Demand Response

If federal regulators do the right thing, electricity customers across the Midwest may soon be able to earn…

NRDC is suing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in federal court to overturn two FERC orders that…

The company running the power grid in the six New England states is making a costly and environmentally…

A major cost to the power grid is handling peak load—making sure that there is enough power available…

By John Moore, Director & Gillian Giannetti, Staff Attorney The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) held its annual…

This is part of a series of blogs on NRDC’s new report, “America’s Clean Energy Frontier: The Pathway to…

The Trump Administration continues to promote its “coal above all” mantra. Department of Energy Secretary Perry claimed last…

By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum In a huge win for clean energy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)…

Part of NRDC’s Year-End Series Reviewing 2016 Energy Developments As 2016 fades away in the rear-view mirror, we…

By John Bullock, NRDC Summer Intern FERC finalizes updates to price formation, removing barriers for flexible energy resources.…

By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum At a time when countries around the world have committed to cutting climate-warming…

By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum FERC Upholds PJM’s Treatment of Demand Response In the wake of the U.S.…

By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum FERC Will Address Issues Related to Competitive Transmission Development (AD16-18). On June 27…

By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum, and Jackson Morris The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is…

By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum While it’s fair to say that the Supreme Court’s landmark decision affirming FERC’s…

The latest edition of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) report on long-term power supply and reliability…

By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum Promoting Competitive Provision of Primary Frequency Response Service (RM15-2). In February 2015, FERC…

October 20, 2015 by John Moore, Senior Attorney, The Sustainable FERC Project Written with the assistance of David…

By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum PJM, the grid operator serving 61 million energy customers in the Mid-Atlantic and…

This post originally appeared on Green Tech Media here. How to design capacity markets to ensure a flexible…

By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum The Department of Energy (DOE) recently released its first installment of its Quadrennial…

Power plants are responsible for about 40 percent of our country’s carbon dioxide emissions that drive climate change. …

A new report by energy industry policy expert Paul Centolella provides regulators and utilities with timely recommendations on…

By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum NRDC together with 11 other environmental and consumer advocacy groups today filed a…

States can meet or exceed the proposed limits on dangerous carbon pollution from power plants while preserving the…

By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum In response to last winter’s Polar Vortex, which stressed much of our nation’s…

Some energy industry observers recently have made much ado about concerns that the Mid-Continent Independent System Operator (or…

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Citizens Utility Board (CUB), Sierra Club, ENE (Environment Northeast),…

The nation is one step closer to getting a full complement of commissioners on the Federal Energy Regulatory…

By Stacey Steep, Legal Fellow with the Sierra Club This month, PJM, the largest grid operator in the country,…

May 25, 2014 by John Moore and Allison Clements A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. has handed…

Apr 29, 2014 by John Moore and Allison Clements In the grip of the “Polar Vortex,” much of…

Many of the nation’s major high power electric transmission owners have formed entities called regional transmission organizations (RTOs)…

By Steve Dahlke, Policy Associate for the Great Plains Institute Imagine yourself lying on a warm beach, maybe…

A cold Sunday morning in Washington, DC isn’t when you would expect to find hundreds of utility regulators…

By Vignesh Gowrishankar, NRDC Alum As most of us in the eastern half of North America can testify,…

Opponents of power plant pollution control standards waved the red herring of grid reliability at a congressional hearing…

Electric transmission grid managers routinely face grid planning challenges like aging infrastructure, power plant retirements, and a changing…

In the field of electricity regulation, the primary goal of a capacity market is to ensure that sufficient…

The amount of electricity produced with renewable energy, especially wind and solar power, is growing rapidly in the…

The Sustainable FERC Project’s priority is to accelerate the deployment of clean energy resources into America’s electricity transmission…