ISO RTO Operating Regions - Sustainable FERC Project

FERC• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• Transmission

Building a Better (and Cleaner!) Electric Grid

Many people have wondered how we will decarbonize our grid given the fact that the wind doesn’t always blow and the sun doesn’t always…

FERC• Renewable Energy• Transmission

Plan for the Grid We Need, Not the Grid We Have

Our power grid is stuck in the 20th century; we are more than two decades overdue for an upgrade. Regional grid operators and utilities…

Demand Response• Distributed Energy Resources• Energy Storage• FERC

Major Barrier to Demand Response Needs to End

If federal regulators do the right thing, electricity customers across the Midwest may soon be able to earn money while boosting grid reliability and…

PJM• Planning• Transmission

PJM Steps into the Future of Transmission Planning

August 10, 2021

Cutting emissions from our power grid is going to require a lot more transmission lines. And, I mean, a lot. Long distance power lines move clean energy from where it’s…

by Tom Rutigliano

Congress• FERC

4 Keys for a Successful FERC Office of Public Participation

August 3, 2021

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission must keep four themes in mind as it establishes its Office of Public Participation. That’s the message of a new NRDC-commissioned report by…

by Gillian Giannetti

MISO• Planning• Transmission

We Don’t Have Time To Waste In Planning Our Electric Grid For A Renewable Energy Future, 2035 Is Tomorrow

June 17, 2021

By Andy Kowalczyk of 350 New Orleans, reposted from 350NewOrleans.org There are good reasons to invest in new solutions that reduce climate emissions, but because the…

by Guest Contributor

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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.