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The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to regulate emissions from existing coal-fired power plants could result in creation of a cap-and-trade system on a regional basis. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said that controls on existing plants would be imposed through something similar to the “state implementation plans” that the agency has...
Thursday’s FERC technical conference on capacity markets elicited sharply differing views on a variety of design concepts and technical issues. Some of the disagreements have been around since the beginning of capacity markets, others are reflecting the influence of new technologies. Below is a summary of some of the key...
By Rich Heidorn Jr. WASHINGTON — Some came to praise PJM’s Reliability Pricing Model. Others said they’d like to bury it. Six years after RPM’s inception, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission convened a technical conference last week to ask the question: How’s the capacity market working for you? The commission...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week approved a final rule extending reliability standards to generator tie-lines and a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on standards regarding generator verification. Generator Requirements at the Transmission Interface (RM12-16) In a final rule, the commission approved Reliability Standards FAC-001-1 (Facility Connection Requirements), FAC-003-3 (Transmission...
Ron Binz’ nomination to the FERC chairmanship was hanging by a thread late last week after coal-state lawmakers took the former Colorado regulator to task at his confirmation hearing and Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.V.) announced he would oppose the nominee. Binz testifies Binz will need the backing of one...
WASHINGTON – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today rejected settlements by FirstEnergy and Duke Energy affiliates over their moves to PJM, ruling that the companies unfairly imposed transition costs on transmission customers who were not party to the agreements. The orders involve FirstEnergy’s American Transmission Systems Inc. (ATSI), which moved...
danicek / 123RF Stock Photo The EPA’s proposed greenhouse gas limits on new power plants will not be as strict as initially proposed, but will still effectively prohibit the construction of new coal-fired plants, according to news reports. Plants burning natural gas reportedly will be permitted to emit about 1,000...
A Toronto entrepreneur announced plans last week to build a 1,000 MW merchant transmission line to deliver power from Ontario to PJM. (Source: Lake Erie Power Corp.) The “Lake Erie CleanPower Connector” would run under Lake Erie for about 60 miles from Nanticoke, Ontario to Erie County, Pennsylvania. The HVDC...
Seneca Pump hydro plant in Warren, PA (Source: FirstEnergy) FirstEnergy Corp. asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for approval to sell 11 hydroelectric power stations in Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia to Harbor Hydro Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of LS Power Equity Partners II, LP. The hydro projects, totaling 527...
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Friday cited nine PJM plants for additional scrutiny in its mid-year gradings of the nation’s nuclear fleet. The NRC grades each reactor based on data submitted quarterly by plant operators (“performance indicators”) and inspections by resident inspectors and regional staff. Its mid-year assessment places all operating...
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