Elaine Goodman

1 week ago | rtowww.com | Holden Mann |Elaine Goodman |James Downing |David Krause

At their monthly meeting April 16, members of NERC’s Standards Committee agreed to post several reliability standards and associated materials aimed at satisfying a FERC directive on inverter-based resources for formal comment and balloting. The four proposed IBR standards all arise from FERC’s Order 901, issued in 2023, which required NERC to develop standards to improve the reliability of IBRs, including solar, wind, fuel cell and battery storage facilities.

1 week ago | rtoinsider.com | Elaine Goodman |Amanda Durish Cook |Vincent Gabrielle |John Cropley

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1 week ago | rtowww.com | Jon Lamson |Hugh Morley |Tom Kleckner |Elaine Goodman

ISO-NE plans to cut its winter peak load projection for 2033 by 7.2% and its summer peak projection by 1.8%, Victoria Rojo, supervisor of load forecasting at ISO-NE, told the NEPOOL Reliability Committee (RC) on April 16. The cuts are driven largely by significant reductions to ISO-NE’s electrification projections for heating and transportation, which Rojo discussed at length with stakeholders at the RC in March.

1 week ago | rtowww.com | Tom Kleckner |Hugh Morley |Elaine Goodman |Jon Lamson

The troubled Texas Energy Fund has lost two more projects from its original list of applicants, raising questions about its ability to quickly add 10 GW of gas-fired dispatchable resources to the ERCOT grid. Connie Corona, executive director of the Texas Public Utility Commission, said in identical filings April 15 that both applicants had “failed to meet due diligence requirements.” The orders are not subject to rehearing or appeal requests, she said (56896).

1 week ago | rtowww.com | Hugh Morley |Tom Kleckner |Elaine Goodman |Jon Lamson

A Washington, D.C.-based environmental group argues electricity prices will rise by 60% in the PJM region if the RTO does not reform its permitting system to allow more clean energy. The Evergreen Collaborative and consultant Synapse Energy Economics of Massachusetts released a report April 15 that predicts a 60% hike in residential bills will be reached by 2036 to 2040 if PJM continues on its current path.