By Chris Casey and Cullen Howe New York’s ambitious clean energy agenda is running into a buzz saw…
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…
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…
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…
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…
By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum The market for energy storage is poised for rapid growth in New York,…
State Clean Energy Authority at Stake in New York ZEC Case
March 12, 2018By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum & Anthony Raduazo, Legal Intern A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of…
New York Stumbles in Finalizing Value-Based Solar Credits
September 18, 2017By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum New York’s quest to expand access to clean energy has taken a worrying…
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)…
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…
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.…
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…
New York’s First Emissions Regulations for Distributed Generation Will Slash Diesel Pollution
February 9, 2016By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum, and Jackson Morris The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is…
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…
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…
Rethinking Electricity Capacity Markets
November 13, 2013In the field of electricity regulation, the primary goal of a capacity market is to ensure that sufficient…