Energy Storage

El Paso Electric
El Paso Electric Finds Solar Procurement Solution After Tariff Hikes

El Paso Electric again is seeking regulatory approval for its New Mexico renewable energy plan after resolving tariff-related cost uncertainty of a solar-plus-storage procurement proposed in the plan.

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FERC Mostly Accepts Calif. IOUs’ Order 2023 Compliance Filings
FERC largely approved compliance filings by three California investor-owned utilities related to interconnection queue requirements.
EIA
FERC Winter Outlook Warns of ‘Tight’ Conditions
FERC staff warned that severe weather events "could create tight supply conditions" in some areas during the coming winter months.
Corre Energy/Long Duration Energy Storage Council
IESO Open to Broader Range of Storage Technologies in Long Lead-time Procurement
IESO is considering a broader range of long-duration energy storage technologies in its upcoming long lead-time procurement (but will not include hydroelectric redevelopments, officials told stakeholders.
Northwest Power and Conservation Council
NWPCC Study Finds Market Availability Steady Across Different Scenarios
The buildout of new resources in the Western Interconnection over the next 20 years is “remarkably similar” across a variety of scenarios tested by NWPCC’s market availability study.
Duke Energy Renewables
SPP’s ELCC Methodology Contested at Appeals Court
The Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council filed a petition with an appeals court to toss two recent FERC orders that granted SPP’s request to modify provisions for clean energy resources’ capacity accreditation.
IEA
IEA World Energy Outlook 2025 Quantifies Rising Global Power Demand
IEA released its 2025 World Energy Outlook, which shows the growing importance of electricity as residents start to adopt air conditioning and data centers and other large loads drive demand growth in rich countries.
AdminMonitor
Texas PUC Hints at Revisiting ERCOT Conservative Operations
Texas regulators approved ERCOT’s methodologies for determining minimum ancillary services for 2026 while hinting at the same time that they are considering discontinuing the use of conservative operations.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Duke Paper Lays out How FERC Can Make Flexibility for Large Loads Reality
FERC can make large load flexibility a reality through the implementation of the Department of Energy’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on large load interconnections, according to a new Nicholas Institute policy paper.
GridLab
GridLab: More Renewables Could Have Saved Billions in PJM Auction

If just 10% of the land-based renewables in PJM’s generator interconnection queue had been developed, the total cost of the RTO’s 2026/27 capacity auction would have been reduced by $3.5 billion, according to an analysis GridLab commissioned by Aurora Energy Research.


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