Dominion Resources CEO Tom Farrell spoke of the challenges of social media, the promise of utility-scale solar and the dangers of “magical thinking.”
This week's company briefs include news on FirstEnergy, Oncor, Columbia Pipeline Group, DTE Energy, Duke Energy, NextEra Energy and Bill Gates.
“My guess is EPA is going to largely ignore the problem and hope that nuclear plants don’t retire,” an Exelon executive said.
MISO stakeholders have submitted recommendations for refining the out-of-cycle request process in the wake of transmission developer complaints.
A summary of measures approved by the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee on June 25, 2015.
ODEC introduced a last-ditch effort to reach consensus on a redesign of the financial transmission rights and auction revenue rights processes.
PJM is proposing to relax confidentiality rules regarding uplift payments and generator outages, saying they are inhibiting stakeholder discussions.
PJM officials said last week they intend to move up the day-ahead energy market schedule despite a lack of consensus among stakeholders.
New England TOs and a coalition of state officials and consumer groups are expected to conclude a FERC hearing in their long-running transmission rate dispute.
A list of joint transmission projects between MISO and SPP has been trimmed and sent further down the line toward possible board approval late this year.
