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Overheard at the GCPA SPP Regional Conference

Sep 4, 2017
Tom Kleckner
IRVING, Texas — The Gulf Coast Power Association’s fourth annual SPP Regional Conference last week drew more than 130 registrations, but most from the Houston area and those involved in Hurricane Harvey restoration efforts were unable to attend, cutting the audience by almost 20%. GCPA Executive Director Tom Foreman said...
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Rates, Renewables Boost Avangrid Q2 Earnings

Jul 19, 2017
Michael Kuser
By Michael Kuser Avangrid earned $120 million in the second quarter, up 17% because of new rate plans in New York and Connecticut, improved cost management and a 4% increase in renewable energy production, the company reported Wednesday. Avangrid CEO James P. Torgerson |  Avangrid The company attributed last quarter’s...
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Western Utilities Bought 3X Planned Wind, Study Says

Jun 22, 2017
By Jason Fordney Western U.S. utilities procured three times more wind capacity in 2003-2014 than planned, showing there is a limited relationship between electricity resource planning and procurement, according to a new Department of Energy study. Actual and planned nameplate capacity additions by resource and contract type for 12 load-serving...
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RESISTANCE -- Tesla Powerwall Redux

May 22, 2017
Steve Huntoon
By Steve Huntoon We all follow Elon. (He’s ubiquitous.) Tesla buys — or bails out — SolarCity to create an even grander vision of integrating electric cars, solar panels and batteries. Huntoon Next will be Tesla/SolarCity buying SpaceX so the integrated electric cars, solar panels and batteries can be transported...
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public interest consumer advocates This article is cornerstone content

Public Interest Groups Cry Foul over Technical Conference, RTO Transparency

May 8, 2017
Rich Heidorn Jr.
By Rich Heidorn Jr. Three public interest groups say they were shut out of last week’s FERC technical conference on tensions between state energy policies and wholesale markets (AD17-11) and called on the commission to improve the transparency of RTOs. In a letter to the commission, Public Citizen, the Public...
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california ferc competitive wholesale markets

California Here We Come?

May 8, 2017
Rich Heidorn Jr.
WASHINGTON — Last week’s FERC technical conference focused on tensions between state clean energy policies and RTO/ISO markets in the East. Yet witness after witness cited California to make their points — often in a context unflattering to the Golden State. Stoddard | © RTO Insider Exelon cited the closing...
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ISO-NE Two-Tier Auction Proposal Gets FERC Airing

May 8, 2017
Rich Heidorn Jr.
By Rich Heidorn Jr. WASHINGTON — ISO-NE presented its proposal for a two-tiered capacity auction at last week’s FERC technical conference, saying it would incorporate state-mandated renewable generation while preventing oversupply and addressing objections to a regional carbon tax. The RTO released a 33-page description of the Competitive Auctions with...
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RTO Markets at Crossroads, Hobbled FERC Ponders Options

May 8, 2017
Rich Heidorn Jr.
By Rich Heidorn Jr. WASHINGTON — More than 50 stakeholders from PJM, NYISO and ISO-NE made their cases to FERC last week on how to resolve the increasing conflicts between state energy policies and wholesale markets. Many of those who testified also had appeared at the commission’s September 2013 technical...
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Zero-emission credit ZEC NYISO

NYISO Sees Carbon Adder as Way to Link ZECs to Markets

May 8, 2017
Rich Heidorn Jr.
By Michael Kuser and Rich Heidorn Jr. WASHINGTON — If the economists who testified at FERC’s technical conference last week agreed on nothing else, it is that a carbon adder is the simplest way for the power markets to value emission-free generation. New York is going to try and translate...
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minimum offer price rule MOPR ferc

Uncertain Future for MOPR

May 8, 2017
Rich Heidorn Jr.
By Rich Heidorn Jr. WASHINGTON — The minimum offer price rule came up frequently at last week’s FERC technical conference exploring tensions between state clean energy policies and RTO/ISO markets in the East, with some witnesses calling for its expansion and others seeking its relaxation or abolition. Erwin | ©...
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