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The review of proposed solutions to the Artificial Island transmission stability problem is taking longer than expected and the selection of the winner could be months away, PJM officials told the Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee last week. An engineering consultant has completed a preliminary constructability review of the 26 potential...
Flow of Emissions Value (Source: The Brattle Group) Instead of making individual generators or states meet coming carbon emission limits, The Brattle Group proposed that regional transmission operators such as PJM build the limits into their markets. Brattle and Great River Energy, in Minnesota, have broached the idea, and Brattle...
January’s arctic cold lasted only a few days, but its impact could be felt for years depending on how the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rules on the RTO’s request to waive its $1,000 price cap. The commission agreed Jan. 24 that PJM could make whole natural gas generators that can...
PJM’s Market Monitor told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week that rule changes approved by PJM stakeholders to increase the flexibility of demand response are insufficient and that the commission should impose a must-offer requirement similar to that for generation resources. Monitoring Analytics asked that its complaint (EL14-20) be...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved PJM’s request to cap the quantity of Limited and Extended Summer demand response that clears in the annual base capacity auction, rejecting protests of opponents, who said it will increase costs and stunt the growth of DR. The commission’s 4-0 ruling late Thursday (ER14-504)...
PJM and other RTOs asked EPA Jan. 28 to allow states to meet pending greenhouse gas regulations through regional caps and to include a “safety valve” to maintain reliability. EPA is drafting its first limits on carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants. The ISO/RTO Council (IRC) said that it...
Norman Bay The coal industry lobby that sank Ron Binz’ nomination to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission won’t have a clear shot at President Obama’s new choice as FERC chair. But that doesn’t necessarily mean smooth sailing for nominee Norman Bay, who has served as director of FERC’s Office of...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ordered PJM to provide more information in support of its proposed limits on capacity imports, as opponents said the proposal would unreasonably increase prices. PJM proposed methodology that will limit external generation resources in this May’s base capacity auction to 6,200 MW — a 17%...
WASHINGTON — Cheryl LaFleur, acting chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, said yesterday she’d like to keep the top job and would use the pulpit to ensure electric markets and infrastructure adapt to a world of renewables, cheap gas and greenhouse gas regulations. Acting FERC Chair Cheryl LaFleur ponders...
Wind power output can be adjusted to support power system reliability, instead of the rest of the system having to adjust to wind, a National Renewable Energy Laboratory study concluded. The study developed designs for new ancillary services and tested the use of active power control at the National Wind...
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