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Federal regulators have largely approved a new electricity market that will help enhance system reliability, lower costs to…

When Winter Storm Elliott slammed the United States with freezing temperatures just before Christmas in 2022, nearly 40…

Across the U.S. South, nearly five million households face a high or severe energy burden. Low-income residents are…

The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) just took an important next step toward integrating the western grid to…

This blog is reposted from Western Resources Advocates. Western Resource Advocates commends the approval today of the Extended…

With proposals to expand power market services to western states advancing on two fronts, utilities from Oregon to…

Our world is getting more electric. Electric vehicles, smart appliances, rooftop solar panels and even fully electric buildings…

Power grid operator PJM will soon hold an auction to line up electricity supply for 2022 and 2023. In that…

Within the arcane rules that govern New England’s regional power grid, there’s a ticking time bomb that threatens…

PJM Interconnection, which coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in all or parts of 13 states and the…

Yesterday President Biden named Rich Glick to be the new chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the nation’s energy regulator. After years in…

Consumers across the heartland are paying about $60 million more a year than they should for electricity to…

By Chris Casey and Cullen Howe New York’s ambitious clean energy agenda is running into a buzz saw…

Voters and consumers from the Mid-Atlantic to the Great Lakes are demanding clean energy. State governments have answered with policies and goals calling for…

NRDC is suing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in federal court to overturn two FERC orders that…

The company running the power grid in the six New England states is making a costly and environmentally…

It’s time for New England’s power grid operator, ISO New England, to start giving the climate crisis the…

The operator of New England’s regional electricity grid is asking federal regulators to approve a plan to pay…

Fossil fuel plant owners hype their reliability, but when the weather turned bitterly cold in late January, coal…

Recent media reports suggest that the White House has tabled its plan to bail out costly coal and nuclear plants. While…

Trump administration officials pressured the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to write their March…

June 21, 2018 by Gillian Giannetti, Staff Attorney, Sustainable FERC Project, Climate & Clean Energy Program  If it feels like…

May 9, 2018 by Gillian Giannetti, Staff Attorney, Sustainable FERC Project  Secretary of Energy Rick Perry has warned of an energy…

On March 9, the nation’s regional grid operators are poised to tell their regulator—the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…

By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum Seeking to fix growing problems with certain wholesale electricity markets, an unusual coalition of…

By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the agency overseeing the competitiveness of the…

Much of the country is in the grip of frigid weather, which is increasing demand for electricity (but…

This is part of a series of blogs on NRDC’s new report, “America’s Clean Energy Frontier: The Pathway to…

By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is examining the intersection between state energy…

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry has directed his agency to conduct a hurried review of how environmental protection…

Part of NRDC’s Year-End Series Reviewing 2016 Energy Developments As 2016 fades away in the rear-view mirror, we…

By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum While it’s fair to say that the Supreme Court’s landmark decision affirming FERC’s…

By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum Promoting Competitive Provision of Primary Frequency Response Service (RM15-2). In February 2015, FERC…

By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum Improving Price Formation: Settlement Intervals and Shortage Pricing in Markets Operated by Regional…

This post originally appeared on Green Tech Media here. How to design capacity markets to ensure a flexible…

Welcome and congratulations to Norman Bay, who took over as Chairman of FERC on April 15! Here are…

The U.S. Senate today approved President Obama’s nominations of Cheryl LaFleur and Norman Bay as commissioners of the…

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Citizens Utility Board (CUB), Sierra Club, ENE (Environment Northeast),…

May 25, 2014 by John Moore and Allison Clements A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. has handed…

Apr 29, 2014 by John Moore and Allison Clements In the grip of the “Polar Vortex,” much of…

The amount of electricity produced with renewable energy, especially wind and solar power, is growing rapidly in the…