November 22, 2024

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Heinrich: Pipeline Permitting ‘Reform’ Will Also Benefit Clean Energy
Legislation to streamline the permitting of clean energy projects, including new transmission, may require bipartisan tradeoffs, according to one senator.
Sierra Club
FERC: Vistra Can Skip MISO IC Rules for Storage Projects
FERC approved Vistra’s request to bypass MISO’s generator interconnection procedures to quickly add battery storage projects at two retiring fossil fuel plants.
Nexamp
NRDC: Early Worries About ISO-NE’s Capacity Accreditation Approach
NRDC argued that ISO-NE’s preferred method of measuring marginal reliability impact risks under-valuing some components of clean energy resources.
Sierra Club
PUC OKs NV Energy Battery Project on Old Coal Plant Site
Nevada regulators approved a permit for NV Energy to build a 220-MW battery storage system at the former site of the Reid Gardner coal-fired plant.
PNNL
PNNL Breaks Ground on Energy Storage Lab
A new federal lab designed to speed up research into grid storage technologies should be up and running by the fall of 2023, barring supply chain issues.
Shutterstock
DOE Announces $3.1B to Build out US Battery Supply Chain
DOE is dedicating $3.1 billion to support development of new plants for battery material processing, focusing on materials such as lithium and graphite.
Hawaiian Electric
HECO Cancels Oahu Battery Storage Project
Hawaiian Electric withdrew plans to build a key battery storage system on Oahu; tight deadlines and supply chain issues appear to be the cause.
EKM Metering
Extra Large PG&E Battery Project Goes Live
PG&E announced that its 182.5-MW Elkhorn Battery project, comprising 256 Tesla Megapack units, had commenced operation in CAISO.
CARB
CARB: Calif. Must Double Annual Solar Build to Meet GHG Goals
California must more than double the amount of solar capacity built each year compared to its previous maximum build rate to reach net zero by 2045, CARB said.
ISO-NE
Highlights from FCA 16: No New Gas, No Big Storage
New England’s Forward Capacity Auction last month offered no big surprises, but it did hint at coming shifts in the dynamics of the region’s energy supply.

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