Experience with small modular reactors (like other nuclear) is for massive cost overruns, writes columnist Steve Huntoon.
New York’s major utilities and its energy development entity have been cleared to administer $5 billion for energy efficiency and building electrification through 2030.
PJM’s Public Interest and Environmental Organization User Group voiced mixed views on the RTO’s policy trajectory, praising advances in generation interconnection over the past year while raising concerns about rising costs and transparency.
Experts in the data center field discussed the challenges of meeting accelerating computational load during the PJM Annual Meeting, held in the core of Northern Virginia’s Data Center Alley.
CAISO selected Viridon, a power infrastructure development firm, to finance, build and operate new transmission lines and infrastructure in Humboldt County for planned offshore wind power development in the region.
SPP expects to have a “high probability” of enough generation to meet demand during peak-use hours this summer, despite predictions of higher-than-average temperatures in the RTO’s footprint.
New York solar generation set an all-time peak record April 17, generating 4,809 MW in the noon hour, NYISO told the Operating Committee.
The amount of stress to the electric grid posed by data centers is so uncertain it could hamper New Jersey’s effort to plan and execute new electricity generation and grid upgrades, speakers at a clean energy conference said.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has filed a major energy bill that her administration says would save ratepayers $10 billion over the next decade.
PJM will present a proposal aiming to make the RTO’s effective load-carrying capability (ELCC) process more transparent.