October 3, 2024

Conference Coverage

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Overheard at IPPNY 2018 Spring Conference
Industry stakeholders gathered in Albany for the Independent Power Producers of New York (IPPNY) Spring Conference for an update on the rapid changes in the state's grid.
Powelson: ‘Erosion of Confidence’ in Stakeholder Process
FERC Commissioner Robert Powelson said that he sees an “erosion of confidence” in RTO stakeholder processes.
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Overheard at the GCPA Spring Conference
The Gulf Coast Power Association (GCPA) annual spring conference drew almost 400 attendees to the so-called Energy Capital of the World.
Baker’s Carbon Dividends Plan Reaches Across Aisle
James Baker, an eminent Republican official who served in the Reagan and first Bush administrations, explained his proposed carbon tax at the GCPA spring conference.
Market Monitors Debate Roles, Effectiveness of Programs
Market monitors from the Eastern Interconnection and ERCOT debated their roles in the RTOs they oversee and the need for effective monitoring programs.
RTO CEOs Trade Quips, Thoughts on Future at GCPA
At the Gulf Coast Power Association’s annual spring conference, ERCOT CEO Bill Magness once again moderated a panel of his counterparts from around the country.
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Resilience, Storms, Survival are Topics at New Mexico Forum
The severity of the 2017 hurricane season was a major topic at New Mexico State University’s annual Current Issues Conference this year.
RTOs Take to Catwalk for Western Commissioners
Grid Operators for the three RTOs vying to organize Western electricity markets faced off before an audience of utility regulators in what one state commissioner billed a “beauty pageant.”
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Overheard at the Energy Storage Association Annual Conference
Speakers at the Energy Storage Association's Annual Conference said storage deployment will likely grow to 35 GW by 2025.
Western Regulators Get Schooled in RTO Legal 101
The West’s utility regulators took a crash course on the legal implications of their utilities joining organized electric markets (RTOs)at the spring 2018 joint CREPC-WIRAB meeting.

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