ISO New England is taking decisive steps towards advancing transmission planning, a crucial initiative that will facilitate the…
Within the arcane rules that govern New England’s regional power grid, there’s a ticking time bomb that threatens…
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…
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• 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• 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…
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…
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…
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…
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),…
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• 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…
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.…
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…
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• 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…
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…
CAISO• FERC• ISO-NE• PJM• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• Transmission
Building NTAs into Power System Plans, Engaging Customers, and Evaluating Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards
June 24, 2014By Sonia Aggarwal, Eric Gimon, and the experts of America’s Power Plan This post originally appeared here, and…
CAISO• Demand Response• Energy Efficiency• FERC• Gas• ISO-NE• Markets• MISO• PJM• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy
The Polar Vortex and the Power Grid: What really happened and why the grid will remain reliable without soon-to-retire coal plants
April 29, 2014Apr 29, 2014 by John Moore and Allison Clements In the grip of the “Polar Vortex,” much of…
Capacity Market• FERC• Gas• ISO-NE• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• States
Polar Vortex Shows We Need More Efficiency, Wind, and Solar, Not Coal or Gas
February 5, 2014By Mark Kresowik, Eastern Region Deputy Director for the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign The East Coast was…