December 22, 2024

Weatherization

ISO-NE
NPCC Focuses on Reliability, Integrating DERs, and Security
NPCC will focus next year on ensuring reliability, integrating DERs and renewables and protecting infrastructure from cyber and physical threats.
Texas Senate
Texas Senators Call for New RRC Weatherization Rules
A Texas Senate committee sent a letter to the Railroad Commission, asking it to revise its gas-fired generator weatherization rulemaking.
Southern Power
ERCOT Mothballed Resources Return to Year-round Ops
Three generating units with 226 MW of capacity, previously mothballed on a seasonal basis, are returning to year-round service in the ERCOT market.
Entergy
Texas Market Taking Winterization Seriously this Time
There's a new focus on winter weather in the Texas electricity market after February's winter storm drove the ERCOT grid to the brink of collapse.
Jno Skinner, CC BY-4.0, via Wikimedia
FERC, NERC Share Findings on February Winter Storm
FERC and NERC staff shared their preliminary findings and recommendations on the February winter storm that led to unprecedented outages in Texas.
Shutterstock
NERC Issues Cold Weather Alert
NERC issued a Level 2 alert calling on registered entities to report their readiness for severe cold after multiple winter crises in recent years.
Texas PUC
Texas PUC Faces Sticky Issue in Setting Weather Rules
Texas regulators are grappling with writing weather preparedness measures for generators and transmission service providers as required by state law.
Xcel Energy
Utilities Urged to Prepare for Cold Weather Standards at NAES-NERC Conference
ReliabilityFirst's Don Urban discussed NERC's new cold weather standards at this year's NAES-NERC conference, urging utilities to start implementation early.
Daniel Case, CC BY-3.0, via Wikimedia
Dispatches from the Frontlines of Environmental Justice in Conn.
A Connecticut Green Bank webinar hears from people working on the frontlines of environmental justice in the state.
Green Mountain Solar
Vermont Governor Signs State Budget with $250M for Climate Mitigation
A portion of Vermont's climate-related funding for fiscal year 2022 will come from the state's $1.05 billion federal rescue plan aid package.

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