FPA Section 202c
DOE
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the department is ready to use its authority under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act to dispatch backup generation from large customers if needed ahead of a major winter storm.
Newkirk Electric Associates
DOE is exceeding its authority by using Federal Power Act Section 202(c) to keep the J.H. Campbell coal plant in Michigan running under several consecutive “emergency” orders, opponents argued in recent court filings with the D.C. Circuit.
Michigan Public Power Agency
MISO officials clarified the J.H. Campbell coal plant — kept online and in retirement limbo by the Department of Energy’s series of emergency orders — is not eligible for the RTO’s capacity market and is not receiving special treatment for dispatch.
TransAlta
Citing an energy “emergency” in the Northwest this winter, DOE ordered TransAlta to continue operating Washington’s last coal-fired generating plant for three months beyond its scheduled retirement at the end of this year.
© RTO Insider
PJM’s Markets and Reliability Committee endorsed a set of manual revisions to expand when a new resource could be granted provisional interconnection service to allow for early operation once it becomes capable of injecting a portion of its output while its network upgrades stillare under way.
Consumers Energy
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said his department is working with utilities around the country to keep more coal plants slated for retirement open to help meet rising demand from data centers and other new large loads.
Constellation
FERC approved PJM’s proposal for allocating the costs for Constellation Energy to continue operating its Eddystone Generating Station near Philadelphia under an emergency order by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Constellation
Three clean energy trade groups asked DOE to reconsider its recent report on resource adequacy, which they contend uses a deterministic approach to stake out a position for not retiring any more power plants in the face of rising electricity demand.
Consumers Energy
The Michigan coal plant kept online by an emergency order from the U.S. Department of Energy cost $29 million to run in a little over a month.
Acroterion, CC BY-SA-4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Department of Energy issued an emergency order to lift annual run-hour restrictions on the H.A. Wagner Generating Station Unit 4 located outside of Baltimore to address a shortage of generation in PJM.
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