October 7, 2024

Special Reports & Commentary

Cost Trends Favor Renewables Despite Coming Policy Shifts
While President Obama’s energy legacy is uncertain, there appears no reversing the generation shift to renewable power that started when he took office..
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Can 2017 Top 2016 for Breaking Ground in New York?
Upstate New York nuclear power plants will start earning additional revenue for their carbon-free attributes as the state offers the industry a lifeline.
Stakeholder Soapbox: The Case for Seasonal Resources in PJM
Rockland Electric argues that the PJM proposal to allow aggregation of seasonal resources won't help demand response and solar resources.
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Mass. Considering Storage Mandate
More than 300 people attended or live-streamed Raab Associates’ 152nd New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable which focused on energy storage.
Transmission-Distribution ‘Seams’ May Be Next Hurdle for Planners
The increasing complexity of distribution systems is creating a new “seam” for grid operators, experts said at the PJM General Session.
Overheard at the ISO-NE Consumer Liaison Group Meeting
New England appears poised to withstand another winter of tight natural gas supplies, an RTO official told the ISO-NE Consumer Liaison Group meeting.
Stakeholder Soapbox: The Ripple Effects of Subsidizing Monopolies
The Environmental Defense Fund's Dick Munson argues against state regulators providing subsidies to companies to prop up their failing generating assets.
Clean Energy Innovation Requires Collaboration, Researcher Says
Dan Sanchez said sharing intellectual property and allowing open access to research data are catalysts necessary for growth in the clean energy industry.
Environmentalists Debate the ‘Nuclear Option’
The future of U.S. nuclear energy policy was the subject of a spirited Oxford-style debate at the 2016 NARUC Annual Meeting.
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Overheard at NARUC Annual Meeting 2016
Hundreds of state regulators, utility officials and other stakeholders traveled to the California desert last week for the 128th Annual Meeting of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.

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