December 29, 2024

Maryland

MOPR, COVID Drive 2020 Policies in PJM
COVID-19 was the defining problem of 2020 as PJM worked to overcome difficulties in coordinating deliberations on a host of issues, including the MOPR.
Md., NC, Va. to Team up on Offshore Wind
Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia will collaborate to promote their states as a hub for the offshore wind (OSW) industry.
Report: Urban Land Use Key for Md. Solar Goals
Placing solar arrays in urban areas would help Maryland reach its RPS while conserving productive farmland, according to a new report.
Md. PSC Approves Larger OSW Turbines
The Maryland PSC approved Skipjack Offshore Energy’s decision to use fewer, larger turbines and rejecting Ocean City objections.
Md. PSC OKs Independence Energy Connection Deal
The Maryland PSC approved a settlement allowing Transource Energy to move forward with its Independence Energy Connection transmission project.
Report: Imports Key to Successful FRR
Analyses that predict increased costs for regions that exit PJM’s capacity market should be redone to presume maximizing imports to counter local market power.
PJM Monitor Defends FRR Analyses in MOPR Debate
PJM’s Monitor defended a conclusion that ratepayers are likely to see cost increases in jurisdictions that exit the capacity market and adopt the FRR option.
Overheard at ACORE Policy Forum 2020
The need for gas peakers and electric transmission and the increasing popularity of hybrid storage projects were recurrent topics at the ACORE Policy Forum.
PJM: Carbon Pricing the Answer to Subsidy Dispute
A PJM official urged officials to embrace carbon pricing rather than exit the capacity market in response to FERC expanding the minimum offer price rule.
PJM Analysis of Transource Alternative Challenged
Transource Energy’s alternative configuration for its Independence Energy Connection project doesn’t pass PJM’s cost-benefit test, LS Power said.

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