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PJM Capacity Auction Prices Surge Over Nine-Fold, Signal Urgent Need for New Power Generation

July 31, 2024 admin 2025/2026 capacity auction, Business, Coal, electricity market, energy demand, energy security, energy supply, full coverage, Gas, generator retirements, grid, investment signals, Markets, new generation, news, pjm, Power Demand, power generation, reliability, reliability pricing model, retirements, rto, trends, wholesale power market

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:55:13 +0000

Prices at PJM Interconnection’s 2025/2026 base residual auction (BRA) spiked to $269.92/MW-day for most resources in the wholesale power market, pointing to a tightening supply-demand balance that could have significant […]

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Navigating the Interconnection Queue Is One of Many Challenges Clean-Energy Projects Face

April 20, 2024 admin Business, clean energy, clean grid alliance, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, distributed power, Energy Storage, full coverage, hybrid power, interconnection queue, iso, Markets, midcontinent iso, MISO, news, power, power podcasts, project development, renewable energy, Renewables, rto, Solar, T&D, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 21:51:38 +0000

There are several obstacles to overcome when building a clean-energy project, but perhaps the biggest is getting through the generator interconnection queue (GIQ). Every regional transmission organization (RTO) and independent […]

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SPP Set to Become First RTO Straddling Eastern and Western Interconnections

September 28, 2023 admin Business, eastern interconnection, electricity market, energy grid, full coverage, grid expansion, grid reliability, Markets, news, power generation, regional transmission organization, rto, SPP, tariff, transmission, western interconnection

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 18:37:23 +0000

The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is poised to become the first regional transmission organization (RTO) to provide coordinated operation across the Eastern and Western Interconnections, bridging a historic gap to […]

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The Energy Transition: What is Needed to Achieve Clean Energy Goals

January 20, 2023 admin agilitas energy, Commentary, Energy Storage, interconnection, power, Renewables, rto, T&D, utilities

Credit to Author: Rick Labrecque| Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 15:16:11 +0000

As fuel and power price volatility continues across the U.S., the push to transition away from fossil fuels to lower-cost renewable, clean energy intensifies. But in order to reach President Biden’s goal of 100% carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035, utilities, developers, and regulators need to align and work together to improve the interconnection process. COMMENTARY Though […]

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Former FERC Commissioner Says ‘Market Design Problem’ Was a Leading Cause of February 2021 Texas Power Crisis

February 4, 2022 admin blackouts, Coal, ercot, february blackouts, federal energy regulatory commission, ferc, Gas, iso, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, news, Nuclear, O&M, outages, Policy, rto, Solar, T&D, texas, the power podcast, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 16:13:18 +0000

In February 2021, a severe cold weather event, known as Winter Storm Uri, caused numerous power outages, derates, or failures to start at electric generating plants scattered across Texas and the south-central U.S. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which manages the power supply for about 90% of the load in Texas, ordered a […]

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Energy Storage Resources: A Year in Review

January 1, 2019 admin distributed energy, distributed power, Energy Storage, energy storage resources, esrs, ferc, grid, iso, Legal, Legal & Regulatory, news, order no. 841, regulatory, rto

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2019 04:59:00 +0000

From both a regulatory and development perspective, 2018 was a significant year for the expansion of energy storage resources (ESRs). From a significant ruling of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

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