September 28, 2024

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FERC
FERC Workshop Examines How to Speed up Interconnection Queues
FERC is still working to implement the changes to its generator interconnection rules from Order 2023, but it is also considering further changes, as it held a two-day workshop to gather more input. 
CAISO
CAISO Backtracks on Proposal to Refine Battery BCR
CAISO is reconsidering its proposal to address unwarranted bid cost recovery payments for storage resources following internal analysis that suggested the proposed solution wouldn’t sufficiently address the problem.
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ERCOT Cybersecurity Monitor Shares Best Practices
ERCOT’s Cybersecurity Monitor Program, a voluntary outreach effort to involve the state’s utilities in sharing best cyber-defense practices, offers a safe place for their cyber discussions.
MISO
New MISO Day-ahead Market Engine to Emerge Soon After Delay
MISO’s new day-ahead market clearing engine should move into standalone production near the end of September following a delay in testing, RTO executives said.
NYISO
NYISO Proposes Increased Budget, Admin Rate for 2025
NYISO presented its $204 million draft budget for 2025 to the Budget and Priorities Working Group, with an administrative rate of $1.319/MWh based on a 154,700-GWh transmission throughput.
Electricity Canada
Consumer Response Saved Alberta Grid During Jan. 2024 Cold Snap
An emergency alert urging the public to conserve energy helped the Alberta Electric System Operator narrowly avert rolling blackouts during January’s extreme cold snap.
MMR Group
Clean Energy Buyers Push Passage of New Calif. Reliability Law
Assembly Bill 2368 would require the California Public Utilities Commission to adopt a 1-in-10 loss of load expectation — or a similarly robust planning standard — when setting resource adequacy requirements.
KFYR TV
FERC Refuses MISO, MDU Complaints Regarding Crypto-strained MISO-SPP Flowgate
FERC dismissed separate complaints from MISO and Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. over a MISO-SPP flowgate chronically stressed by a North Dakota cryptocurrency mining operation.
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ISO-NE Responds to Feedback on Capacity Auction Reforms Scope
ISO-NE’s Capacity Auction Reforms project will include an evaluation of additional resource accreditation modeling enhancements, the RTO told the NEPOOL Markets Committee.
NV Energy
BLM OKs NV Energy’s Greenlink West Line

The Bureau of Land Management issued a record of decision approving the 470-mile transmission line, which will connect Las Vegas with the northern part of Nevada and be capable of transmitting up to 4,000 MW of energy.


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