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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

08Nov

Will FERC Hold EPA to Account?

This Thursday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is holding its annual technical conference on grid reliability. Of particular interest is the attention FERC and its expert witnesses will give to examining the impact the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) so-called Clean Power Plan 2.0 will have on reliability. FERC is digging into reliability at […]
  • On November 8, 2023
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, James Danly, National Mining Association (NMA), PJM Interconnection, Rich Nolan, Willie Phillips
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01Nov

The Next Winter Reliability Crisis is Almost Here

It may have been a balmy 80 degrees in the nation’s capital this week but make no mistake, winter is coming and with it ever-greater concern about the perilous state of the nation’s electricity grid. For all the white knuckling from grid operators during summer months, when heat waves and record demand stressed power supply […]
  • On November 1, 2023
  • blackouts, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), James Danly, Jim Robb, Mark Christie, natural gas, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Texas, Willie Phillips, winter, winter storm
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24Oct

Congress Can Act on Grid Reliability

Months of congressional hearings have led to a crescendo of concern over grid reliability and the danger posed by the Biden administration’s regulatory agenda. With eye-opening testimony coming from utilities, co-ops, grid operators and reliability regulators, Congress now has a deeply important opportunity to take action. Today, the House Energy, Climate & Grid Security Subcommittee […]
  • On October 24, 2023
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), GRID Act, grid reliability, James Danly, Jeff Duncan, Jim Robb, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
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04Oct

The Gas Reliability Gap

The U.S. has a natural gas problem. While regulatory pressure continues to place an ever-greater burden on the gas fleet and gas infrastructure to provide dispatchable power when it’s needed most, the gas system is again and again showing it’s simply not up to the challenge. The latest alarming example comes from the after-action report […]
  • On October 4, 2023
  • Consolidated Edison, E&E News, Eastern Interconnection, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, natural gas, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), PJM Interconnection, Willie Phillips, winter storm
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15Sep

Walking the Reliability Tightrope

Just last week, the Texas grid narrowly avoided blackouts as the state’s grid operator, ERCOT, instituted emergency operating conditions. It was the latest sign that as power demand soars, operators are walking a tightrope to manage grids ever-more dependent on variable sources of power, policy-constrained supplies of thermal generation and inadequate infrastructure. As E&E News […]
  • On September 15, 2023
  • Congress, E&E News, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), GRID Act, grid reliability, Jim Robb, Manu Asthana, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), PJM Interconnection, Texas, Woody Rickerson
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30Aug

The Energy Policy Torpedo

The nation’s grid reliability watchdog added an alarming new dimension to its regular warnings over the eroding state of the nation’s grid reliability. For the first time, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is warning that energy policy now directly threatens reliability. In the latest edition of NERC’s Reliability Risk Priorities Report, the authors […]
  • On August 30, 2023
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, James Danly, Jim Robb, Manu Asthana, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), PJM Interconnection
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16Aug

EPA’s UnINiformed Decisions

Who exactly did the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) consult about grid reliability when constructing its so-called Clean Power Plan 2.0? Formal comments on the rule have made it rather clear who EPA didn’t consult: the very folks tasked with keeping the lights on have made it abundantly clear the rule is a grave danger […]
  • On August 16, 2023
  • Clean Power Plan 2.0, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), James Danly, Jim Robb, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
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12Jul

China Doubles down on Renewables and Coal

What can the U.S. learn from China in managing the energy transition? More than you might think. China is charting its own course that is a clear rejection of the West’s emissions reduction first, grid reliability last approach. China has watched Europe’s energy crisis, along with our unfolding grid reliability crisis, and seen enough of the challenges […]
  • On July 12, 2023
  • Bloomberg, China, energy addition, energy transition, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, Jim Robb, Mark Christie, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), solar, wind, Xi Jinping
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14Jun

Not Going as Planned

The New York Times almost figured it out. In “Why the U.S. Electric Grid Isn’t Ready for the Energy Transition,” The Times explores a litany of challenges to making the transition to a renewable-dominated electricity system. Yet, in reporting the story, The Times is silent on the most inconvenient truth: despite acknowledging that the grid […]
  • On June 14, 2023
  • Clean Power Association, electricity grid, energy transition, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, Jim Robb, Joe Biden, Mark Christie, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), The New York Times, transmission lines
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07Jun

Congress Zeroes in on EPA’s Grid Reliability Crisis

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is supposed to consider grid reliability in its rulemakings on the nation’s power plants. But, as a recent series of Congressional hearings on the deteriorating state of the nation’s grid reliability have made abundantly clear, not only is EPA not serious about grid reliability, it’s driving the crisis. Last […]
  • On June 7, 2023
  • Associated Electric Cooperative Inc., Buckeye Power, carbon capture utilization and storage, David Tudor, Electric Power Supply Association, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, Jackson Walker LLP, Jim Robb, Joe Manchin, John Barrasso, Manu Asthana, Michael Nasi, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives, Patrick O'Loughlin, PJM Interconnection, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Spur Permitting of Underdeveloped Resources (SPUR), Todd Snitchler
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