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By Rory Sweeney Generation developers and transmission operators squared off Friday at a FERC technical conference on interconnection procedures, with developers voicing frustration about delays and a lack of clarity in the processes. Kelly Transmission operators pushed back, arguing that high numbers of interconnection requests in small geographical areas create...

By Tom Kleckner Boston Pacific’s 2016 “Looking Forward” report to SPP’s Board of Directors focuses on “big events.” Dr. Roach presenting © RTO Insider “What’s surprising is the number of big events that have occurred here in just the past year,” said Boston Pacific founder and director Craig Roach, who...

In a surprise move, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday decided to skip its scheduled three-judge hearing on the Clean Power Plan and proceed directly to en banc review, meaning a much larger roster of judges will review EPA's regulations. The Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of the Obama administration's...

By Rory Sweeney EPA said rules it issued Thursday to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas development will raise wholesale natural gas prices by less than 1%, but the industry’s leading trade group warned the “unreasonable and overly burdensome” regulations could depress shale gas development. Infrared image of emissions...

By Robert Mullin CAISO’s Board of Governors last week approved an ISO plan to temporarily alter market operations in response to natural gas pipeline restrictions stemming from the closure of the Aliso Canyon storage facility. CAISO is proposing to reserve capacity on the Path 26 transmission line in advance of...

MISO is seeking stakeholder input on how to revise its energy offer cap rule while awaiting guidance from FERC for developing a final rule. “If we have some of the groundwork laid out for the final rule, we’ll be in better shape,” said Chuck Hansen, a MISO senior engineer. The...

FERC announced Friday its staff will prepare an environmental impact statement for the Access Northeast pipeline project that would move natural gas from New Jersey to Massachusetts (PF16-1). The commission said the EIS will determine the potential impacts of Algonquin Gas Transmission’s project to determine if it is in the...

ERCOT’s Technical Advisory Committee voted last week to dissolve its Distributed Resource Energy Ancillaries Market (DREAM) task force, agreeing the group had brought issues to the forefront that could now be taken up in the ISO’s stakeholder process. The DREAM team was created last May to investigate the regulatory and...

EPA announced that rules covering methane leaks from new oil and gas wells will come out soon, but the agency would give no guidance on when rules covering existing wells would be released. The agency said it is gathering data on existing wells before developing the rules. The Obama administration...

Consumers Energy decommissioned the last of its Michigan “Classic Seven” coal-fired turbines in response to tighter EPA emissions restrictions. The B.C. Cobb Generating Facility on Muskegon Lake ended its 67-year run in mid-April. The turbines were retired in staggered order in consultation with MISO. The turbines included two at B.C.