July 26, 2021

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Arizona to Weigh RTO Membership
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Jul 25, 2021
CAISO/EIM
By Hudson Sangree
Arizona has joined Colorado, Nevada and Oregon in exploring membership in an RTO in the Western Interconnection.

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Microgrids Face Cost, Valuation Challenges
Jul 25, 2021
FERC & Federal
By Rich Heidorn Jr.
“Public purpose” microgrids are struggling because of high costs and the lack of a widely accepted resilience metric, speakers told NARUC.
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Overheard at NARUC Summer Policy Summit 2021
Jul 25, 2021
Fossil Fuels
By Rich Heidorn Jr.
More than 600 people attended the NARUC Summer Policy Summit in person and hundreds more watched via livestream.
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ACORE Panelists: Resilient Tx Needed for Severe Weather
Jul 23, 2021
FERC & Federal
By Amanda Durish Cook
Major transmission construction will help the grid tolerate increasingly severe weather, panelists said at a recent ACORE webinar.
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DOJ Orders $230 Million Fine for FirstEnergy
Jul 22, 2021
Company News
By Michael Yoder
FirstEnergy has agreed to pay a fine for its role in the H.B. 6 scandal, which federal prosecutors described as the largest bribery scandal in Ohio history.

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NextEra Energy Bullish on Future Tx Investments
Jul 25, 2021
Company News
By Tom Kleckner
NextEra Energy stressed importance of new transmission and support of RTOs during its second-quarter earnings call with financial analysts.

FERC Upholds Decision on MISO-SPP Overlapping Charges
Jul 25, 2021
MISO
By Amanda Durish Cook
FERC has upheld its order that MISO and SPP fix their overlapping congestion charges on pseudo-ties despite a rehearing request from MISO.
NY Enviros Push Officials on Climate Policy for Power Industry
Jul 25, 2021
Environmental & Social Justice
By Michael Kuser
Environmental justice advocates on Thursday told New York officials to pick up the pace on climate policy for the power sector.

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NARUC, NRRI Produce RA Primer for Commissioners
Jul 22, 2021
FERC & Federal
By Holden Mann
NARUC and NRRI introduced a document intended to help regulatory commissioners get up to speed on pressing topics related to resource adequacy.

TSA Issues New Pipeline Cybersecurity Requirements
Jul 22, 2021
FERC & Federal
By Holden Mann
The Transportation Security Administration announced a fresh slate of cybersecurity requirements aimed at the U.S. pipeline network.
Standards Committee Approves Drafting Team Additions
Jul 22, 2021
NERC & Committees
By Holden Mann
NERC's Standards Committee approved teams for several standard drafting projects, while ending one project pending further research.

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PSEG
NJ Enviros Squeeze Governor on GHG Goals
Jul 25, 2021
Building Decarbonization
By Hugh Morley
Groups say Murphy talks aggressively on climate change but is moving too slowly to cut GHG, while the DEP continues to approve natural gas projects.

MD Consumers May Pay High Heating Costs to Cut Building Emissions
Jul 25, 2021
Energy Efficiency
By Martin Berman-Gorvine
Maryland is looking at challenges of different pathways to building decarbonization, while Montgomery County explores solutions in energy performance standards.
NARUC Panel: EE Needs New Metrics to Help Reach Net-zero Goals
Jul 22, 2021
Energy Efficiency
By Rich Heidorn Jr.
State regulators must change their thinking about the value of energy efficiency to meet net-zero goals, speakers told the NARUC Summer Policy Summit.

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PJM
PJM MRC/MC Preview: July 28, 2021
Jul 25, 2021
PJM Markets and Reliability Committee (MRC)
By Michael Yoder
A summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the PJM Markets and Reliability and Members committee meetings on July 28, 2021.

Senate Committee Deadlocks on Biden Pick to Head BLM
Jul 22, 2021
FERC & Federal
By K Kaufmann
Tracy Stone-Manning’s nomination to head BLM has become a flashpoint, based on GOP claims that she lied about her involvement in a tree-spiking incident.
Avangrid CEO Says Park City Wind Pushed Back to 2026
Jul 22, 2021
Company News
By Jason York
Avangrid said it expects the Park City offshore wind project to begin commercial operations in 2026 instead of the 2025 date it previously announced.
South Regulators Lambast MISO Long-term Tx Planning
Jul 21, 2021
Transmission Planning
By Amanda Durish Cook
State commission staff from MISO South questioned MISO's long-range transmission plan at an Entergy State Regional Committee meeting.

PG&E
PG&E Proposes Undergrounding 10K Miles of Distribution
Jul 21, 2021
CAISO/EIM
By Hudson Sangree
PG&E proposed burying 10,000 miles of distribution lines underground in high-threat fire areas of California.
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Glick Works to Strengthen Relationship with NARUC
Jul 21, 2021
FERC & Federal
By Tom Kleckner
FERC Chair Richard Glick is seeking ‘peace, love and understanding’ with state regulators as work on easing transmission issues begins.

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NARUC
Protecting Grid Data Vital in Age of DERs, Regulators Warn
Jul 21, 2021
By Holden Mann
Panelists at NARUC's policy summit discussed how to gather enough data to keep distributed energy resources running while respecting customers' privacy.

NARUC: Crisis Response Needs Cross-industry Collaboration
Jul 21, 2021
FERC & Federal
By Holden Mann
Utilities and their regulators are becoming more comfortable with direct cooperation in response to disasters, panelists told NARUC's Summer Policy Summit.
EPRI Study Calls Attention to Workplace Culture as Risk
Jul 20, 2021
NERC & Committees
By John Funk
Safety culture, long seen as a corporate unicorn, can be created, a new EPRI study implies.
Release 2 of ERO Align Tool Goes Live for All Regions
Jul 20, 2021
MRO
By Holden Mann
NERC and the ERO Enterprise have activated the second stage of the Align tool, which is expected to streamline compliance reporting across regions.

Con Edison
NYPSC Fines Con Edison $82 Million for Outages, Slack Performance
Jul 18, 2021
Company News
By Michael Kuser
NYPSC fined Con Edison $82 million over operating “imprudence” and emergency response violations, including for its response to Tropical Storm Isaias.
NERC
NERC Tries to Stay Ahead of the Curve on Batteries, Hybrids
Jul 18, 2021
Standards/Programs
By Rich Heidorn Jr.
Grid operators and equipment manufacturers gathered at a webinar to discuss NERC's new guideline on battery energy storage systems and hybrid resources.

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Sunrise Maine
Solving for Equity in the Rates and Climate Policy Equation
Jul 22, 2021
Environmental & Social Justice
By Jennifer Delony
Given Maine's ambitious climate policies, one state regulator sees a need to reconsider how the costs of those policies are allocated to ratepayers.

Pa. DEP Touts Gains on EVs, Solar
Jul 21, 2021
Solar Power
By Michael Yoder
Pennsylvania's environmental secretary highlighted electric vehicle and solar initiatives promoted by the department at an Advisory Council meeting.
DOE: Building Codes Key to Net-zero Economy
Jul 21, 2021
Energy Efficiency
By K Kaufmann
Updating building codes is “one of the easiest things we can do” to reduce emissions, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said at a DOE conference.
$536M in Pandemic Aid Tagged for Climate, Energy Across New England
Jul 21, 2021
Adaptation
By Jennifer Delony
Vermont and Maine will put $136 million in federal aid into climate and energy initiatives; Massachusetts is looking to spend $400 million on those sectors.

TeMix
Talking to Alexa: Transactive Energy Markets are Coming
Jul 21, 2021
Energy Efficiency
By K Kaufmann
Officials at a SEPA webinar discussed a transactive market platform pilot in California that proactively helps shift load and save customers money.
NRG Energy
New Yorkers Oppose NRG Repowering Astoria NatGas Peaker
Jul 20, 2021
Environmental & Social Justice
By Michael Kuser
New Yorkers filed 66 separate comments opposing NRG Energy’s proposal to repower its 502-MW Astoria natural gas generating facility in Queens.