October 6, 2024

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Study Challenges PJM Energy Storage Rule
A study concluded PJM’s proposed 10-hour rule for energy storage resources participating in the capacity market is “unnecessary and unduly restrictive.”
Stakeholder Soapbox: PJM’s Market Hurting Clean Energy
Miles Farmer and Amanda Levin of the Natural Resources Defense Council respond to Steve Huntoon's criticism of their evaluation of the PJM capacity market.
Counterflow: Scary Wrong
Columnist Steve Huntoon criticizes a recent NRDC op-ed that denounces PJM for seemingly favoring natural gas-fired plants over renewable resources.
Groups Seek to Head off ISO-NE EE Changes
Two groups petitioned FERC for a declaratory order regarding ISO-NE’s possible attempt to impact the eligibility of energy efficiency capacity resources.
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Northwest Ponders RTO with Mix of Hope and Skepticism
Talk of an RTO for the Western Interconnection lived during the annual meeting of the Northwest & Intermountain Power Producers Coalition (NIPPC).
Is RTO Tx Planning Hampering Green Corporate Goals?
Corporations' decarbonization efforts may be frustrated because of insufficient transmission to move Midwest wind power to load centers.
Whitehouse: Business Can Move GOP on Carbon
A dozen Senate Republicans are willing to consider a price on carbon but need cover from business groups, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse told ACORE.
Coalition Targets Capacity Markets in Resiliency Docket
Consumer advocates, environmentalists, wind and solar developers and public power called on FERC Tuesday to “review the design of organized wholesale electricity markets, particularly capacity constructs” in its resiliency docket.
EBA Panelists Discuss Carbon Policy, Renewables Integration
Two panels at the Energy Bar Association’s Mid-Year Energy Forum offered views of the future: one for coal, and one for intermittent sources.
Ameren Illinois Criticized for Lowered Energy Efficiency Goals
Environmental and consumer activists accused Ameren Illinois of attempting to bypass energy efficiency targets set by the state.

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