Commissioner LaCerte's Concurrence on the Order Assessing Civil Penalties Regarding American Efficient, LLC
… (EERs) in the first place. EERs exist because in concept reducing electricity demand is generally cleaner and cheaper than building new … an EER reflects an assumption that real customers are consuming less electricity due to real programs that actually reduce load. [4] … Ratepayers across one of the world’s largest and now most vulnerable electricity markets were systematically and fraudulently overcharged …
Commissioner Richard Glick Dissent in Part on California Independent System Operator Corporation
… for any reason is an appropriate way to manage the transition to the electricity grid of the future. The resource mix in California is changing rapidly and, in CAISO specifically, electricity generated from renewable resources now often makes up the majority of the electricity produced at a given time. That trend is consistent with the …
Commissioner Richard Glick Dissent Regarding New York Public Service Commission et. al. v. New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
… the lowest-cost of bundle of resources needed to reliably provide electricity by making resources compete based on the amount of “missing … the FPA vests the Commission with jurisdiction over wholesale sales of electricity as well as practices affecting those wholesale sales, … markets are inextricably intertwined. Nearly every aspect of the electricity market is affected by at least one—and more often …
Commissioner Richard Glick Dissent in Part on ISO New England Waiver Request Regarding Mystic Units 8 and 9
… true during the winter months in New England when the loss of electricity can have dire consequences. But the importance of …
Commissioner Tony Clark Statement on Order Rejecting PJM’s Tariff Revisions
… by the overcompensation of demand response products in wholesale electricity markets. Rather than sidestepping PJM Interconnection, … the wholesale markets and to recognize that the regulation of retail electricity consumption is within the purview of the States. I continue … that EPSA “is likely to have deleterious consequences for the Nation’s electricity system in a number of areas.” The Commission created Order …
Commissioner Richard Glick Dissent Regarding PJM Proposed Revisions to the Tariff and Operating Agreement (Reserve Market Proposal)
… Tariff Is Unjust and Unreasonable Reserves play a critical role in our electricity system as they, quite literally, help keep the lights on. … properly valuing reserves is an integral part of ensuring reliable electricity service at just and reasonable rates. Shortage pricing … is an essential element of any market-based approach to managing an electricity system. It provides an economic incentive for resources to …
Commissioner Robert F. Powelson Statement - The ISO-NE Competitive Auctions with Sponsored Policy Resources Proposal
… not only control the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity, but are responsible for resource planning, and voluntarily … of Energy, Rick Perry, has expressed a belief that our nation’s electricity markets are not “pure” markets. Today’s decision …
Commissioner Christie’s Dissent from Order Concerning PJM’s proposed ELCC
… 2021 Technical Conference regarding Resource Adequacy in the Evolving Electricity Sector , Docket No. AD21-10-000] in RTOs/ISOs with capacity … 2021 Technical Conference regarding Resource Adequacy in the Evolving Electricity Sector , Docket No. AD21-10-000 ( Transcript March 23, 2021 … May 25, 2021 Conference regarding Resource Adequacy in the Evolving Electricity Sector (AD21-10-000), Tr. 170:1-9 (“I will say one thing …
Written Testimony of James P. Danly Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Before the Committee on Energy & Natural Resources United States Senate May 4, 2023
… that the least-cost generating unit would be selected to provide electricity. The markets were also designed to send price signals, … the least cost for the most efficient generating units to obtain their electricity. That, at least, was the theory. What has happened instead …
FERC Commission Meeting Room to be Named for Chairman Kevin McIntyre
… initiatives, including a proceeding on resilience of the wholesale electricity grid, an inquiry into whether to revise the Commission’s … all energy industry sectors, including natural gas, conventional electricity, oil, hydropower, wind power and other renewable resources, …