Category Archives: Blog Posts

FERC Terminates DOE’s Proposed Grid Resilience Pricing Rule; Initiates New Proceeding to Further Examine Resilience Issues

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Katherine O'Konski

Yesterday, FERC issued an order terminating the DOE -proposed grid resilience and reliability pricing rulemaking and initiating a new proceeding to take additional steps to evaluate the resilience of the bulk power system in regions operated by ISOs and RTOs, … Continue reading →

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States to Hold Meetings on CPP Repeal

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Jessica Bell

Several states have recently announced that they will hold public meetings to discuss EPA’s proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will host a listening session on January 8.  Registration information … Continue reading →

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FERC Issues Twelfth Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Jeff Bayne

Last month, FERC issued its twelfth annual Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering.  Under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, FERC is required to prepare and publish annual reports assessing the deployment of advanced meters and communications technologies, as … Continue reading →

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NERC’s 2017 Long Term Reliability Assessment Calls For Robust Planning in the Face of New Reliability Challenges

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Katherine O'Konski

Earlier this month, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) released its 2017 Long-Term Reliability Assessment.  NERC’s long-term assessments, released annually, provide a high-level view of resource adequacy and identify long-term issues that will influence planning, development, and analysis of … Continue reading →

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EPA Asks for Feedback on CPP Replacement Possibilities

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Jessica Bell

UPDATED 12.28.2017 The ANPRM has been published in the Federal Register and is available here.  Comments are due February 26, 2018. EPA recently issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking information as it considers proposing emission guidelines to limit … Continue reading →

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