September 28, 2024

Utility-scale Solar

BrightNight
FERC Directs Arizona Utility to Allow Solar Project to Interconnect

FERC is moving to grant a solar developer’s request to force the Arizona Electric Power Cooperative to allow interconnection.

NYISO
NYISO Operating Committee Briefs: Oct. 11, 2023
NYISO gave summer and monthly operation updates during the OC meeting, and stakeholders recommended the approval of the draft annual Comprehensive Reliability Plan.
CAISO
Eclipse Barely Dims CAISO Operations
CAISO maintained normal grid operations during the Oct. 14 solar eclipse, with swings in solar production that were more muted than models based on clear-sky conditions.
Eric Goff
ERCOT Smoothly Handles Annular Solar Eclipse
ERCOT said it did not experience grid reliability issues with the loss of solar generation during Saturday’s annular solar eclipse, in what some saw as a performance check before next year’s total eclipse.
ERCOT
ERCOT Prepared for Eclipse, Loss of Solar
ERCOT expects normal grid conditions during Saturday’s solar eclipse when solar resources will see their output reduced.
Champlain Hudson Power Express / Clean Path New York
NYSERDA Can’t Meet Deadline to Design New REC Plan

New York’s clean energy agency needs more time to draw up the renewable energy certificate program for two major renewable energy transmission projects.

NextEra Energy
Groups Seek Hybrid Exemption from MISO Ban on Renewables Supplying Ramping
Clean energy groups in MISO have told FERC it should rethink its support of a ban on renewable energy in MISO’s ancillary service market because the commission didn’t consider hybrid resources.
House Energy and Commerce Committee
ISO/RTO Execs Talk Reliability and Resource Mix at House Hearing

Senior executives from all seven ISO/RTOs discussed how the changing resource mix is impacting reliability.

Vistra Corp.
ERCOT Expects Sufficient Capacity this Fall
ERCOT says it should have more than enough capacity to meet peak demand under normal conditions during the fall season that begins in October.
NYISO
NYISO Business Issues Committee Briefs: Sept. 14, 2023
NYISO secured Business Issues Committee approval of the ISO’s proposal to create separate capacity demand curves for summer and winter beginning with the 2025/2026 capability year.

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