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By William Opalka FERC on Wednesday rejected Algonquin Gas Transmission’s request to exempt gas-fired generators from competitive bidding under capacity release rules, another blow to those seeking to increase New England’s gas infrastructure (RP16-618). Photo credit: Steve Oehlenschlager The proposal to amend Algonquin’s tariff was an offshoot of the company’s...

By Robert Mullin Southern California’s winter grid operations are unlikely to be compromised by natural gas pipeline restrictions stemming from the shutdown of Aliso Canyon, even in the event of a once-in-a-decade cold snap, according to an interagency assessment released Monday. Still, tight gas supplies could leave the region vulnerable...

By William Opalka A hydropower owner is seeking rehearing of New York’s Clean Energy Standard, which limited the state’s new zero-emission credits (ZECs) to nuclear generators (15-E-0302). Source: Ampersand Energy Resources In a petition filed Aug. 23, Ampersand Hydro said it was arbitrarily excluded from the New York Public Service Commission’s...

By William Opalka Responding to policy initiatives from Washington and Albany, NYISO last week released a “road map” for integrating distributed energy resources that seeks to build on the grid operator’s existing markets and demand response programs. The ISO said the draft report was a response to the New York...

AUSTIN, Texas — Acting on a request from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office, ERCOT has drafted a revision to its planning guide requiring energy developers to notify the Department of Defense of any projects near military installations. The planning guide revision request (PGRR 047) was unanimously approved by ERCOT’s Technical...

By Amanda Durish Cook Northern Indiana Public Service Co. said last week it may shut down one coal-fired plant and partially close another. Though nothing has been finalized, NIPSCO officials said they are considering closing the two-unit Bailly Generating Station on Lake Michigan as soon as mid-2018 and idling two...

By William Opalka Eversource Energy and National Grid have withdrawn their requests to bill electric ratepayers for natural gas capacity from the proposed Access Northeast pipeline project, bowing to a ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. The filings made Monday for their four electric distribution companies followed the court’s...

By Robert Mullin FERC last week approved rule changes to improve the ability of energy storage resources to participate in CAISO’s markets (ER16-1735). The changes will allow “non-generator resources” to submit their state-of-charge as a bid parameter in the day-ahead market and manage their own state-of-charge and energy limits for...

By Rory D.  Sweeney Acknowledging stakeholders’ criticism, PJM removed capacity-deficiency and administrative penalties it had proposed for its fuel-cost policy rules and instead offered a single formula-based one. The proposal was made in the compliance filing PJM submitted to FERC on Aug. 16 (ER16-372-002). The filing was supposed to focus...

By William Opalka Entergy and Exelon filed a petition with New York regulators Monday seeking approval of Exelon’s $110 million purchase of the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear plant (16-E-0472). Fitzpatrick Nuclear Plant Source: Entergy The companies asked the Public Service Commission to approve the acquisition by Nov. 18. The PSC...