New wind generators will be required to provide reactive power following a FERC order eliminating their exemption from having to provide the service.
FERC accepted portions of MISO’s SSR Tariff changes but rejected the RTO’s proposal regarding the retention and transfer of interconnection rights.
This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on the EPA, DOE, senate, Entergy, Energy Information Administration (EIA) and others.
The MISO Planning Subcommittee released a work plan detailing how it and PJM will use the next six months to improve coordination of generation retirements.
The ERCOT Board of Directors approved extending an RMR contract with NRG Energy for its Greens Bayou Unit 5 plant in the Houston area.
FERC clarified its EQR reporting requirements, emphasizing that transmission providers must report transmission-related data.
A summary of FERC orders related to PJM issued at the commission's open meeting on June 16, 2016.
CAISO transmission planning staff proposed studies on the implications of gas shortages on grid reliability.
RTOs will be required to align their settlement and dispatch intervals under new price formation rules approved by FERC.
The House Committee on Natural Resources advanced the APPROVAL Act, designed to stop the Plains & Eastern Clean Line, by a 19-11 vote.
