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Iowa ROFR Law Overturned, Throwing Multiple MISO LRTP Projects into Uncertainty

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Dec 6, 2023MISOAmanda Durish Cook

An Iowa court has formally struck down the state’s right of first refusal law, driving uncertainty for $2.6 billion worth of MISO's long-range transmission projects.

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From left: Carol Holahan, Foley Hoag; Connecticut DEEP Commissioner Katie Dykes; Massachusetts EEA Secretary Rebecca Tepper; and Rhode Island PUC Chair Ron Gerwatowski

Affordability Must not Lose out in Energy Transition, NE Regulators Say

Dec 6, 2023ISO-NEJon Lamson

New England policymakers and stakeholders must not overlook the need for electric affordability in the energy transition, officials from Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut told attendees of the New England Power Generators Association’s fifth annual New England Energy Summit.

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Eversource

Massachusetts Moves to Limit New Gas Infrastructure

Dec 6, 2023Building DecarbonizationJohn Cropley

Massachusetts has moved to discourage new investment in natural gas infrastructure by blocking utilities from recovering costs unless they can show they first considered non-gas alternatives.

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Black Hills Corp.

FERC OKs $150K Penalty on Black Hills for Delayed Filings

Dec 6, 2023FERC & FederalJohn Norris

FERC approved a $150,000 civil penalty on Black Hills Corp. and three subsidiaries for failing to timely file 103 jurisdictional agreements.

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A webinar by ACORE focused on the risks that winter weather poses for electrical service to military bases and other national security loads.

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Panelists Warn of Winter Weather’s National Security Risks

Dec 5, 2023Resource AdequacyHolden Mann

Speakers on an ACORE webinar warned that the national security risks of electricity outages at military bases is unappreciated.

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The MISO Independent Market Monitor's depiction of congestion on the Charlie Creek-Watford and Morris-Grant County constraints

Potomac Economics

MISO and IMM: M2M Flowgate Issue with SPP not Sustainable, May Require Litigation

Dec 6, 2023MISOAmanda Durish Cook

MISO and its Independent Market Monitor agree legal action is likely concerning the RTO’s payments to SPP for a market-to-market flowgate.

FERC Rejects Wabash Valley Contracts, Sets Tariff for Proceedings

Dec 6, 2023Company NewsJames Downing

FERC issued an order rejecting supply contracts Wabash Valley Power Alliance had filed and set its tariff for hearings to determine whether it violates the commission's unbundling rules.

Industry Considers Building its Own Generation to Decarbonize

Dec 5, 2023ResourcesJames Downing

Industrial decarbonization is lagging the effort in the power sector and transportation, and many companies are considering directly linking big industrial demand with clean energy.

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NERC

FERC Approves Texas RE Standards Process Changes

Dec 4, 2023FERC & FederalHolden Mann

FERC accepted changes to Texas RE's regional standards development process intended to give the RE more flexibility and align it with NERC.

NERC Troubled by Responses to IBR Alert

Nov 30, 2023Regional EntitiesHolden Mann

Responses to NERC's Level 2 alert indicate widespread issues with performance of inverter-based resources.

FERC Approves NERC Standards Process Changes

Nov 29, 2023Standards/ProgramsHolden Mann

FERC approved new rules intended to streamline NERC's reliability standard development process.

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Treasury, DOE Issue Proposed ‘FEOC’ Rules for EV Tax Credits

Dec 5, 2023Company NewsK Kaufmann

As U.S. automakers pull back on plans to invest heavily in electric vehicles, claiming sales are not growing as fast as expected, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service issued new guidelines on the federal tax credits for EVs that could further slow sales.

Maine Ethics Commission Resolves Probe of NECEC Foes

Dec 5, 2023Generation & FuelsJohn Cropley

Maine’s ethics watchdog has resolved alleged campaign finance law violations surrounding the controversial New England Clean Energy Connect project.

4 Things Cathy Zoi Learned About the Car-charging Business as Head of EVgo

Dec 4, 2023Commentary & Special ReportsRich Heidorn Jr.

Charging company EVgo has yet to earn a profit. But Cathy Zoi, who headed the company for six years, is bullish on the industry’s future.

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ERCOT

ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: Dec. 4, 2023

Dec 5, 2023ERCOTTom Kleckner

ERCOT stakeholders have endorsed the grid operator’s proposed ancillary service methodology for 2024, but only after extracting a commitment from staff to bring the proposal back for further review.

Hydro Fuels Uptick in CAISO Exports, Market Monitor Reports

Dec 4, 2023CAISO/WEIMAyla Burnett

CAISO’s net energy exports have increased sharply this year, with imports being displaced by increased output from California’s hydroelectric and natural gas resources.

Former Ohio PUC Chair Charged with Bribery

Dec 4, 2023Company NewsDevin Leith-Yessian

Former PUCO Chair Sam Randazzo pleaded not guilty to charges that FirstEnergy paid him $4 million in bribes before his appointment to aid the utility.

OPSI Urges Reliability Coordination Between PJM, States

Dec 4, 2023PJMDevin Leith-Yessian

The Organization of PJM States urged the PJM Board of Managers to work closer with member states to find holistic solutions to reliability challenges posed by rising load and generation retirements.

ISO-NE

ISO-NE Says Region Has Enough Resources for Upcoming Winter

Dec 4, 2023ISO-NEJon Lamson

ISO-NE forecasts peak demand of 20,269 MW under average weather conditions, and a 21,032-MW peak under below-average temperatures.

3rd Circuit Rejects Challenges to PJM MOPR, Affirms Authority over FERC Deadlocks

Dec 3, 2023MarketsDevin Leith-Yessian

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld FERC's 2021 approval of PJM's tightened minimum offer price rule, which removed a requirement that resources receiving state subsidies be mitigated to their cost-based offer.

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CISA

CISA Releases AI Security Guidelines

Nov 27, 2023FERC & FederalHolden Mann

The rapid spread of AI software prompted CISA and other global cybersecurity agencies to create new guidelines for safe development of machine learning tools.

RTO Officials Warn of ‘Messy Transition’ at NARUC Annual Meeting

Nov 19, 2023Resource AdequacyAyla Burnett

MISO CEO John Bear and PJM CEO Manu Asthana expressed concerns about gas-fired resources retiring prematurely at NARUC's Annual Meeting in California.

FERC Optimistic About Energy Markets This Winter

Nov 19, 2023Resource AdequacyHolden Mann

Higher-than-average temperatures in the U.S. could reduce electricity and natural gas demand and help prevent shortfalls this winter, FERC staff said in the commission's Winter Energy Market and Electric Reliability Assessment.

NERC ‘Very Happy’ With GridEx VII Participation

Nov 16, 2023Standards/ProgramsHolden Mann

NERC's three-day GridEx exercise tested electric grid stakeholders on their response to a wide variety of threats.

NERC

NERC Expecting Packed 2024 for Standards Actions

Nov 15, 2023ERO InsiderHolden Mann

NERC has at least 11 standards projects that must be finished by the end of 2024, staff told the Standards Committee.

Peter Karasev pleaded not guilty to damaging two PG&E substations last week.

San Jose Police Department

California Man Arraigned for Substation Bomb Attacks

Nov 13, 2023Regional EntitiesHolden Mann

Peter Karasev pleaded not guilty in federal court to charges of damaging power substations.

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A blade is affixed to the the first turbine installed at the South Fork Wind project in November.

Long Island Power Authority

New York Issues Expedited Renewable Energy Solicitations

Dec 4, 2023Generation & FuelsJohn Cropley

New York is moving quickly to keep its renewable energy development queue viable, launching solicitations for new onshore and offshore large-scale projects.

COP28: 118 Countries Pledge to Triple Renewables to 11,000 GW by 2030

Dec 4, 2023Federal PolicyK Kaufmann

Renewables pledge calls for ending investment in new coal-fired power plants, "which is incompatible with efforts to limit warning to 1.5°C.”

Massachusetts Gives Itself Good Grades in Climate Report Card

Dec 3, 2023Building DecarbonizationJon Lamson

Massachusetts's first-ever "Climate Report Card" found that all of the state’s sectors are “on track” for their 2025 decarbonization targets.

NJ Farmers See Economic Benefit in Dual-use Solar Plan

Dec 3, 2023State and Local PolicyHugh Morley

The dual-use solar pilot program could help provide a much needed revenue flow for New Jersey's struggling farms, proponents say.

Washington had the highest gasoline prices in the nation early this summer.

Cap-and-trade Subject of Employment Claim Against Wash.

Dec 3, 2023Industrial DecarbonizationJohn Stang

A recently retired state economist has filed a claim against Washington, alleging he was ordered not to include cap-and-trade costs in a revenue forecast, leading to him to leave his position with the agency

United Nations

COP28 Leaders Divided on Role of Fossil Fuels in Energy Transition

Nov 30, 2023AdaptationK Kaufmann

Earth is living through its hottest year on record, and global efforts to curb human-generated greenhouse gas emissions driving those high temperatures are not keeping up with commitments to cut emissions.

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