December 26, 2024

Commentary

Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory
Counterflow: Stuff That Ain’t So
FERC's NOPR on transmission planning and cost allocation is based on false premises and undermines the agency's credibility, says columnist Steve Huntoon.
LS Power
Stakeholder Soapbox: Coherence over Chaos: Choosing the Right Path for Energy Decarbonization
LS Power seeks a measured phaseout of natural gas generation, saying an immediate switch to carbon-free sources will cause chaos and undermine climate efforts.
Unlocking the Queue with Grid-Enhancing Technologies, The Brattle Group
Counterflow: Transmission and Technology
In attempting to increase grid capacity and renewables, FERC's transmission NOPR is pushing the wrong set of technologies, contends columnist Steve Huntoon.
Rhodium Group
Counterflow: We’re Going to Need a Plan B
With time running out to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, columnist Steve Huntoon says we need to give geoengineering a chance.
Shutterstock
Counterflow: Stop the Insanity
Columnist Steve Huntoon says the notion that “proof of work” cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin can increase grid reliability is nonsense.
ABB Hitachi
Stakeholder Soapbox: Low-cost, Reliable Power Service Depends on Large-scale Tx
Barbara Tyran, director of ACORE’s Macro Grid Initiative, discusses the issues grid operators and regulators face in ensuring cost-effective, reliable service.
A.Levasseur, S.Mercier-Blais, Y.T.Prairie, A.Tremblay, C.Turpin, CC BY-SA-4.0
Stakeholder Soapbox: Canadian Hydropower, a Clean and Renewable Source of Energy
A university researcher says an RTO Insider article ignored research showing Canadian hydropower is one of the lowest-emission energy sources available.
Lawrence Berkeley National Labor
Stakeholder Soapbox: PJM Markets: More ‘Jeopardy,’ Less ‘The Price Is Right’
PJM's "focused" MOPR will undermine the RTO's ability to “get the price right,” say former Commissioner Tony Clark and former PJM SVP Vince Duane.  
MISO
Stakeholder Soapbox: Transmission Planning Needs to be Improved — And We Already Know How to Do It
Reliability and clean energy related public policies are increasing the need for and benefits of large-scale transmission to avoid increased electricity costs.
PJM
Counterflow: Participant Funding and Its Discontents
Steve Huntoon says the participant funding model makes as much sense today as it did 20 years ago — despite FERC's second thoughts expressed in its July ANOPR.

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