Natural Gas

A Few Growing Pains for SPP as it Celebrates 75 Years
SPP has added new markets for its members and extended its footprint to the Canadian border in the process.
FERC Orders MISO to Shift Electric Schedule
FERC said MISO's current schedule doesn’t allow gas-fired generators enough time to procure fuel.
Mass. Attorney General’s Study: Pipelines Unneeded
Attorney General Maura Healey released a study that said additional interstate natural gas pipelines are not needed to guarantee the reliability of NE’s grid.
PJM, NYISO, ISO-NE Gas Scheduling Filings OK’d
FERC approved PJM’s proposal to move the deadline for submitting day-ahead offers, while also saying NYISO and ISO-NE had justified retaining their existing schedules.
Finger Lakes Plant Seeks Gas Line for Repowering
Greenidge Generation says it hopes to repower the Finger Lakes plant with natural gas as a merchant plant by the middle of next year.
FERC Finds ‘No Significant Impact’ from NE Pipeline Expansion
FERC staff has concluded that a 13.5-mile natural gas pipeline expansion to serve increased demand in Connecticut will have “no significant” environmental impact.
Algonquin Submits Pre-Filing Request for Access Northeast Pipeline
Spectra Energy’s Algonquin Gas Transmission asked FERC to grant permission for the pre-filing review on the proposed Access Northeast project by Nov. 13.
Massachusetts Regulators Endorse Pipeline Contracts
Massachusetts regulators ruled that electric distribution companies can sign contracts for natural gas capacity and pass the costs on to electric ratepayers.
Late Changes to House Energy Bill Leave Democrats Miffed
A key House committee approved what would be the first comprehensive energy legislation in eight years, but hopes for passage dimmed after amendments favored by the oil and gas industry and reductions in funding eroded bipartisan support.
PJM Members OK $2,000/MWh Energy Market Offer Cap
The PJM Markets and Reliability Committee voted overwhelmingly Thursday to raise the energy market offer cap to $2,000/MWh in a move that outgoing CEO Terry Boston called “the stakeholder process at its best.”

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