February 25, 2025

Utility-scale Solar

PJM
Stakeholders Challenge PJM in Capacity Accreditation Talks
A long-simmering dispute over PJM’s capacity accreditation of renewables is threatening to boil over, with some stakeholders calling for FERC intervention.
Storage Underestimated in NYISO ‘Outlook,’ MMU Says
NYISO’s long-term planning forecast underestimates the role of merchant storage and increases the apparent need for transmission, according to the ISO’s MMU.
Navisun
NJ BPU Denies Deadline Extensions for Solar Project Incentives
New Jersey’s Board of Public Utilities earlier this month denied requests by 15 solar developers seeking to extend the completion deadlines for 37 projects.
NYISO
NYISO 20-Year Forecast Highlights Generation, Tx Hurdles to Climate Goals
NYISO will have to add zero-emission generation and transmission at an unprecedented pace to meet New York's climate goals, according to a new study.
SPP Briefs: Week of Aug. 8, 2022
Canadian utility SaskPower and SPP have signed a 20-year agreement to more than quadruple transmission capacity between the two entities.
Lindsey Systems
PJM Operating Committee Briefs: Aug. 11, 2022
PJM's Operating Committee heard proposals on improving the dispatch of renewables, changes to max emergency status and a new cold weather advisory.
The White House
House Passes IRA, Sends to Biden’s Desk
The U.S. House passed the Inflation Reduction Act, sending the $740 billion package of tax, health and climate provisions for President Biden’s signature.
HikeTriCities.com
Hearing Shows Solar Conflict in Sun-soaked Eastern Wash.
A proposed massive solar farm is stirring controversy in southeastern Washington, pitting farmers and unions against local officials and the region’s GOP.
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NY Scorecard Makes Way for Utility-scale Agrivoltaics
NYSERDA has expanded its Smart Solar Siting Scorecard to a point-based system for incentivizing Tier 1 project development with agrivoltaic strategies.
PJM
Dominion CEO: SCC Order for OSW Performance Guarantee ‘Untenable’
The Virginia Corporation Commission approved Dominion Energy’s OSW project, but the utility’s CEO said the capacity performance guarantee is “disappointing.”

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