Avangrid's $615,000 penalty stems from violations of NERC's facility ratings standards.

PJM stated that FERC's approval of a six-day extension of the comment period in its CIFP filings would not affect the feasibility of having market changes implemented for the 2025/26 capacity auction slated for June 2024.

Form Energy hopes to use its long-duration iron-air batteries to firm up renewable energy generation across extended stretches in New England.

FERC fined independent power producer AES $6 million for failing to fulfill RA obligations related to eight of the company’s 12 generating units operating in Southern California.

FERC extended the compliance deadline for its interconnection queue rulemaking by four months, to April 3, 2024.

FERC OK'd the 2024 business plans and budgets for the ERO, though Commissioner James Danly called for “a significant improvement in … speed and agility.”  

What’s in a name? That is the question for FERC Chair — or is it “acting” Chair? — Willie Phillips.

 

Several generation companies have submitted comments supporting and opposing a proposed settlement to reduce the $1.8 billion PJM assessed against market sellers for underperforming during Winter Storm Elliott by 23%.

The OPSI annual meeting debated PJM’s recent capacity market filing and whether the RTO needs to consider changes to its energy and reserve markets.  

FERC approved an open access transmission tariff for the SunZia HVDC line in the Southwest, which will govern how the merchant project can sell any additional capacity it has going forward.