Transmission

Notice of Inquiry on Primary Frequency Response. In Docket No. RM16-6, FERC issued a Notice of Inquiry seeking comment on the need…

By John Moore, Senior Attorney, The Sustainable FERC Project The Clean Power Plan requires states to take grid…

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

New guidance from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will help states develop more reliable (and affordable) compliance…

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

October 20, 2015 by John Moore, Senior Attorney, The Sustainable FERC Project Written with the assistance of David…

By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum Accurately forecasting electricity demand is critical to ensuring that grid operators plan for…

EPA’s just-released Clean Power Plan final standards will cut carbon pollution from our nation’s power plants while protecting…

By 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…

By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum The Department of Energy (DOE) recently released its first installment of its Quadrennial…

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

By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum NRDC together with 11 other environmental and consumer advocacy groups today filed a…

Nov 18, 2014 by Steve Dahlke Steve Dahlke is a Policy Associate for the Great Plains Institute. King Arthur…

This post was updated following the public release of the study. The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power…

Terrific news! A federal court today upheld in its entirety the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) groundbreaking electric…

By Sonia Aggarwal, Eric Gimon, and the experts of America’s Power Plan This post originally appeared here, and…

The nation is one step closer to getting a full complement of commissioners on the Federal Energy Regulatory…

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

Many of the nation’s major high power electric transmission owners have formed entities called regional transmission organizations (RTOs)…

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an important set of reforms intended to save consumers money and…

PJM Interconnection, the nation’s largest power transmission grid organization, announced last week that wind and solar power could…

By Seth Kaplan, Vice President for Policy and Climate Advocacy at the Conservation Law Foundation Dealing with the…

Electric transmission grid managers routinely face grid planning challenges like aging infrastructure, power plant retirements, and a changing…

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

The Sustainable FERC Project’s priority is to accelerate the deployment of clean energy resources into America’s electricity transmission…

By Carl Zichella, NRDC Alum There is a deep irony at work in the intersection of energy and…