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PG&E Moves to Spin off Generation, Sell Minority Stake
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Sep 29, 2022
CAISO/WEIM
By Robert Mullin
PG&E asked the CPUC to approve a plan that would allow it to sell a stake in a new generation subsidiary, with proceeds to be used to fund capital investment.

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Hertz/bp
Hertz and BP Plan Nationwide Charger Network for Rental EVs
Sep 29, 2022
Battery Electric Vehicles
By John Cropley
Hertz and BP will collaborate on a network of charging stations for EVs rented by Hertz, which expects to electrify a quarter of its fleet by the end of 2024.
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NERC
NERC Physical Security Reports: Drones, Target Practice and Petty Thefts
Sep 29, 2022
NERC & Committees
By Rich Heidorn Jr.
Wayward drones, copper thefts and gun shots at transmission lines — they're all part of the territory for NERC's Bulk Power Situational Awareness unit.
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CRES
Jigar Shah: LPO Offers Cleantech Startups ‘Bridge to Bankability’
Sep 29, 2022
Department of Energy
By K Kaufmann
Jigar Shah has taken the Energy’s Loan Programs Office from a largely dormant part of DOE to an office processing applications for loans totaling $86.5 billion.
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MTA
NYC Traffic Congestion Pricing Aims to Tackle Climate, Enflames Emotions
Sep 28, 2022
State and Local Policy
By John Norris
The first national congestion pricing in New York City will charge motorists up to $35, creating economic backlash and environmental justice concerns.

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MISO: Record 1,000 Interconnection Requests in 2022
Sep 28, 2022
Transmission Planning
By Amanda Durish Cook
MISO reported it received a record-shattering 171 GW worth of proposed generation projects across 956 interconnection requests for 2022.

ISO-NE Weighs in on FERC's Proposed Interconnection Changes
Sep 28, 2022
ISO-NE
By Sam Mintz
ISO-NE repeated a familiar refrain in its initial take on FERC’s interconnection NOPR: give us flexibility and make sure our region’s needs can be met.
Manchin Permitting Package Cut from Spending Bill
Sep 27, 2022
Environmental Regulations
By Rich Heidorn Jr.
Short of votes, Sen. Joe Manchin withdrew his controversial infrastructure permitting bill from inclusion in the Senate’s must-pass spending bill.

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Report Blames Antivirus Software for EMS Deadlock
Sep 28, 2022
NERC & Committees
By Holden Mann
Software designed to provide computer security had the ironic consequence of rendering an electric utility’s essential systems unusable, a NERC report said.

Dragos Chief: Pipedream ‘Ominous,’ But Not Overwhelming
Sep 27, 2022
Regional Entities
By Holden Mann
Malware discovered this year with the capacity to disrupt operational technology systems must be taken seriously, the head of cybersecurity firm Dragos said.
NERC Staff, Stakeholders Feeling Work Crunch
Sep 26, 2022
NERC & Committees
By Michael Brooks
NERC's Standards Committee appointed additional or supplemental members to three of the ERO’s 19 ongoing standards development projects’ drafting teams.

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NJBPU / Ørsted
NJ BPU Approves Easement Plan for 1st OSW Project
Sep 28, 2022
Transmission Planning
By Hugh Morley
The New Jersey BPU approved an easement sought by the state’s first offshore wind project to run transmission onshore through Ocean City to a substation.

GOP Prescribes Natural Gas, Nuclear, Deregulation for Clean Energy Transition
Sep 28, 2022
Energy Storage
By Amanda Durish Cook
Conservatives' plan to reach net zero includes contributions from gas, nuclear and hydrogen, speakers said at the National Clean Energy Week Policy Symposium.
Solar-Thermal and Industrial Decarbonization Projects Win Funding
Sep 27, 2022
Department of Energy
By John Cropley
The U.S. Department of Energy announced $24 million in grants to support the development of next-generation concentrating solar-thermal power technology.

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ChargePoint
US Completes Review of State EV Charging Plans
Sep 27, 2022
Battery Electric Vehicles
By Rich Heidorn Jr.
The Biden administration approved EV charging plans for all 50 states, opening the spigot on $1.5 billion to add chargers over 75,000 miles of highway.

NJ Seeks Stakeholder Input for 3rd OSW Solicitation
Sep 27, 2022
Environmental & Social Justice
By Hugh Morley
New Jersey’s Board of Public Utilities is seeking stakeholder input to help craft the state’s third offshore wind solicitation in the first quarter of 2023.
NYISO OC Discusses NOPR Comments, High Temps, EDS Results
Sep 26, 2022
FERC & Federal
By John Norris
NYISO presented its proposed comments to a FERC rulemaking on interconnection queues, summer temperatures and results for solar units part of the 2022-01 EDS.
Manchin: ‘Awful Lot of Heavy Lifting’ Needed to Pass Permitting Bill
Sep 26, 2022
Employment & Economic Impact
By K Kaufmann
A series of "fireside chats" at the Global Clean Energy Action Forum focused on what steps the U.S. must take to develop a competitive clean energy sector.

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Trib Fest Panel: Let ERCOT Market Work
Sep 26, 2022
ERCOT
By Tom Kleckner
A Texas panel urged lawmakers and regulators to let the ERCOT market's incentives work to bring in resources that strengthen the grid's reliability.
Advanced Power
FERC Denies NYISO MOPR Complaint from Gas Generators
Sep 26, 2022
Capacity Market
By John Norris
FERC denied a request to impose a capacity price floor on subsidized resources in NYISO, reiterating its support for narrower buyer-side mitigation rules.

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SERC Board of Directors Briefs: Sept. 22, 2022
Sep 22, 2022
Regional Entities
By Holden Mann
SERC CEO Jason Blake reminded attendees “to celebrate our successes” in maintaining grid reliability this summer at the Board of Directors meeting.

FERC Seeking Solutions for New England Winter Reliability
Sep 22, 2022
NPCC
By Michael Brooks
FERC’s members discussed New England's winter fuel security problems and once again highlighted the commission's philosophical divide along party lines.
WPP Shares First Stats from Western RA Program
Sep 22, 2022
CAISO/WEIM
By Hudson Sangree
WPP's Western Resource Adequacy Program issued its first findings, a broad survey of capacity and needs across much of the Western Interconnection.
FERC Reluctantly Proposes Cybersecurity Incentives
Sep 22, 2022
FERC & Federal
By Rich Heidorn Jr.
FERC reluctantly proposed a 200-basis point incentive for utilities that make voluntary cybersecurity investments, an initiative directed by Congress.

Institute for Policy Integrity
Bottlenecks, Cybersecurity, EJ Top of Mind for FERC’s Phillips
Sep 22, 2022
Environmental & Social Justice
By John Norris
FERC's Willie Phillips joined the Institute for Policy Integrity to discuss a shifting U.S. energy landscape and how FERC is aiding the clean power transition.
WECC
WECC Explores Greater Role in Transmission Planning
Sep 19, 2022
CAISO/WEIM
By Robert Mullin
WECC said it struck “gold” from the details it gleaned from stakeholder interviews on the greatest challenges to transmission planning in the West.

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Global Clean Energy Action Forum
Overheard at Global Clean Energy Action Forum
Sep 28, 2022
Fossil Fuels
By Rich Heidorn Jr.
More than 6,000 people from 34 countries traveled to the Steel City for the Global Clean Energy Action Forum. Here's some of what we heard there.

Decarbonizing Heavy Industry: Audacious, Ambitious, Achievable
Sep 27, 2022
Carbon Capture
By K Kaufmann
Decarbonizing heavy industry was a key theme at the Global Clean Energy Action Forum, where global leaders discussed slashing those hardest-to-slash emissions.
Hydrogen Technologies a Major Theme at GCEAF
Sep 27, 2022
Hydrogen
By John Funk
Hydrogen will be the new oil if national governments, including the U.S., can make it happen.
Electric Commuter Plane Takes Flight in Wash.
Sep 27, 2022
Airplane Decarbonization
By John Stang
A Washington company’s all-electric prototype commuter plane flew for the first time, potentially marking a milestone for zero-emission aviation.

NACFE
Collaboration Crucial to Create Trucking Fleets of the Future
Sep 27, 2022
Fossil Fuels
By John Funk
Industry stakeholders are working together to develop what they believe will be the least disruptive way to gradually electrify diesel trucking fleets.
CARB
After Lull, Calif. Sees Uptick in New Hydrogen Fueling Stations
Sep 27, 2022
Hydrogen
By Elaine Goodman
Growth in the number of hydrogen fueling stations accelerated in California, but the state is likely a year behind on its 100-station goal.

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