This week's state briefs include news on Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Riesling Power LLC is asking state and federal regulators for expedited approval to buy two coal-fired power plants in western New York.
A key House committee approved what would be the first comprehensive energy legislation in eight years, but hopes for passage dimmed after amendments favored by the oil and gas industry and reductions in funding eroded bipartisan support.
The PJM Markets and Reliability Committee voted overwhelmingly Thursday to raise the energy market offer cap to $2,000/MWh in a move that outgoing CEO Terry Boston called “the stakeholder process at its best.”
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.”
