Terrific news! A federal court today upheld in its entirety the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) groundbreaking electric…
Capacity Market• Congress• FERC• Gas• Markets• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy
Congratulations Commissioners LaFleur and Bay!
July 15, 2014The U.S. Senate today approved President Obama’s nominations of Cheryl LaFleur and Norman Bay as commissioners of the…
Capacity Market• Congress• Demand Response• FERC• Reliability and Resilience• Transmission
FERC Nominations Clear Big Hurdle
June 18, 2014The nation is one step closer to getting a full complement of commissioners on the Federal Energy Regulatory…
Demand Response• Distributed Energy Resources• FERC• Litigation• Markets• Renewable Energy• States• Transmission
Court Deals Setback to Cleaner Electric Transmission Grid
May 25, 2014May 25, 2014 by John Moore and Allison Clements A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. has handed…
CAISO• Demand Response• Energy Efficiency• FERC• Gas• ISO-NE• Markets• MISO• PJM• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy
The Polar Vortex and the Power Grid: What really happened and why the grid will remain reliable without soon-to-retire coal plants
April 29, 2014Apr 29, 2014 by John Moore and Allison Clements In the grip of the “Polar Vortex,” much of…
FERC• Litigation• Planning• Renewable Energy• Transmission
Order 1000 Has Its Day in Court
March 21, 2014The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an important set of reforms intended to save consumers money and…
Capacity Market• PJM• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• States• Transmission
Nation’s Largest Grid Operator: Huge Renewables Expansion Won’t Be a Problem
March 10, 2014PJM Interconnection, the nation’s largest power transmission grid organization, announced last week that wind and solar power could…
Capacity Market• Demand Response• Energy Efficiency• FERC• Planning• Renewable Energy• States
A Reminder of the Need to Get More Clean Power onto the Electric Grid
February 10, 2014A cold Sunday morning in Washington, DC isn’t when you would expect to find hundreds of utility regulators…
Capacity Market• Congress• Demand Response• Energy Efficiency• Gas• MISO• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• States
We Can Have Both a Reliable Grid and a Cleaner Environment
December 9, 2013Opponents of power plant pollution control standards waved the red herring of grid reliability at a congressional hearing…
Distributed Energy Resources• Energy Storage• FERC• Renewable Energy
New Standards Ease Barriers for Rooftop Solar and Other “Distributed” Power Systems
November 22, 2013Today a federal agency issued new and better standards for connecting rooftop solar, wind, energy storage, and other…