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The Consumer Advocates of PJM States (CAPS) introduced Dan Griffiths as its first director at the annual meeting of the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates. Griffiths, a former deputy of Pennsylvania’s longtime advocate Sonny Popowski, criticized PJM’s proposed changes to the capacity market as harmful to consumers. (See...
ORLANDO — A top EPA official told state regulators the agency is still in listening mode in drafting its greenhouse gas rules on existing power plants, while some regulators said their customers could face double-digit rate increases as a result. The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to issue its proposed...
(Source: Williams Partners LP) Gas pipeline operators can exchange non-public operational information with PJM and other RTOs under a final rule approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The rule, approved Nov. 15, is the first regulatory change by FERC since it began an inquiry on gas-electric interdependence in February...
More than 1,800 people from 200 industry and government organizations, including about two dozen PJM staffers, took part in the North American Electric Reliability Corp.’s two-day cyber and physical security drill Nov. 13-14. GridEx II tested utilities’ and transmission providers’ crisis response plans through a series of mock cyber and...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week gave final approval to Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards that for the first time cover all bulk power system assets according to their impact on the grid. Version 5 of the CIP cybersecurity standards replace the current “in or out” designations with a...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week approved a rule sought by the solar industry to streamline interconnections for the growing segment of small generators. 1.1 MW Solar Array at University of Toledo (Plug Smart) The final Small Generator Interconnection Agreements and Procedures rule (Docket #RM13-2) expands the field of...
Cheryl LaFleur became acting chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Sunday, succeeding Jon Wellinghoff, who came under pressure to resign after accepting a law firm position in October. FERC Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur at PJM Grid 20/20 As a sitting commissioner, LaFleur won’t require Senate confirmation. But she would need...
The PJM Board of Managers may seek FERC approval for a plan to change the way demand response clears in capacity auctions despite stakeholders’ rejection of the plan. That scenario emerged Thursday after a last-ditch compromise to address the RTO’s reliability concerns failed to win members’ endorsement. The proposal by...
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff signaled Wednesday that the commission may require PJM to change rules requiring demand response providers to provide “sell offer plans” in order to participate in capacity auctions. At a nearly four-hour technical conference, members of FERC’s Office of Energy Market Regulation (OEMR), Office of General...
Members yesterday approved PJM’s methodology for limiting capacity imports but soundly rejected the RTO’s proposal to change the way demand response clears in the annual capacity auction. The import cap passed easily, with 87% support in a sector-weighted vote of the Markets and Reliability Committee. (See related story Members OK...
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