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By Robert Mullin New generation and a rebound in hydroelectric capacity mean healthy operating reserve margins for California this summer but impending restrictions on the Southern California gas pipeline system could result in load sheds, CAISO warned in its 2016 Summer Loads and Resources Assessment last week. Figure shows CAISO...

Perez-Arriaga © RTO Insider Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Ignacio Perez-Arriaga, said the university’s Utility of the Future study, scheduled for release in October, will have two major messages: “One is we have to reduce the barriers that impede an efficient and effective participation by distributed energy resources ... and all...

By William Opalka The New York Public Service Commission on Thursday approved an overhaul of the way utilities will earn money as the state switches to more distributed and cleaner energy sources. The so-called Track 2 order in the state’s Reforming the Energy Vision initiative intends to provide a framework...

MISO will partner with the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for the RTO’s inaugural Market Symposium Aug. 18-19 in Indianapolis. ARPA-E staff will share insights on how technology is reshaping the electric grid. (See “MISO to Hold August Market Symposium,” MISO Market Subcommittee Briefs.) Other speakers...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is calling for better fire prevention, more stringent anti-terrorist protections and better disaster preparedness at the nation’s sites for storing spent nuclear fuel. In a recently released report, the organization, which studied the effects of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan,...

CAMBRIDGE, Md. — Keeping the lights on, planning for the future and facilitating efficient electricity trading will continue to be PJM’s core mission, CEO Andy Ott told members in reviewing his first year at the helm of the RTO. Ott © RTO Insider But PJM needs to be positioned for...

CO2 Emissions down as Coal Plants Used Less The state is already meeting the carbon dioxide emissions target under the final year of EPA’s Clean Power Plan, thanks to reduced use of coal-fired power generation because of the low price of competing natural gas. The state’s carbon emissions were 30.1...

By Amanda Durish Cook Carmel, Ind. — MISO has adequate capacity to meet summer demand, though there’s a good chance the RTO will dip into its load-modifying resources, officials said at a summer readiness workshop last week. MISO officials reported 148.8 GW of capacity to meet a projected demand of...

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...