September 30, 2024

Public Policy

Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0
FERC Rejects Pump Storage Projects Over Navajo Objections
FERC rejected preliminary permits for seven pump storage projects on Navajo land, saying it no longer will consider projects that are opposed by host tribes.
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FERC Finalizes Winter Reliability Standards from 2021’s Uri
FERC finalized new mandatory reliability standards aimed at ensuring utilities do not cut off power to critical natural gas infrastructure during cold weather events.
House Energy and Commerce Committee
State Regulators Debate Reliability and Transmission at House Hearing
House members and their state regulator witnesses split over how much an expanded transmission grid could enable a reliable transition to a low-carbon future.
Entergy
Entergy States Debut Long-range Tx Cost Allocation Proposal, MISO Members Unconvinced
Entergy regulatory staff revealed their vision for cost allocation on future long-range transmission projects, with multiple clean energy groups deeming the proposal incompatible with building a grid ready for the future.
DTE Energy
DTE Highlights Improved Infrastructure in Year-end Earnings Call
DTE Energy touted its investments in infrastructure and clean energy during its fourth-quarter earnings call, with earnings down 1%.
Claus Ableiter, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
New York Approves Final Rule on Inverter-based Resources
NYSRC approved a rule establishing minimum interconnection standards for large inverter-based resources in order to address a 120-GW bottleneck in NYISO's interconnection queue.
WKRC
Ex-PUCO Chair, Ex-FirstEnergy Execs Indicted in Ohio
Three former Ohio utility and regulatory officials face dozens of new charges in the House Bill 6 scandal.
ISO-NE
NEPOOL Markets Committee Briefs: Feb. 6, 2024
ISO-NE presented the NEPOOL Markets Committee with the initial results of the RTO’s Resource Capacity Accreditation.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
DOE Official Defends LNG Approval Pause at Senate Hearing

A Department of Energy official defended the Biden administration’s pause on processing LNG export facilities at a Senate hearing.

ITC Midwest
MISO Asks Court for Injunction Reversal on Iowa LRTP Projects
MISO wades into the battle over who will build the Iowa portions of its long-range transmission projects after a court found the state’s right of first refusal law unconstitutional.

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