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WASHINGTON — A May 13 FERC technical conference reviewing generator interconnection procedures will include a discussion on the interconnection of energy storage resources (RM16-12, RM15-12). FERC commissioners listen as representatives from the Energy Department's National Laboratories give a presentation on grid modernization. © RTO Insider. The tech conference was scheduled...

As the Paris Agreement on climate change was being signed on Earth Day, scientists and media outlets sounded a steady drumbeat of sobering climate change news. According to studies, the first three months of 2016 have been the hottest ever recorded, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is slowly being bleached to...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed its first major energy bill in almost a decade Thursday but faces a tight calendar to reach agreement with the House, where Republicans approved their own measure with little Democratic support. Cantwell (left) and Murkowski The Senate’s Energy Policy...

Advancements in energy storage are prompting MISO to expand its definition of non-transmission alternatives to include a new category: non-traditional transmission alternatives. Storage behaves like transmission in several ways, Matt Tackett, MISO principal, told the Planning Subcommittee during an April 19 meeting. “We started to realize that we’re struggling because...

HOUSTON — Almost 500 electric and gas industry participants attended the Gulf Coast Power Association’s 30th annual conference, where low gas prices, environmental rules and new technologies dominated discussion. Here are some of the highlights of the two-day meeting. Texas Legislators Cite Rule Stability King (L) and Lucio (R) ©...

By Michael Brooks FERC is seeking comment on energy storage’s participation in the wholesale energy markets, questioning whether RTOs’ rules are creating barriers for the resource (AD16-20). The commission’s Office of Energy Policy and Innovation last week sent identical letters to each of the grid operators under its jurisdiction, requesting...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. HOUSTON — NYISO CEO Brad Jones got to wear his cowboy boots again last Tuesday, returning to Texas for a discussion with the CEOs of SPP, MISO and his former employer, ERCOT. Though three of the four grid executives claim Lone Star roots, Jones was the...

EPA issued a formal notice amending its 2012 rules governing toxic air pollutants from power plants in response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling them illegal. The agency issued a formal notice amending the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, saying that the costs of regulating emissions such as mercury, nickel...

FERC auditors say Duke Energy improperly classified up to $130 million in costs from its merger with Progress Energy, calling for the company’s wholesale customers to get refunds of up to $1.3 million. The auditors say the refunds are due only to wholesale customers, including other electric utilities or those...

By Amanda Durish Cook As MISO contemplates expanding its definition of demand response resources to include medium-term energy storage, some stakeholders are asking the RTO to think more broadly about how storage technologies can participate in its markets. MISO defines medium-term as any storage technology that can sustain output to...