Many people have wondered how we will decarbonize our grid given the fact that the wind doesn’t always…
FERC• Renewable Energy• Transmission
Plan for the Grid We Need, Not the Grid We Have
October 13, 2021Our power grid is stuck in the 20th century; we are more than two decades overdue for an…
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…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission must keep four themes in mind as it establishes its Office of Public…
NRDC, the Sustainable FERC Project, and more than 50 other organizations sent a clear message today to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: FERC…
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…
Climate Change• FERC• Gas• LNG• Pipelines
FERC Takes a Step Forward on Environmental Impacts
March 22, 2021The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission took an important and positive step forward regarding its consideration of a gas…
Climate Change• FERC• Gas• LNG• Markets• Pipelines• Renewable Energy• Transmission
FERC Can Lead the Way on Clean Energy
January 21, 2021Yesterday President Biden named Rich Glick to be the new chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the nation’s energy regulator. After years in…
The United States—the world’s top producer of natural gas—extracts far more gas than we need to satisfy domestic…
FERC• Gas• Pipelines• South
Three Lessons Learned from the Axed Atlantic Coast Pipeline
July 6, 2020Dominion Energy and Duke Energy have announced that they are cancelling their beleaguered, billions-over-budget boondoggle, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. This…
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…
Grid planning for an achievable clean energy future is at a crossroads. The rapid growth in wind and…
FERC• Gas• Litigation• LNG• Pipelines• West
NRDC Sues FERC over Unlawful Jordan Cove LNG Project
May 28, 2020This blog was authored by NRDC fellow Alison Gocke, who has worked with Gillian on the Jordan Cove…
Demand Response• Energy Efficiency• FERC• Gas• ISO-NE• Markets• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy
New England Grid Operator Misses the Mark on Clean Energy
May 22, 2020The company running the power grid in the six New England states is making a costly and environmentally…
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…
FERC• Gas• Litigation• Pipelines• South
SCOTUS Debrief: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline Cowpasture Case
February 25, 2020The Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday on whether the Atlantic Coast Pipeline can lawfully cross the Appalachian…
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…
FERC• Gas• Litigation• Pipelines• South
A Walk in the Woods: Pipelines and the Appalachian Trail
January 22, 2020By Gillian Giannetti, Staff Attorney and Sharon Buccino, Director of Nature Program Land Division at NRDC You may…
It’s been almost two years since the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced that it would take a fresh look at…
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…
FERC• Gas• LNG• Pipelines• West
Three Strikes, You’re Out: The Unneeded Jordan Cove Project
July 11, 2019Developers who wish to build new interstate gas pipelines or liquefied natural gas (LNG) export or import terminals…
The DC Circuit fired a warning shot this week at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and its analysis of…
By Montina Cole, NRDC Alum Several parties filed an appeal recently in the D.C. Circuit challenging the Federal…
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…
Federal law requires that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) take a “hard look” at a proposed energy’s…
Demand Response• FERC• PJM• Reliability and Resilience
For Demand Response, Second Best Isn’t Good Enough
January 9, 2019A major cost to the power grid is handling peak load—making sure that there is enough power available…
FERC• Reliability and Resilience
McNamee Should Recuse Himself in FERC Resilience Dockets
December 18, 2018The Natural Resources Defense Council today joined with other organizations in formally asking new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)…
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…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) last week lifted its order halting work on the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline located in Virginia and West…
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…
By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum A coalition of clean energy organizations is strongly pushing back on a recent…
Demand Response• Energy Efficiency• FERC• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• Transmission
Reliability Experts to FERC: Focus on “No Regrets” Actions
August 1, 2018By John Moore, Director & Gillian Giannetti, Staff Attorney The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) held its annual…
By Gillian Giannetti, Staff Attorney and Montina Cole, NRDC Alum NRDC, the Sustainable FERC Project (in which NRDC is a…
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…
Energy Efficiency• FERC• Gas• ISO-NE• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• States
State Clean Energy Laws Make New England Grid More Resilient
May 9, 2018May 9, 2018 by Bruce Ho, Senior Energy Advocate The New England power grid is growing more resilient and…
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…
Distributed Energy Resources• FERC• Reliability and Resilience• Transmission
Grid Resilience Efforts Should Focus on Customer Benefits
May 3, 2018By John Moore, Director & Gillian Giannetti, Staff Attorney In the time since U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)…
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),…
Three of the five members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)—which oversees the siting and approval of…
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• 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…
By Montina Cole, NRDC Alum The new chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently announced plans…
FERC• Reliability and Resilience
FERC Rejects Perry’s Coal/Nuke Bailout, Finding It Illegal
January 9, 2018By John Moore, Director, Sustainable FERC Project & Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)…
FERC• Reliability and Resilience
What’s Resilience? DOE Should Say Before Spending Your Money
October 23, 2017By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum The Department of Energy (DOE) recently proposed that American consumers further subsidize certain power plants (essentially, coal…
FERC• Reliability and Resilience
DOE’s Coal and Nuclear Bailout Proposal Should Be Rejected
October 23, 2017By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum The Trump administration’s outrageous plan to prop up the sagging coal and nuclear industries would…
Congress• Distributed Energy Resources• FERC• Gas• Pipelines• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• States• Transmission
Senate Approves FERC Nominees; Agency Regains Quorum
August 3, 2017The Senate has confirmed President Trump’s nominees to fill two of the four open seats on the Federal…