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Demand Response• Distributed Energy Resources• Energy Storage• FERC
Major Barrier to Demand Response Needs to End
August 25, 2021If federal regulators do the right thing, electricity customers across the Midwest may soon be able to earn…
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 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• 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…
Distributed Energy Resources• Energy Storage• PJM• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy
To Green the Grid, Take a Lesson from the Auto Industry
July 15, 2019Consider for a moment why hybrid cars are so efficient: most of the time, when you’re cruising, the…
By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum The market for energy storage is poised for rapid growth in New York,…
Distributed Energy Resources• Energy Efficiency• Energy Storage• FERC• Gas• ISO-NE• Planning• Renewable Energy• States
Clean Energy Is Key to New England’s Fuel Security
March 12, 2018The New England power grid is rapidly changing as energy efficiency and wind and solar power increasingly replace…
Energy Storage• FERC• ISO-NE• Markets• MISO• PJM• Reliability and Resilience• Transmission
Electric Grid Resilience and FERC: What Happens Next?
March 7, 2018On March 9, the nation’s regional grid operators are poised to tell their regulator—the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…
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…
Distributed Energy Resources• Energy Storage• FERC• Renewable Energy
FERC Should Remove Barriers to DER & Storage in Markets
March 10, 2017By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)—the agency tasked by Congress to remove barriers…
Demand Response• Energy Efficiency• Energy Storage• FERC• Renewable Energy• Transmission
Important Electric Grid Recommendations from the U.S. Department of Energy’s New Report
April 27, 2015By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum The Department of Energy (DOE) recently released its first installment of its Quadrennial…
Demand Response• Distributed Energy Resources• Energy Efficiency• Energy Storage• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• States
New Report: States Can Cut Carbon Pollution and Protect Grid Reliability
February 14, 2015States can meet or exceed the proposed limits on dangerous carbon pollution from power plants while preserving the…
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…
Demand Response• Energy Efficiency• Energy Storage• FERC• Planning• Transmission
Non-Transmission Solutions for Grid Problems
November 25, 2013Electric transmission grid managers routinely face grid planning challenges like aging infrastructure, power plant retirements, and a changing…
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…
Demand Response• Distributed Energy Resources• Energy Storage• FERC• Markets• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• States• Transmission
Integrating Renewable Energy Resources into the Grid
September 23, 2013The amount of electricity produced with renewable energy, especially wind and solar power, is growing rapidly in the…