This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on a letter from U.S. senators to President Obama, NRC, the Northern Pass line and the PennEast pipeline.
Efforts by RTOs to increase their offer caps are overly reactionary to one winter season experience and do not indicate that a change in policy is warranted at this time, says Con Ed.
More than 170 people attended the IPPNY's 30th annual Fall Conference at the historic Gideon Putnam resort in Saratoga Springs, a two-day affair of golf and industry talk.
The Integrated System expands SPP's footprint to 14 states, adding the Dakotas and parts of Iowa, Minnesota, Montana and Wyoming.
Our summary of the issues scheduled for votes at the PJM MRC and MC on 10/01/15. Each item is listed by agenda number, description and projected time of discussion, followed by a summary of the issue and links to prior coverage.
NYPA CEO Gil Quiniones says the state-run company will be the “most innovative and advanced utility in the U.S. in a very short period.”
The authors of four competing proposals to change the $1,000/MWh energy market offer cap have agreed to put forward one plan for consideration by the PJM MRC.
PJM staff, stakeholders, financiers, regulators and industry leaders debated the effects of environmental rules and RTO policies on the capacity market, reliability and investments at Infocast’s PJM Market Summit 2015.
Iberdrola USA and UIL Holdings have agreed to clean up an abandoned power plant site in New Haven if Connecticut regulators approve their proposed $3 billion merger.
FERC said it will require NERC to provide the commission access to its databases in what Chairman Norman Bay said is an effort to apply “Moneyball” techniques to reliability.
