By Christine Powell and Ada Statler of Earthjustice, reposted from Earthjustice.org. This summer, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…
This blog was co-authored by senior attorney Morgan Johnson and Joshua Briggs, a 2023 summer intern with the…
Just a few weeks into summer, the United States is undergoing its second round of blanketing heat waves in the…
FERC• Reliability and Resilience
Summer Grid Forecast: Blustery Headlines, Steady Reliability
June 1, 2023This time every year, families across the country kick off the summer with time-honored traditions: kids get out…
Power generator members of PJM are asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)—the independent agency that oversees the…
If you’re hearing more about the importance of electric power lines as the United States moves toward a…
Part of NRDC’s Year-End Series Reviewing 2022 Climate & Clean Energy Developments This year saw the most consequential…
FERC
Sustainable FERC 2022: The Good, the Promising, and the Unfortunately Predictable
December 14, 2022Part of NRDC’s year-end series reviewing 2022 climate and clean energy developments This past year saw a meaningful…
Part of NRDC’s Year-End Series Reviewing 2022 Climate & Clean Energy Developments. This blog is co-written by NRDC…
This blog is co-authored by Tom Rutigliano. In February 2021, Texas’ power infrastructure buckled during a week-long cold…
There are about 1,300 gigawatts (GW) of new resources—primarily renewables and storage—waiting to connect to power grids across…
FERC• Reliability and Resilience
FERC’s Winter Outlook Shows Need for an Updated Grid
October 15, 2022In its much-anticipated winter assessment, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) forecasts that U.S. electricity markets should have…
Climate Change• FERC• Reliability and Resilience• Transmission
FERC Begins to Plan for the Age of Extreme Weather
September 12, 2022This summer has confirmed what the world’s top climate scientists have warned about for years: Climate change is causing more…
When I raced sailboats on Lake Michigan, so much of the action took place before the start. Each…
After intense protests from state leaders, consumer advocates, and environmental groups, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and…
The electric system is undergoing a major transformation driven by consumer preferences for low-carbon electricity, state clean energy…
Ever since the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved its new gas pipeline policy statement last month, the gas industry and…
It’s no secret that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s reviews of gas pipelines and export facilities need an…
Most people believe the United States has a power grid that stretches from coast to coast. But the reality is that we have…
FERC• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• Transmission
Building a Better (and Cleaner!) Electric Grid
October 21, 2021Many 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…