The Southwest Power Pool’s latest proposal once again downplays the risk of fossil fuel plant failures while it…
FERC• MISO• Renewable Energy• SPP• Transmission
A New Interconnection Queue Backlog Solution Gets Major DOE Backing
October 24, 2023This blog was coauthored by Kelly Tran, a summer intern with the Sustainable FERC Project. A greener future…
Reliability and Resilience• SPP
SPP Is Ignoring the Data to the Detriment of Reliability
May 26, 2023In the wake of a winter storm that pushed power grids to the brink of crisis just ahead…
This blog is co-authored with Natalie McIntire. A year-long dispute that could determine how quickly renewable energy advances…
Climate Change• MISO• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• SPP• States• Transmission
MISO and SPP Can Benefit From a More Connected Grid
March 3, 2021This blog was co-written with Andy Kowalcyzk, an independent consultant focusing on MISO South. Electric grids across the Midwest,…
Consumers across the heartland are paying about $60 million more a year than they should for electricity to…
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…
Energy Efficiency• Gas• Renewable Energy• SPP• Transmission• Uncategorized
Great Plains Power Grid Operator Sowing Confusion about the Clean Power Plan
October 9, 2014This post was updated following the public release of the study. The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power…