April 2019

MISO Seeking Proposals to Relieve North-South Constraint
MISO is accepting proposals designed to relieve its costly North-South transmission constraint, but is still zeroing in on how to evaluate submissions.
PJM MRC/MC Briefs: April 25, 2019
PJM will assemble a task force dedicated to studying the impacts of carbon pricing throughout the RTO’s footprint under a problem statement and issue charge approved by the MRC.
California Regulators Weigh PGE’s Fate
The California Public Utilities Commission hosted a forum on the fate of PG&E, where some experts urged it to break up the utility.
ERCOT Briefs: Week of April 22, 2019
ERCOT staff and stakeholders are drafting protocol revisions to avoid a repeat of the cold-weather event that resulted in resources being forced to adjust their outage schedules.
Pennsylvania Joins US Climate Alliance
Pennsylvania joined the U.S. Climate Alliance after releasing its own action plan to achieve a 26% reduction in statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2025.
MISO Looks to Get Better Read on Wind
MISO is seeking to fine-tune its forecasting of wind generation as it faces the prospect of immense volumes of new capacity coming onto its system by 2023.
FERC OKs NERC Violation Settlements
FERC accepted settlements with Duquesne Light Co. and an unnamed municipal utility in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council for violations of NERC reliability standards.
Duquesne Light Co.
FERC OKs NERC Violation Settlements
FERC accepted settlements with Duquesne Light Co. and an unnamed municipal utility in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council for violations of NERC reliability standards.
ISO-NE Planning Advisory Committee Briefs: April 25, 2019
Two of three economic study requests presented at ISO-NE’s Planning Advisory Committee meeting pertained to offshore wind development.
Avangrid Earnings Drop on Weak Wind
Declining wind output drove down Avangrid’s first-quarter earnings by 11% compared to a year earlier, company officials said.

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