Capacity Market• Markets• PJM• Planning• Renewable Energy• RTO Governance

Transforming PJM is the key to a clean energy grid

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 50 percent and ultimately 100 percent clean electricity. Their…

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Capacity Market• Markets• NYISO• Planning• Renewable Energy• RTO Governance• States

NY Can Reimagine Resource Adequacy with New, State-led Model

By Chris Casey and Cullen Howe New York’s ambitious clean energy agenda is running into a buzz saw in the form of an increasingly…

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MISO• Planning• Renewable Energy• States• Transmission

New MISO Grid Plan Could Solve Power Supply Problems

The mid-continent’s electric grid is facing serious challenges. With more utilities and states aiming for ambitious clean energy goals – and with developers eager to…

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ISO RTO Operating Regions

ISO RTO Operating Regions

FERC• Gas• Pipelines• South

Three Lessons Learned from the Axed Atlantic Coast Pipeline

July 6, 2020

Dominion Energy and Duke Energy have announced that they are cancelling their beleaguered, billions-over-budget boondoggle, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. This is a significant and long-overdue victory for the…

by Gillian Giannetti

Capacity Market• Demand Response• Distributed Energy Resources• Energy Storage• FERC• Litigation• Markets• NYISO• Renewable Energy

NRDC Sues FERC Over Orders that Threaten NY Clean Energy

June 30, 2020

NRDC is suing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in federal court to overturn two FERC orders that thwart New York’s development of clean energy: an order…

by Chris Casey

FERC• Renewable Energy• Transmission

(Past) Time to Jump-Start Grid Planning

June 17, 2020

Grid planning for an achievable clean energy future is at a crossroads. The rapid growth in wind and solar power means we need to upgrade and…

by John Moore

The Sustainable FERC Project is a coalition of state, regional and national environmental and other public interest organizations working to expand the deployment of clean energy resources into America’s electricity transmission grid. We advocate at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) – which regulates the transmission grid – through legal and policy advocacy, and we also work with FERC-regulated regional grid organizations and utilities.