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…
FERC• Gas• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy
Perry’s DOE Study Has Little Power to Shape the Grid
July 28, 2017By John Moore, Director and Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum Anticipation is building in advance of the release of…
FERC• Litigation• Renewable Energy• States
Court Decision a Victory for State Clean Energy Leadership
June 30, 2017Update: On August 17, 2017, in a very short order, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied Allco Finance’s…
Distributed Energy Resources• FERC• Gas• Pipelines• Planning• Renewable Energy• States• Transmission
Trump Picks Two for FERC – Will Bipartisanship Continue?
May 9, 2017President Trump has finally announced his intent to nominate candidates for two of the three open seats on…
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…
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…
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…
Demand Response• FERC• NYISO• States
FERC Eliminates Barrier to a Cleaner, More Efficient Market
February 8, 2017By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum In a huge win for clean energy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)…
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…
FERC• ISO-NE• Litigation• Renewable Energy• States
Connecticut Clean Energy Law on Strong Legal Ground
December 7, 2016A federal appeals court is reviewing whether Connecticut’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) violates the Federal Power Act and…
By Paul Youchak and Taylor Jones , NRDC Summer Interns FERC Order No. 828 Brief Overview The Federal…
Demand Response• FERC• ISO-NE• MISO• PJM• Transmission
Highlights from the June FERC Open Meeting
June 24, 2016By John Bullock, NRDC Summer Intern FERC finalizes updates to price formation, removing barriers for flexible energy resources.…
CAISO• Distributed Energy Resources• FERC• PJM
More Recent FERC Decisions: Week of May 30th, 2016
June 17, 2016By John Bullock and Taylor Jones, NRDC Summer Interns FERC rejects PJM’s proposed tariff revisions, ensuring that the…
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…
Demand Response• FERC• MISO• NYISO• PJM• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• Uncategorized
Highlights from the April FERC Open Meeting
May 5, 2016By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum FERC Upholds PJM’s Treatment of Demand Response In the wake of the U.S.…
FERC• MISO• NYISO• States• Transmission
More Recent FERC Decisions: Week of April 4th, 2016
April 26, 2016By Tim Murphy, Program Assistant, Energy & Transportation Program FERC denies NY agencies’ attempt to stop AIM pipeline…
Demand Response• FERC• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• Transmission
Highlights from the March FERC Open Meeting
March 25, 2016By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum FERC Will Address Issues Related to Competitive Transmission Development (AD16-18). On June 27…
FERC• Litigation• States
Supreme Court Will Weigh the Scope of States’ Authority over Their Electricity Mix
March 3, 2016By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum In what is shaping out to be a banner year for energy regulatory…
CAISO• FERC• Reliability and Resilience• Transmission• West
Highlights from the February FERC Open Meeting
March 2, 2016Notice of Inquiry on Primary Frequency Response. In Docket No. RM16-6, FERC issued a Notice of Inquiry seeking comment on the need…
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…
FERC• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• Transmission
New FERC Guidance Will Help States Craft Better Plans to Cut Carbon Pollution
January 20, 2016New guidance from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will help states develop more reliable (and affordable) compliance…
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• 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• 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…
ISO New England Inc., Docket No. ER13-1957-000, et al. FERC conditionally accepted the Order 1000 interregional transmission coordination…
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…
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…
FERC• Gas• ISO-NE• Markets• NYISO• Pipelines• Reliability and Resilience• SPP• Transmission
Highlights from FERC’s April Open Meeting Decisions
April 22, 2015Welcome and congratulations to Norman Bay, who took over as Chairman of FERC on April 15! Here are…
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…