019, though the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has yet to issue a decision on the grid operator’s plan to revamp its Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR). In an April 10 filing, however, PJM asked FERC to clarify that […]

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Polar Vortex Tests Resiliency of U.S. Power System

January 31, 2019 admin bomb cyclone, Business, climate change, Coal, cold weather, Environmental, Gas, iso-ne, Markets, MISO, nerc, news, Nuclear, NYISO, pjm, polar vortex, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 14:28:54 +0000

Brutally cold temperatures in the midwestern and northeastern U.S. spurred grid operator alerts as natural gas demand has surged, power prices have soared, and there have been forced generator outages. The polar vortex, an extreme cold event characterized by back-to-back cold fronts, has so far prompted states of emergency in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan. On […]

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Tenaska Gas-Fired Plant Comes Online in Pennsylvania

December 27, 2018 admin diamond generating corp., Gas, j-power usa investment, natural gas, news, Pennsylvania, pjm, tenaska, westmoreland

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 15:43:46 +0000

The Tenaska Westmoreland Generating Station began commercial operation on Dec. 21, the latest natural gas-fired facility to enter the PJM market. The 940-MW Tenaska plant, located near Smithton in South Huntingdon Township in Westmoreland County in southwest Pennsylvania, was built in just more than two years, though its planning and permitting process took several years […]

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PJM: Fuel Supply Resilience Is Sound—For Now

November 6, 2018 admin DOE, ferc, Fuel, fuel supply, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, news, pjm, reliability, resilience

Fuel delivery systems in PJM Interconnection’s vast footprint can generally withstand an extended period of stress and remain reliable, though extreme scenarios could impact the grid, the nation’s largest system operator concluded in a high-profile study. PJM, whose system covers 13 states and 65 million people, launched the study this May as the federal government, […]

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West Virginia Coal Plant Will Remain Open Until 2022

October 19, 2018 admin aes, Business, Coal, FirstEnergy, firstenergy solutions, news, pjm, pjm interconnection

FirstEnergy on October 18 said its coal-fired Pleasants Power Station in West Virginia will stay open until June 2022, after earlier announcing the plant would close in January of next year. FirstEnergy spokeswoman Jennifer Young said, “Keeping Pleasants in operation … allows the plant to fulfill current capacity obligations and provides additional time for evaluation […]

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Competitive Generators Look to the Supreme Court After Seventh Circuit Declines Rehearing on Nuclear Subsidies

October 11, 2018 admin capacity market, capacity market reform, courts, epsa, Illinois, Legal & Regulatory, New York, news, NRG, Nuclear, nuclear subsidies, pjm, second circuit, seventh circuit, Supreme Court, zecs

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has declined to rehear a case that challenges nuclear subsidies in Illinois, effectively dealing a blow to a group of competitive generators, which have fought the measure for several years. In an order issued on October 9, the appellate court said its full judicial panel had voted to deny […]

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FERC Nixes PJM’s Fixes for Capacity Market Besieged by Subsidized Resources

July 5, 2018 admin Business, capacity markets, competitive markets, ferc, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, news, pjm, state, subsidies, zecs

In a 3–2 decision, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected approaches filed by PJM Interconnection to reform its capacity market, whose integrity and effectiveness has been increasingly and “untenably threatened” by state subsidies for preferred generation resources, the federal regulatory body acknowledged. The June 29 order sharply divided the commission, prompting Democrat Commissioners Cheryl LaFleur […]

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