After intense protests from state leaders, consumer advocates, and environmental groups, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and…
Consumers across the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest will pay less next year after PJM’s latest capacity auction showed that markets can…
Capacity Market• PJM• Planning• Reliability and Resilience
How to Save Four Billion without Really Trying
June 8, 2021Plan ahead, they always say. Turns out that might not always be the best advice: thanks in part…
Capacity Market• Distributed Energy Resources• Markets
Unlocking Distributed Energy’s Power With Intraday Markets
May 5, 2021Our world is getting more electric. Electric vehicles, smart appliances, rooftop solar panels and even fully electric buildings…
Power grid operator PJM will soon hold an auction to line up electricity supply for 2022 and 2023. In that…
Capacity Market• Climate Change• FERC• ISO-NE• Markets• Renewable Energy• States
Time to Repeal New England’s Anti-Consumer Dirty Energy Rule
April 15, 2021Within the arcane rules that govern New England’s regional power grid, there’s a ticking time bomb that threatens…
Capacity Market• Climate Change• Markets• PJM• Planning• Reliability and Resilience
A Hopeful Sign for PJM Capacity Reform
February 1, 2021PJM Interconnection, which coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in all or parts of 13 states and the…
Capacity Market• Markets• NYISO• Planning• Renewable Energy• RTO Governance• States
NY Can Reimagine Resource Adequacy with New, State-led Model
August 27, 2020By Chris Casey and Cullen Howe New York’s ambitious clean energy agenda is running into a buzz saw…
Capacity Market• Markets• PJM• Planning• Renewable Energy• RTO Governance
Transforming PJM is the key to a clean energy grid
July 14, 2020Voters and consumers from the Mid-Atlantic to the Great Lakes are demanding clean energy. State governments have answered with policies and goals calling for…
Capacity Market• Demand Response• Distributed Energy Resources• Energy Storage• FERC• Litigation• Markets• NYISO• Renewable Energy
NRDC Sues FERC Over Orders that Threaten NY Clean Energy
June 30, 2020NRDC is suing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in federal court to overturn two FERC orders that…
Capacity Market• Energy Efficiency• FERC• Litigation• PJM• Planning
FERC’s Power Grab
April 21, 2020A coalition of environmental groups is suing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in court to reverse FERC’s…
Capacity Market• Energy Storage• FERC• NYISO• Renewable Energy• States
FERC Excludes Clean Energy From NY’s Capacity Market
February 20, 2020By Cullen Howe, Senior Advocate and Rebecca Behrens, NRDC Schneider Fellow Today’s decision applying buyer-side mitigation (BSM) to…
Capacity Market• PJM• Reliability and Resilience• RTO Governance
New CEO Faces Old Problems in the PJM Market
November 21, 2019Manu Asthana’s new job will not be easy. PJM’s new CEO inherits an organization recovering from financial scandal, at odds with…
Capacity Market• Congress• Energy Efficiency• Energy Storage• Gas• ISO-NE• LNG• Markets• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• States
Senators Urge New England Grid Operator to Address Climate
September 19, 2019It’s time for New England’s power grid operator, ISO New England, to start giving the climate crisis the…
Capacity Market• Energy Storage• FERC• NYISO• Renewable Energy• States
NY Explores More Hands-on Role in Resource Adequacy, Part 1
August 8, 2019By Jackson Morris, NRDC Director of the Eastern Region, Climate & Clean Energy Program and Cullen Howe, NRDC Senior…
Capacity Market• Energy Storage• FERC• NYISO• Renewable Energy• States
NY Explores a More Hands-on Role in Resource Adequacy Part 2
August 8, 2019By Jackson Morris, NRDC Director of the Eastern Region, Climate & Clean Energy Program and Cullen Howe, NRDC Senior…
Capacity Market• FERC• Gas• ISO-NE• Markets• Planning• Renewable Energy
New England Grid Operator Ignores Value of Offshore Wind
April 3, 2019The operator of New England’s regional electricity grid is asking federal regulators to approve a plan to pay…
Capacity Market• Distributed Energy Resources• FERC• ISO-NE• Markets• PJM• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• RTO Governance
The Coal/Nuke Plant Bailout: We Must Remain Vigilant
October 16, 2018Recent media reports suggest that the White House has tabled its plan to bail out costly coal and nuclear plants. While…
Capacity Market• Distributed Energy Resources• FERC• ISO-NE• Markets• PJM• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• RTO Governance
Trump Officials Pressured National Lab to Help Coal Agenda
August 9, 2018Trump administration officials pressured the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to write their March…
Capacity Market• Distributed Energy Resources• FERC• ISO-NE• Markets• PJM• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• RTO Governance
The Coal/Nuke Bailout, or DOE’s Game of Whack-A-Mole
June 21, 2018June 21, 2018 by Gillian Giannetti, Staff Attorney, Sustainable FERC Project, Climate & Clean Energy Program If it feels like…
Capacity Market• Distributed Energy Resources• FERC• ISO-NE• Markets• PJM• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• RTO Governance
Worried About Grid Resilience? Don’t—You Can Sleep Well
May 9, 2018May 9, 2018 by Gillian Giannetti, Staff Attorney, Sustainable FERC Project Secretary of Energy Rick Perry has warned of an energy…
By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum PJM, the transmission grid operator for parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest, filed…
Capacity Market• FERC• ISO-NE• States
Federal Power Rules Threaten New England Renewable Energy
April 10, 2018By Bruce Ho, Senior Advocate and Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum A recent order by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC),…
Capacity Market• FERC• Markets
Diverse Coalition Sets Forth Vision for FERC Power Markets
March 7, 2018By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum Seeking to fix growing problems with certain wholesale electricity markets, an unusual coalition of…
Capacity Market• Distributed Energy Resources• Energy Storage• FERC• Markets• Transmission
FERC Storage Rule a Win for a More Flexible Grid
February 20, 2018By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the agency overseeing the competitiveness of the…
Capacity Market• FERC• PJM
No Love for Grid Operator’s Latest Costly Market Proposal
February 14, 2018By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum PJM, the electricity grid operator serving 65 million customers in 13 Mid-Atlantic and…
Capacity Market• Markets• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy
Cold Temps Prove Value of Electricity Grid Markets, Planning
January 4, 2018Much of the country is in the grip of frigid weather, which is increasing demand for electricity (but…
Capacity Market• Demand Response• Distributed Energy Resources• Energy Efficiency• Markets• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• Transmission• West
Transforming the Grid Is Essential for a Safe Climate Future
October 11, 2017This is part of a series of blogs on NRDC’s new report, “America’s Clean Energy Frontier: The Pathway to…
Capacity Market• Gas• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• Transmission
DOE’s Grid Study: Clinging to the Past
August 24, 2017By John Moore, Director and Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum DOE’s long-awaited grid study grasps for any possible rationale to support…
Capacity Market• Demand Response• Distributed Energy Resources• Energy Efficiency• Pipelines• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• Transmission
Clean Energy, Not More Coal, Better for Health and the Grid
May 12, 2017The Trump Administration continues to promote its “coal above all” mantra. Department of Energy Secretary Perry claimed last…
Capacity Market• FERC• Markets• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• States
State Policies and Electricity Markets: Harmony or Conflict?
May 8, 2017By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is examining the intersection between state energy…
Capacity Market• FERC• Litigation• PJM• Reliability and Resilience
Federal Judges Hear Arguments Against PJM Market Rules
February 21, 2017By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments this week on the various challenges to the…
Capacity Market• Demand Response• Energy Efficiency• FERC• ISO-NE• Litigation• Markets• NYISO• PJM• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy
As Clean Energy Grows, Electricity Markets Must Evolve
January 5, 2017Part of NRDC’s Year-End Series Reviewing 2016 Energy Developments As 2016 fades away in the rear-view mirror, we…
Capacity Market• Demand Response• PJM• Renewable Energy
PJM’s New Rules Skew Against Clean Energy; Silver Lining in a Lower Forecast
May 25, 2016By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum At a time when countries around the world have committed to cutting climate-warming…
Capacity Market• FERC• ISO-NE• MISO• PJM• West
More Recent FERC Decisions: Week of May 9th, 2016
May 13, 2016By Tim Murphy, Program Assistant, Sustainable FERC Project & John Moore, Senior Attorney, Sustainable FERC Project FERC approves…
Capacity Market• Demand Response• Distributed Energy Resources• FERC• Gas• Markets• MISO• Pipelines• Reliability and Resilience• Transmission
Highlights from the January FERC Open Meeting
January 27, 2016By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum While it’s fair to say that the Supreme Court’s landmark decision affirming FERC’s…
Capacity Market• Demand Response• Energy Efficiency• FERC• Markets• MISO• PJM• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• Transmission
Highlights from the November FERC Open Meeting
December 9, 2015By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum Promoting Competitive Provision of Primary Frequency Response Service (RM15-2). In February 2015, FERC…
Capacity Market• Energy Efficiency• PJM• Transmission
What’s the (Demand) Forecast? More Energy Efficiency on the Radar
October 15, 2015By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum Accurately forecasting electricity demand is critical to ensuring that grid operators plan for…
Capacity Market• FERC• Gas• ISO-NE• Markets• MISO• Pipelines• PJM• Reliability and Resilience
Highlights from the September FERC Open Meeting
September 25, 2015By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum Improving Price Formation: Settlement Intervals and Shortage Pricing in Markets Operated by Regional…
Capacity Market• Demand Response• PJM• Reliability and Resilience
Auction Shows Mid-Atlantic/Midwest Consumers Will Pay More and For Dirtier Electricity Under New Rule
August 27, 2015By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum PJM, the grid operator serving 61 million energy customers in the Mid-Atlantic and…
Capacity Market• FERC• PJM
Good & Bad News in Continuing Fight for Equal Treatment of Clean Energy Resources in Mid-Atlantic and Midwest Power Markets
July 30, 2015By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum Some of the proposed wholesale capacity market rule changes that are projected to…
Capacity Market• FERC• Gas• ISO-NE• Pipelines
Highlights from the July FERC Open Meeting
July 21, 2015By Juliana Brint, NRDC Legal Intern Cost Recovery Mechanisms for Modernization of Natural Gas Facilities, PL15-1-001 FERC denied…
Capacity Market• FERC• ISO-NE• PJM• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• Transmission
FERC June Open Meeting Decisions of Interest
June 23, 2015By Eric DeBellis, NRDC Legal Intern ISO New England, Inc., Docket No. ER15-1137-000 FERC accepted ISO New England’s…
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…
Capacity Market• Congress• FERC• Reliability and Resilience
Playing the Reliability Card to Beat the Clean Power Plan – It’s a Bluff
March 12, 2015Don’t be fooled. Opponents of the president’s plan to fight climate change are stoking fears that cutting carbon…
Capacity Market• Demand Response• FERC• Litigation• Reliability and Resilience• Transmission
Environmental and Consumer Advocacy Groups Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Hear FERC’s Case for a Clean Energy Resource
February 17, 2015By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum NRDC together with 11 other environmental and consumer advocacy groups today filed a…
Capacity Market• FERC• Reliability and Resilience
Highlights from FERC’s November Meeting
December 3, 2014By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum At its latest monthly meeting on November 20, FERC issued a number of…
Capacity Market• Demand Response• Energy Efficiency• PJM• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy
Which do you like better: Clean Energy & Your Money or PJM’s Proposed Capacity Market Reforms?
November 6, 2014By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum In response to last winter’s Polar Vortex, which stressed much of our nation’s…
CAISO• Capacity Market• FERC• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy
CAISO’s Flexible Capacity Proposal Approved by FERC
October 16, 2014By Joe Marren, NRDC Alum The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today largely approved a plan that would…
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…