October 5, 2024

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Southeast Utilities Talking Regional Market
Utilities and cooperatives in the Southeast have been meeting for months on a plan to create a regional 15-minute energy market.
Memphis Muni Mulls Move to MISO
Memphis Light, Gas and Water is mulling whether to defect from the Tennessee Valley Authority in order to acquire power from MISO or another supplier.
Entergy Scoops up Miss. Plant to Meet Zone 10 Demand
Entergy Mississippi gained FERC approval to purchase the 810-MW Choctaw Generating Station for $314 million from NRG Wholesale Generation.
FERC Orders Cold Weather Reliability Standard
FERC called for reliability rules requiring generator owners to winterize units, citing a cold snap that caused MISO and SPP to seek load reductions.
MISO Monitor Sees Lower Margin for Summer
MISO’s Independent Market Monitor has a different opinion of the RTO’s summer supply picture three weeks into the season.
UPDATED: PG&E Names New CEO, Board Members
PG&E named the former head of the TVA as its CEO and assembled a “refreshed” board of 13 directors including people with FERC and EIM experience.
MISO Board, Monitor Seek Response to PJM M2M Missteps
The MISO Board of Directors learned about the recent discovery that PJM had been committing two market-to-market (M2M) errors.
Watts Bar 2 Off Until Summer; Concerns over Safety Culture Persist
TVA's Watts Bar 2 nuclear unit, which went offline in March because of an equipment problem, is expected to remain down until sometime this summer.
Arkansas Landowners Seek to Stop Plains Eastern Clean Line Project
Two Arkansas landowner groups filed suit to block the 700-mile HVDC Plains & Eastern Clean Line project, questioning the legality of the project’s approval and its right to use eminent domain.
Stephen Whitley: A Lifetime of Keeping the Lights On
Former NYISO CEO Stephen Whitley emphasized the importance of infrastructure in his keynote speech  at NECA’s 23rd Annual New England Energy Conference.

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