November 21, 2024

July 2021

POWER
Webinar Participants Warn Against Fading Memories, Complacency in Cold Weather Prep
Texas utility representatives warned that efforts to avert future extreme weather crises could falter as memories of February's cold snap fade.
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‘Best Market in the World’ Faces Uncertain Future
Ex-ERCOT director Peter Cramton still has high hopes for the Texas grid operator, which he says is still 'the best market in the world.'
WIRES
Panel Says Transmission Spending Can Fix Economy, Fight Climate Change
Building new transmission could help the economy recover from the pandemic and help fight climate change, according to a panel at the WIRES Summer Meeting.
The White House
Biden Launches ICS Cybersecurity Initiative
President Biden announced a cybersecurity initiative for U.S. critical infrastructure, building on one launched in April for the electric sector.
NYISO
NYISO Proposes Changes to CRIS
NYISO proposed changes to three concepts of capacity resource interconnection service.
Solar Landscape
NJ Sees Solar Growth in Reduced Incentives
New Jersey’s Board of Public Utilities hopes to double the state’s solar capacity in five years even as it cuts some subsidies.
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GOP Presses Glick on Natural Gas, Climate at FERC Oversight Hearing
FERC Chair Richard Glick bobbed and weaved his way through a House oversight hearing as Republicans attempted to pin him to positions on natural gas.
CARB
California GHGs Decline 1.7% in 2019
Increased use of renewable diesel and greater availability of hydropower helped California cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 1.7% in 2019.
PJM Interconnection
PJM Stakeholders Blast TOs’ Petition to Rate-base Network Upgrades
Protesters urged FERC to reject a bid by PJM transmission owners to fund network upgrades and add them to their rate bases.
Con Edison
NYISO Management Committee Briefs: July 28, 2021
NYISO Management Committee approved a tariff update to allow municipal electric utilities to provide metering and meter data services for demand side resources.

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