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06/30/2024

Host | Southeast Renewable Energy

What to expect?
Meet 500+ Policymakers, Utilities & Renewable Players Working to Seize the Opportunities and Meet the Challenges of Burgeoning Southeastern Load Growth

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06/30/2024

Host | Midcontinent Clean Energy

What to expect?
Get a Deep Dive into Renewable Project Development Opportunities and Challenges in the Exploding MISO Market!

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06/28/2024

NERC will go back to work on another revision to its most recent cold weather standard after FERC on June 27 accepted EOP-012-2 .

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Writer: Holden Mann

06/28/2024

FERC is moving forward on its examination of dynamic line ratings (DLRs), with the issuance of an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR) on June 27.

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Writer: James Downing

06/28/2024

FERC this week accepted a set of proposed changes to NERC’s Rules of Procedure to allow the ERO to register owners and operators of inverter-based resources.

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Writer: Holden Mann

06/28/2024

In a 5-4 decision on June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an emergency pause on the implementation of EPA’s “Good Neighbor Plan,” which is aimed at reducing ozone pollution, a key component in the creation of smog.

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Writer: Jon Lamson

06/28/2024

Rhode Island is the latest state to set targets for energy storage system construction.

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Writer: John Cropley

06/28/2024

MISO said a quiet spring isn’t a portent for the months to come. Meanwhile, its Independent Market Monitor insists MISO needs to penalize renewable generators that do not bridle output when asked.

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Writer: Amanda Durish Cook

06/28/2024

MISO reaffirmed its commitment to its second, approximately $25 billion long-range transmission plan (LRTP) portfolio while stakeholders asked MISO to be mindful of river crossings.

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Writer: Amanda Durish Cook

06/28/2024

Members of MISO’s Advisory Committee have emphasized that all players in the footprint need to act swiftly to position themselves for “hyperscale” load growth and EPA’s new carbon rule.

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Writer: Amanda Durish Cook

06/28/2024

After two requests for more information and nine months, FERC has greenlit MISO’s plan to exchange its current, vertical curve for sloped demand curves in its seasonal capacity auctions (ER23-2977).

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Writer: Amanda Durish Cook

06/28/2024

American Electric Power, one of the nation’s largest utilities, said June 26 its Board of Directors has selected industry insider Bill Fehrman as its president and CEO, effective Aug. 1.

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Writer: Tom Kleckner

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06/28/2024

06/27/2024

A trade group is calling for New York to double its goals for small-scale solar, which has enjoyed success as the state’s efforts to site large-scale renewable energy have faltered.

See Full Story: https://ow.ly/87la50SqA3O
Writer: John Cropley

06/27/2024

FERC Order 1920 could help move the bar significantly on more efficiently expanding the transmission grid, but its ultimate success depends on how it and other policies are implemented.

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Writer: James Downing

06/27/2024

Adoption of a long-awaited strategic plan for offshore wind development off the California coast was postponed by state regulators June 26.

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Writer: Elaine Goodman

06/27/2024

NERC has submitted to FERC its proposed cybersecurity reliability standard requiring utilities to implement internal network security monitoring (INSM) software on select grid cyber systems (RM24-7).

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Writer: Holden Mann

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06/27/2024

06/26/2024

California officials on June 25 outlined how their agencies plan to address the shortage of skilled workers needed to support the state’s transition to zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs).

See Full Story: https://ow.ly/FFgC50SpJe4
Writer: Ayla Burnett

06/26/2024

NYISO this month received four bids in response to its Public Policy Transmission Need solicitation to deliver up to 8 GW of offshore wind power to New York City.

See Full Story: https://ow.ly/bhGM50SpJcA
Writer: Vincent Gabrielle

06/26/2024

While natural gas has taken a huge bite out of coal’s share of the electric generation market in the U.S., LNG will not have the same impact globally.

See Full Story: https://ow.ly/K1bT50SpHCj
Writer: James Downing

06/26/2024

The U.S. could ramp up the electrification of heavy industry by 50%, reduce the sector’s fossil fuel use by 25% and cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 100 million metric tons per year by 2030.

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Writer: K Kaufmann

06/26/2024

New Jersey’s Senate Environment and Energy Committee on June 20 passed a bill (S3308) supporters said would allow grid-scale solar projects of up to 20 MW to bypass PJM’s interconnection queue.

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Writer: Hugh Morley

06/26/2024

Texas’ Public Utility Commission is back to its full five-commissioner complement with the appointment of Courtney Hjaltman, CEO of the Office of Public Utility Counsel (OPUC) since 2022.

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Writer: Tom Kleckner

06/26/2024

U.S. Department of Energy officials say they’re optimistic the costs of offshore wind energy development will begin to ease by the end of the decade.

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Writer: John Cropley

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06/26/2024

06/25/2024

As NV Energy moves forward with plans to join CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market, Nevada regulators have laid out a framework for how the company can seek approval for EDAM participation.

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Writer: Elaine Goodman

06/25/2024

CAISO stakeholders are calling on the ISO to take a bigger role in reliability planning due to the increasingly complicated nature of ensuring reliability on the California grid in the face of climate change.

See Full Story: https://ow.ly/yIre50SoONg
Writer: Ayla Burnett

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