By Nick Lawton Senior AttorneyCasey Roberts Guest ContributorReposted from Earthjustice.org We are challenging flaws in PJM’s capacity market…
By Nick Lawton of Earthjustice, reposted from Earthjustice.org. The new rule will cut permitting time in half for…
MISO• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy
Grid operator MISO’s outdated ban on renewables providing essential services threatens future reliability of the grid
October 10, 2023By Aaron Stemplewicz of Earthjustice, reposted from Earthjustice.org. If we are to shift to a clean energy system,…
FERC• Renewable Energy• Transmission
FERC’s New Interconnection Rule Modernizes the Process to Bring Clean Energy Online
August 28, 2023By Christine Powell and Ada Statler of Earthjustice, reposted from Earthjustice.org. This summer, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…
This post is written by Angus Duncan and originally published in Clearing Up. SUMMARY: In this guest column, Angus…
CAISO• Markets• West
WRA Praises Regional Approval of the CAISO-Offered Extended Day-Ahead Energy Market
February 1, 2023This blog is reposted from Western Resources Advocates. Western Resource Advocates commends the approval today of the Extended…
Transmission
How Interconnection Reform Can Supercharge the Clean Energy Transition
December 14, 2022By Greg Wannier, senior attorney at Sierra Club. Reposted from sierraclub.org. Plenty of proverbial ink has been spilled…
MISO• Planning• Transmission
We Don’t Have Time To Waste In Planning Our Electric Grid For A Renewable Energy Future, 2035 Is Tomorrow
June 17, 2021By Andy Kowalczyk of 350 New Orleans, reposted from 350NewOrleans.org There are good reasons to invest in new…
MISO• Planning• Transmission
Why Should We Care About MISO’s Long Range Transmission Planning?
June 15, 2021By James Gignac and Sam Gomberg of Union of Concerned Scientists, reposted from ucusa.org A colleague of ours…
MISO• Planning• Transmission
MISO’s long-term planning will play a key role in decarbonization
June 15, 2021By Hannah Payne of Fresh Energy, reposted from Fresh-Energy.org At Fresh Energy, we are working to ensure Minnesota…
Planning• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• Transmission
Regulator Confirms Electric Reliability and Resilience Continue to Improve
June 21, 2018By Michael Goggin, Vice President at Grid Strategies LLC “Grid Shows Improved Resilience” is the headline of the…
Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy
Fossil lab misses mark in cold weather “resilience” report
March 28, 2018By Michael Goggin, Vice President at Grid Strategies LLC A new report by the Department of Energy and…
Capacity Market• Demand Response• Energy Efficiency• FERC• ISO-NE• Markets• NYISO• PJM• Reliability and Resilience
Do Pay-for-Performance Capacity Markets Deliver the Grid Resiliency Outcomes We Need?
April 28, 2015This post originally appeared on Green Tech Media here. How to design capacity markets to ensure a flexible…
Energy Storage• MISO• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• Transmission
Positive Developments in the Search for the Holy Grail of Renewable Energy
November 18, 2014Nov 18, 2014 by Steve Dahlke Steve Dahlke is a Policy Associate for the Great Plains Institute. King Arthur…
CAISO• FERC• ISO-NE• PJM• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• Transmission
Building NTAs into Power System Plans, Engaging Customers, and Evaluating Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards
June 24, 2014By Sonia Aggarwal, Eric Gimon, and the experts of America’s Power Plan This post originally appeared here, and…
Capacity Market• Demand Response• Energy Efficiency• PJM• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy
Nation’s Largest Electricity Market Has Enough Power Through (at least) 2018
May 27, 2014By Stacey Steep, Legal Fellow with the Sierra Club This month, PJM, the largest grid operator in the country,…
Demand Response• MISO• PJM• Planning• States
Demand Response- An Underutilized Asset in the Midwest
March 17, 2014By Steve Dahlke, Policy Associate for the Great Plains Institute Imagine yourself lying on a warm beach, maybe…
PJM• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy
Looking to Reduce CO2 Emissions 40% from the Power Plant Sector?
March 4, 2014By Mike Jacobs, Senior Energy Analyst for the Union of Concerned Scientists’ Climate & Energy Program Power grid…
Capacity Market• FERC• Gas• ISO-NE• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• States
Polar Vortex Shows We Need More Efficiency, Wind, and Solar, Not Coal or Gas
February 5, 2014By Mark Kresowik, Eastern Region Deputy Director for the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign The East Coast was…
Energy Efficiency• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• Transmission
Building a Clean Energy Future: Transmission Is One Piece of the Puzzle
December 3, 2013By Seth Kaplan, Vice President for Policy and Climate Advocacy at the Conservation Law Foundation Dealing with the…
Energy Efficiency• FERC• Renewable Energy• States
The Good, the Hopeful and the Ugly: Clean Energy in America and New England in the Fall of 2013
September 30, 2013Sep 25, 2013 by Seth Kaplan, Vice President for Policy and Climate Advocacy at the Conservation Law Foundation. First,…