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    RTOs Report Diminished Solar Output, Loads as Wildfire Smoke Passes

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    Jun 8, 2023
    ISO-NE
    By Devin Leith-Yessian

    RTOs in the Northeast are experiencing diminished solar output and lower-than-expected loads as smoke from Canadian wildfires passes over the region.

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    CALSTART Brings Electric Vehicles to Hazy Capitol Hill

    Jun 8, 2023
    Congress
    By James Downing

    CALSTART brought commercial EVs to Capitol Hill for an event with members of Congress to highlight delivery-enabling advancements.

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    Debt Deal Weakens Odds for Increased FERC Siting Authority, Glick Tells EBA

    Jun 8, 2023
    FERC & Federal
    By James Downing

    Permitting provisions in the recent debt deal weaken the "momentum" for increased FERC transmission siting authority, says former FERC Chair Richard Glick.

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    Solarium Report Warns of E-ISAC Info Sharing Shortfalls

    Jun 8, 2023
    FERC & Federal
    By Holden Mann

    A new report by the successor to the Cyberspace Solarium Commission warned that utilities’ relationships with the E-ISAC are not as strong as they could be.

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    NJ Push for 100% Clean Electricity Meets Opposition

    Jun 8, 2023
    Environmental & Social Justice
    By Hugh Morley

    A bill to require that only clean electricity be sold in New Jersey by 2035 has stalled over concerns from environmentalists, labor groups and solar developers.

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    MISO Weighs MTEP 23 Alternatives to South Reliability Projects

    Jun 8, 2023
    Transmission Planning
    By Amanda Durish Cook

    MISO is developing possible project alternatives for the most expensive projects proposed this year in the South region under MTEP 23.

  • CAISO Tries to Shake up Its Interconnection Process

    Jun 8, 2023
    CAISO/WEIM
    By Hudson Sangree

    CAISO began a new stakeholder process to achieve "transformative improvements" to its overloaded interconnection queuing and management processes.

  • Activists Want ISO-NE to Push for Renewables

    Jun 8, 2023
    ISO-NE Consumer Liaison Group
    By John Cropley

    At Thursday's ISO-NE Consumer Liaison Group meeting, community members pushed the ISO on its fossil fuel use; an ISO representative pushed back.

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    NERC’s Standards Process Changes Pass on Second Ballot

    Jun 5, 2023
    NERC & Committees
    By Holden Mann

    NERC’s second attempt to gain industry approval for proposed changes to its Standards Processes Manual succeeded, as stakeholders gave overwhelming consent.

  • Robb Warns of ‘Serious Disruptions’ from Grid Transition

    Jun 1, 2023
    FERC & Federal
    By Holden Mann

    Testifying before the Senate, NERC's CEO warned that increased reliance on weather-dependent renewables will likely lead to more frequent grid disruptions.

  • Personnel, Meeting Costs Drive 2024 ERO Budget Hikes

    May 30, 2023
    MRO
    By Holden Mann

    EROs are increasing their budgets for 2024, with the increases largely funding personnel and meetings. Draft budgets are available for stakeholder comment.

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    NJ BPU Pulls Offshore Tx Project Mod from Agenda After Complaint

    Jun 8, 2023
    Transmission Planning
    By Hugh Morley

    New Jersey’s Board of Public Utilities pulled an agenda item modifying the state’s offshore transmission project after a Division of Rate Counsel complaint.

  • Va. Air Board Approves RGGI Withdrawal

    Jun 7, 2023
    State and Local Policy
    By Holden Mann

    Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s bid to remove the state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative passed its final regulatory hurdle on Wednesday.

  • DOE Loans Chief: Industry Ambition ‘Very Low’ to Meet Climate Challenges

    Jun 7, 2023
    Solar Power
    By K Kaufmann

    The clean energy industry has incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act but lacks ambition, the head of the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office said.

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    Texas Appeals Court Reverses Another PUC Order

    Jun 7, 2023
    ERCOT
    By Tom Kleckner

    A Texas appeals court has reversed a Public Utility Commission’s scarcity-pricing order and remanded it back to the PUC for further proceedings.

  • Jackson Named Texas PUC’s Interim Chair

    Jun 7, 2023
    ERCOT
    By Tom Kleckner

    Kathleen Jackson, the Texas PUC's newest member, has been named as its interim chair. She replaces Peter Lake, who stepped down as chair June 2.

  • MISO Poised to Extend Missouri Coal Plant’s Life

    Jun 7, 2023
    FERC & Federal
    By Amanda Durish Cook

    MISO announced that it will likely be forced to renew the system support resource agreement of a Missouri coal plant for almost two more years.

  • ERCOT TAC Endorses Agreement on ‘Exceptional’ Fuel Costs

    Jun 7, 2023
    ERCOT
    By Tom Kleckner

    ERCOT stakeholders have endorsed a protocol change requiring resources to file exceptional fuel costs that include contractual and pipeline-mandated costs.

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    NYISO’s Latest Queue Overhaul Draft Confuses Stakeholders

    Jun 6, 2023
    State & Regional
    By John Norris

    NYISO left TPA Subcommittee members bewildered when it presented a revised proposal for overhauling its interconnection study process.

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    ISO-NE Market Monitor Reports Decreased Winter Energy Costs

    Jun 6, 2023
    NEPOOL Markets Committee
    By Jon Lamson

    ISO-NE wholesale market costs fell in winter 2023 year-over-year, but capacity market costs increased.

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    Western Grid Challenges Weighed at WCPSC Meeting

    May 29, 2023
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    By Hudson Sangree

    Western regulators heard from a power panel of CEOs on maintaining grid reliability in the face of fires, storms, extreme heat and supply chain disruptions.

  • NERC Issues Cybersecurity Data Request

    May 25, 2023
    FERC & Federal
    By Holden Mann

    Registered entities must report to NERC on the cyber assets present on their systems and the potential impact of adding security monitoring software.

  • Mich. Utility Task Force To Start Hearings June 9 on Outages

    May 23, 2023
    State Regulation
    By John Lindstrom

    A Michigan House task force to investigate winter power outages will hold its first hearing June 9, with further sessions expected through the summer.

  • NERC Standards Committee Sends Back Cybersecurity Proposals

    May 22, 2023
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    NERC’s Standards Committee declined to advance a project to modify cybersecurity reporting requirements, seeking a fuller response to criticism of the proposal.

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    FERC Forecasts Low Summer Gas Prices, Reliability Concerns

    May 21, 2023
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    By Holden Mann

    Falling natural gas prices and additional electric resources are among the bright spots in FERC’s Summer Energy Market and Electric Reliability Assessment.

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    Texas RE Board/MRC Briefs: May 17, 2023

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    Regional Entities
    By Holden Mann

    The Texas Reliability Entity’s board voted to approve the organization’s 2024 business plan and budget, along with accepting its 2022 financial statements.

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    Wash. Cap-and-Trade Auction Prices Break Soft Cap

    Jun 7, 2023
    Industrial Decarbonization
    By John Stang

    Washington’s second cap-and-trade auction netted more than $557 million in revenue after bidders bought all 11.035 million carbon allowances on offer last week.

  • OSW Developers Seeking More Money from New York

    Jun 7, 2023
    Renewable Power
    By John Cropley

    Developers of offshore wind in New York said Wednesday that decades-high inflation and interest rates mean deals negotiated years ago aren't viable anymore.

  • Nev. Lawmakers Pass Bills on Utility Market Risk, Clean Trucks

    Jun 6, 2023
    Fossil Fuels
    By Elaine Goodman

    Legislators ended the session by passing bills related to IRPs for electric and gas utilities and a bill creating a zero-emission truck incentive program.

  • Developer Seeks to Terminate SouthCoast Wind PPAs

    Jun 6, 2023
    Renewable Power
    By John Cropley

    SouthCoast Wind Energy has asked to end offshore wind power purchase agreements with Massachusetts electric distribution companies, citing rising costs.

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    DOE Releases National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap

    Jun 5, 2023
    Department of Energy
    By John Funk

    Got hydrogen? DOE has issued "a comprehensive framework for accelerating the production, processing, delivery, storage and use of clean hydrogen."

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    NJ Legislators Probing Whale Deaths Hear No Clear-cut Conclusions

    Jun 5, 2023
    Renewable Power
    By Hugh Morley

    Mammal experts told a New Jersey legislative committee they've found no evidence recent whale deaths are related to offshore wind project testing.

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