FERC Transmission Reform Paves Way for Adding New Energy Resources to Grid
… and in doing so, help provide more reliable, resilient, and affordable electricity for all consumers,” FERC Chairman Willie Phillips said. … in interconnection queues throughout the country – that is as much electricity generation capacity as all the power plants now operating …
Accounting for settlement amounts in Account 555,Purchased power
Question: The text of Account 555, Purchased power, states in part: “This account shall include the cost at point of receipt by the utility of electricity purchased for resale, It shall include, also, net settlements for exchange of electricity or power, such as economy ener
Commissioner Bernard L. McNamee Concurrence Regarding Anbaric Development Partners, LLC v. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
I concur in today’s order by the Commission to deny Anbaric Development Partners, L.L.C.’s complaint against PJM Interconnection L.L.C.[1] I write separately to highlight my support for the technical conference in Docket No.
FERC Takes on Long-Term Planning with Historic Transmission Rule
… transmission grid can meet the nation’s growing demand for reliable electricity with a new rule that outlines how to plan and pay for … “Our country is facing an unprecedented surge in demand for affordable electricity while confronting extreme weather threats to the …
Self Reports
Office of Electric Reliability
FERC, NERC Release Final Report on Lessons from Winter Storm Elliott
… Christmas 2022 storm that contributed to power outages for millions of electricity customers in the Eastern half of the country. The 167-page … particularly those addressing the interdependence of gas and electricity. The report highlights what I’ve called for before: Someone …
President Biden Announces Willie L. Phillips, Jr. as Chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
… agency that regulates the interstate transmission of natural gas, oil, electricity, and other energy projects. As the Biden Administration works to tackle the climate crisis, and create a clean electricity grid by 2035, FERC will maintain an important role in …
Commissioner Rosner’s Concurrence to Order Accepting NYISO’s Revised Interconnection Study Rules under ER26-2577
… NYISO’s interconnection studies do not fully consider demand for electricity within zones (i.e., geographic regions within the ISO) when assessing a generator’s ability to deliver electricity. With today’s reforms, NYISO will now study generation and …
Electric
Reports on Demand Response and Advanced Metering
… normal consumption patterns in response to changes in the price of electricity over time, or to incentive payments designed to induce lower electricity use at times of high wholesale market prices or when system …
Commissioner James Danly Opening Statement at March 23, 2021 Resource Adequacy Conference
… Docket No. AD21-10-000 Today’s conference is entitled “Modernizing Electricity Market Design: Resource Adequacy in the Evolving Electricity Sector.” As anyone familiar with FERC is well aware, …
Chairman Glick's Press Conference Remarks
… that we need to improve resilience and bring down the cost of electricity. In so doing, they will help us address the needs of the changing resource mix—and the changing role of electricity in our society more generally. Today’s NOPR tackles …