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    DOE: Physical Attacks, Sabotage Jumped in 2022

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    FBI
    Feb 2, 2023
    FERC & Federal
    By Holden Mann

    Incidents of deliberate physical damage to bulk power system facilities rose by 77% last year, driving home the danger posed by malicious actors, DOE said.

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    Va. Panel Clears Bills to Increase SCC Rate Authority

    Feb 2, 2023
    Renewable Power
    By James Downing

    The Virginia House Commerce and Energy Committee voted to tighten regulation of electric utility rates as disparate interests lined up behind two bills.

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    CAISO CEO Lauds Transmission Planning Agreement

    Feb 2, 2023
    CAISO/WEIM
    By Hudson Sangree

    The California PUC, Energy Commission and CAISO signed an agreement that will help make CAISO's transmission planning more proactive, CEO Elliot Mainzer said.

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    FERC Resolves NextEra-Avangrid Dispute over Seabrook Circuit Breaker

    Feb 2, 2023
    Company News
    By Sam Mintz

    FERC settled a dispute between NextEra Energy and Avangrid over whether the former should be responsible for upgrading a circuit breaker at Seabrook.

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    Senate ENR Committee Grills Turk on IIJA Implementation

    Feb 2, 2023
    Cooking
    By K Kaufmann

    A political war is looming over the interpretation and implementation of both the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.

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    FERC Approves Incentives for Great River Energy’s MVP Lines

    Feb 2, 2023
    FERC & Federal
    By James Downing

    FERC approved Great River Energy’s request for transmission rate incentives for two MISO Multi-Value Projects it is working on.

  • CAISO Approves Day-ahead Market for Western EIM

    Feb 1, 2023
    CAISO/WEIM
    By Hudson Sangree

    CAISO's Board of Governors and the Western Energy Imbalance Market Governing Body approved an extended day-ahead market for the WEIM, calling it a milestone.

  • Solar Trade Group Challenges MISO Ban on Renewable Ancillary Services

    Feb 1, 2023
    Ancillary Services
    By Amanda Durish Cook

    The Solar Energy Industries Association lodged a complaint at FERC against MISO’s practice of blocking intermittent resources from its ancillary service market.

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    Duke to Pay $75K in NERC Penalties

    Feb 1, 2023
    FERC & Federal
    By Holden Mann

    FERC has decided to let stand SERC Reliability’s $75,000 penalty against Duke Energy Florida for violating NERC reliability standards.

  • SERC Hits Virginia Electric with $320K in Penalties

    Jan 30, 2023
    FERC & Federal
    By Holden Mann

    SERC Reliability levied penalties against Dominion Energy subsidiary Virginia Electric and Power for violations of NERC reliability standards.

  • Members Press NERC to Expand Comments on IBR Standards

    Jan 25, 2023
    NERC & Committees
    By Holden Mann

    NERC’s Standards Committee advanced a slate of standards development projects after moving to address concerns over stakeholders' ability to provide feedback.

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    NY Budget Plan Details Cap-and-invest Proposal

    Feb 2, 2023
    Environmental & Social Justice
    By John Cropley

    New York Gov. Kathy Hochul released a legislative framework for the cap-and-invest program she is proposing to help the state meet its GHG-reduction goals.

  • NY DPS Decreases ZEC Prices by 14%

    Feb 2, 2023
    NYISO
    By John Norris

    The price of New York ZECs is set to fall 14% for the next two years after the agency that administratively sets the price issued its biennial price adjustment.

  • GM to Invest $650M in Controversial Nev. Lithium Project

    Feb 1, 2023
    Battery Electric Vehicles
    By Elaine Goodman

    GM plans to invest $650 million in a proposed lithium mine in northern Nevada — funding that depends on the resolution of a lawsuit filed by environmentalists.

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    Hochul Proposes Expanded Clean Energy Role for NYPA

    Feb 1, 2023
    Renewable Power
    By John Cropley

    New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing a significant expansion of the role of the New York Power Authority, the nation’s largest state-owned utility.

  • When is A MWh Not A MWh?

    Feb 1, 2023
    Commentary
    By Stakeholder Soapbox

    Tony Clark and Vince Duane question whether the single marginal price construct still works with the increase in low-cost intermittent resources.

  • Wash. Poised to Become Net Electricity Importer by 2050

    Feb 1, 2023
    CAISO/WEIM
    By John Stang

    The push for decarbonization will transform Washington from a key exporter of electricity to a net importer by mid-century, a state agency has found.

  • Transmission Project Would Span Across Interconnection Divide

    Jan 31, 2023
    CAISO/WEIM
    By Sam Mintz

    ALLETE and Grid United are teaming up to build a first-of-its-kind line that would span across interconnections and through three electric regions.

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    BOEM Continues Planning Process for Gulf of Maine OSW

    Jan 31, 2023
    Interior Department
    By John Cropley

    BOEM wrapped up a series of info sessions in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, seeking feedback as it develops a map of potential wind farm sites.

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    PJM CIR Cap Unlikely to End Accreditation Dispute

    Jan 31, 2023
    Capacity Market
    By Devin Leith-Yessian

    PJM members’ vote to limit resources’ capacity interconnection rights is not likely to end the dispute over how the RTO accredits intermittent resources.

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    Gas-electric Coordination 'Achille’s Heel’ of Energy Transition, NERC Summit Told

    Jan 26, 2023
    FERC & Federal
    By James Downing

    Gas-electric coordination is becoming the “Achille’s heel of the energy transition,” ISO-NE CEO Gordon van Welie told the NERC Reliability Leadership Summit.

  • ERO Praises ERCOT’s Actions to Address Inverter Incidents

    Jan 24, 2023
    NERC & Committees
    By Holden Mann

    NERC and the Texas RE commended ERCOT for its response to the Odessa disturbances of 2021 and 2022, while calling for more action to overcome inverter issues.

  • FERC Orders Internal Cyber Monitoring in Response to SolarWinds Hack

    Jan 19, 2023
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    FERC ordered NERC to require utilities to implement internal network security monitoring on certain cyber systems at bulk power system facilities.

  • Phillips Says Transmission NOPRs Still a Priority

    Jan 18, 2023
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    Acting FERC Chairman Willie Phillips made his first comments since taking over the agency.

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    SERC Forum Touts Internal Communication in Enforcement

    Jan 18, 2023
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    By Holden Mann

    Changes to SERC's compliance monitoring and enforcement process helped build a stronger connection within the RE, said speakers at a webinar on Tuesday.

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    NERC Standards Process Changes Headed for Public Comment

    Jan 12, 2023
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    NERC’s Standards Committee unanimously agreed to submit for industry comment a proposal to update the organization’s Rules of Procedure.

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    Can the US Deliver Competitive Batteries?

    Feb 1, 2023
    Energy Storage
    By John Funk

    Our Next Energy, Lyten and Natron Energy explained their new battery technologies and growth plans at BloombergNEF’s the annual summit.

  • Murphy Signs NJ Low-carbon Concrete Law

    Jan 31, 2023
    Building Decarbonization
    By Hugh Morley

    New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law to give business tax credits to producers who supply state projects with concrete made with lower GHG emissions.

  • House Energy Panel Talks Permitting in First Hearing

    Jan 31, 2023
    FERC
    By James Downing

    The partisan divide was clearly visible at the House Energy panel's first hearing, but witnesses suggested they might find common ground on permitting “reform.”

  • NJ Bills Push Rooftop Solar, EV Chargers, Grid Upgrades

    Jan 31, 2023
    Agriculture & Land Use
    By Hugh Morley

    The New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee advanced a spate of climate change-related legislation.

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    BNEF: Net-zero Targets Only Limit Climate Change to 1.77 Degrees

    Jan 30, 2023
    Airplane Decarbonization
    By K Kaufmann

    Transportation electrification is the key theme at the BNEF Summit in San Francisco, and CEO Jon Moore opened the event with what's driving the transition.

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    Bill to Expand Community Solar Target Clears Va. Senate Panel

    Jan 30, 2023
    Community solar
    By James Downing

    A Virginia Senate committee cleared a bill to expand Dominion’s "shared solar" target to 1.5 GW while changing how consumers who use the resource are charged.

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