Grid-enhancing technologies and high-performance conductors offer a means for grid planners to quickly squeeze more out of existing transmission lines and rights-of-way. By Rich Glick and Neil Chatterjee The American economy needs more low-cost, reliable power to grow. Demand for electricity in the United States is expected to increase at a historic pace as new data centersContinue reading “FERC Paved the Way for Smart Grid Solutions. States Must Take the Next Step”
Category Archives: Federal Transmission
Markets+ Funding Agreement and Funding Mechanism Receive FERC Approval
From Southwest Power Pool Markets+ is SPP’s in-development day-ahead and real-time market that will serve entities in the Western Interconnection. Market development reached a significant milestone today when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved both the Markets+ Phase Two Funding Agreement and the mechanism for funding the market’s development. On April 18, FERC alsoContinue reading “Markets+ Funding Agreement and Funding Mechanism Receive FERC Approval”
Clearing the Air: Lamar Alexander, You’re Wrong About Wind Power
by Dr. Stephen A. Smith, Executive Director, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy The Plains and Eastern Clean Line project could inject large quantities of high-value, low-cost wind power directly into the Tennessee Valley region from western Oklahoma. Recently Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) spoke on the senate floor in opposition to the project, and wind energy. WeContinue reading “Clearing the Air: Lamar Alexander, You’re Wrong About Wind Power”
FACT CHECK! Transmission Pays for Itself, Saves Consumers Money
From AWEABlog, by Betsy Beck Studies show that expanding America’s electricity grid to meet 21st century needs more than pays for itself, and can even result in significant consumer savings. Improved transmission planning could save American families and businesses up to $47 billion every year, according to a recent white paper from the Brattle Group.Continue reading “FACT CHECK! Transmission Pays for Itself, Saves Consumers Money”
Plummeting Curtailment, More Low-Cost Wind: CREZ Transmission Policy Already Reaping Big Returns
From AWEA by Michael Goggin While wind energy curtailment has received a great deal of attention of late, thanks in part to a controversial New York Times article, the real story is that nationwide wind energy curtailment is rapidly on the decline. Wind curtailment was nearly cut in half last year, from 4.9 percent ofContinue reading “Plummeting Curtailment, More Low-Cost Wind: CREZ Transmission Policy Already Reaping Big Returns”
NRDC: Order 1000 Upheld on Appeal: A Closer Look at the Good News for Clean Energy
From Natural Resources Defense Council (NDRC) by Allison Clement As our colleague John Moore has already described, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously upheld the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC’s) landmark Order 1000 rule. We’ve previously blogged about what Order 1000 does and why it’s important; here we focus on some highlights ofContinue reading “NRDC: Order 1000 Upheld on Appeal: A Closer Look at the Good News for Clean Energy”