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NY Takes a Closer Look at Advanced Nuclear

Attendees listen to a presentation at New York's Future Energy Economy Summit on Sept. 5.

Sep 8, 2024Generation & FuelsJohn Cropley

Advanced nuclear technology, with all promise and all its baggage, is one of the ways New York is considering meeting its clean energy goals.

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MTEP 24 Reaches $6.7B; MISO Ending Rush Island Reliability Agreement in Mid-October

Sep 8, 2024MISOAmanda Durish Cook

MISO’s 2024 transmission planning cycle is shaping up to include 459 new projects totaling $6.7 billion.

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BPA to Fund Phase 2 of Markets+, Agency Exec Says

Sep 8, 2024CAISO/WEIMRobert Mullin

The Bonneville Power Administration plans to contribute its full share of funding for Phase 2 of SPP’s Markets+, an executive with the federal power agency has said.

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NEPOOL Participants Committee Votes to Support Hourly GIS Tracking

Sep 8, 2024ISO-NEJon Lamson

The NEPOOL Participants Committee voted to update the Generation Information System to enable the transfer of hourly certificates, opening the door for the sale of hourly renewable energy credits.

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NERC, Industry Discuss IBR Issues in Technical Conference

Sep 5, 2024FERC & FederalHolden Mann

NERC held a technical conference hoping to address the issues that have blocked the passage of a standard on ride-through requirements for inverter-based resources.

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Research from Stoic Energy's Doug Lewin helped reveal a problematic Texas Energy Fund project that has since been rejected.

Texas PUC Rejects Possible ‘Fraudulent’ Loan Application

Sep 5, 2024Company NewsTom Kleckner

Texas regulators have rejected the second-largest project from its portfolio of potential generation resources that would be built with state funds.

DOE Awards $430M for Hydro Maintenance

Sep 5, 2024Public PolicyElaine Goodman

The DOE awarded grants to nearly 300 projects at hydroelectric facilities to enhance dam safety, strengthen grid resilience and improve the environment.

WestTEC Committee OKs Plan for ‘Actionable’ Tx Study

Sep 5, 2024CAISO/WEIMAyla Burnett

The WestTEC steering committee unanimously approved the plan that will underpin a Western transmission study designed to spur development of interregional projects over the next two decades.

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NPCC is the regional entity for New England, New York, Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

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NPCC, NYSEG Agree to Settle Control Center Violation

Sep 3, 2024Regional EntitiesHolden Mann

NYSEG acknowledged its primary and backup control centers shared too many communication links in a settlement approved by FERC.

NERC Examines Transfer Capability in Draft ITCS Installment

Aug 28, 2024Resource AdequacyHolden Mann

NERC released the first installment of the federally mandated ITCS in draft form this week.

FERC Report Identifies CIP Audit Lessons Learned

Aug 27, 2024Regional EntitiesHolden Mann

In a new report on compliance with NERC's CIP standards, FERC identified several areas for improvement from recent audits of registered entities.

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Multistate Offshore Wind Solicitation Lands 2,878 MW for Mass., RI

Sep 8, 2024Generation & FuelsJon Lamson

Massachusetts and Rhode Island selected 2,878 MW of offshore wind project bids from the states’ coordinated solicitation, which would be the region’s largest offshore wind procurement.

USDA Program Offers $7.3B to 16 Rural Cooperatives

Sep 8, 2024Company NewsTom Kleckner

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced more than $7.3 billion in financing for 16 rural cooperatives through its New ERA program.

Clean Power Installations Hit Record for Second Quarter, ACP Says

Sep 5, 2024Federal PolicyJames Downing

Clean energy developers set a record for the second quarter with 11 GW of installations – up 91% from the same three months last year.

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ACEG Report Lays out Best Practices for States to Build Transmission

Sep 9, 2024Public PolicyJames Downing

Americans for a Clean Energy Grid released a report highlighting the critical role states can play in modernizing and expanding the grid.

Collaboration Key to Managing Growing Western Load, Panelists Say

Sep 5, 2024CAISO/WEIMHenrik Nilsson

Collaboration among stakeholders will be crucial to maintaining Western grid reliability in the face of increasing demand posed by large loads such as new data centers, speakers said during a webinar hosted by WECC.

‘Leaning’ Evident in BPA Response to NW Senators

Sep 4, 2024CAISO/WEIMRobert Mullin

CAISO’s adoption of the Pathways Initiative’s “Step 1” changes won't overcome BPA’s objections to the governance of the ISO’s EDAM, Administrator John Hairston told U.S. senators from the Pacific Northwest.

AEU Webinar Highlights Potential Queue Improvements

Sep 4, 2024FERC & FederalJames Downing

Speeding up the interconnection queues is becoming more important as demand growth and the retirement of existing generators combine to cut into reserve margins around the U.S., experts said during a webinar hosted by Advanced Energy United.

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MISO: 50% Peak Load Cap, Software Help Key for Crowded, Delayed Queue

Sep 4, 2024MISOAmanda Durish Cook

MISO is adamant that it should limit project proposals in future queue cycles to 50% of annual peak load to moderate its 300-GW, oversaturated queue.

ERCOT's Chad Seely explains the ISO's change in direction on must-run alternatives to a reliability must-run contract.

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Texas PUC Sets Reliability Standard for ERCOT

Sep 3, 2024RTO InsiderTom Kleckner

Texas’ regulatory commission has adopted a reliability standard for the ERCOT region, one of several policy parameters that will be used in upcoming analyses for the proposed performance credit mechanism market design.

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WRAP members have voted to approve a plan to postpone the program's "binding" phase until summer 2027.

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WRAP Members Vote to Delay ‘Binding’ Phase to Summer 2027

Sep 2, 2024Resource AdequacyRobert Mullin

The Western Resource Adequacy Program’s key stakeholder body approved a plan that would postpone the start of its penalty phase by one year, to summer 2027.

Cold Weather Standard Fails Second Ballot

Aug 26, 2024Standards/ProgramsHolden Mann

Industry stakeholders again rejected a proposed reliability standard dealing with transmission planning for extreme weather.

NERC Following ‘Very Ambitious Timeline’ for IBR Conference

Aug 22, 2024Standards/ProgramsHolden Mann

NERC staff had to "hit the ground running" after the Board of Trustees ordered a technical conference on inverter-based resource standards, the Standards Committee heard.

SDT Recommendations Spark Debate at Standards Committee

Aug 21, 2024Standards/ProgramsHolden Mann

Members of NERC’s Standards Committee debated qualifications for standard drafting team participation at their monthly conference call, with the discussion extending the meeting more than a half-hour over its planned end time.