06Jan

The Important Difference Between Capacity and Security

To hear environmental groups and renewable boosters tell it, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) recent action to restore competition to PJM Interconnection’s capacity market was a terrible solution in search of non-existent problem. The capacity market is supposed to ensure that PJM’s customers will have adequate generating capacity, including a strong reserve of power, […]

On January 6, 2020
capacity markets, energy security, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, ISO New England, natural gas, PJM Interconnection, renewables, renewables subsidies

17Jul

A Fuel Security Crisis

If you’re in the grid reliability business, the New England grid is a problem most don’t want to touch with a 10-foot pole. New England’s challenge is two-fold. First, the region has retired nearly all of its baseload coal capacity and much of its nuclear power capacity. New England has put all its eggs in […]

On July 17, 2019
baseload power, grid reliability, ISO New England, natural gas, PJM Interconnection

05Feb

A Warning to Proceed with Caution

What’s the cost of inaction to protect the fuel diversity of our grid? New York offers a hint. The Empire State may have only two coal-fired power plants remaining, but a new rule aimed at effectively eliminating coal power from the state’s grid by 2020 is already jolting markets. As Bloomberg reported, the rule hasn’t […]

On February 5, 2019
all-of-the-above, baseload power, coal, Duke Energy Corporation, Exelon Corporation, FirstEnergy Corporation, HELE technology, Multiple Intervenors, New York, New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), PJM Interconnection, Public Service Enterprise Group, Rod Kuckro