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On February 18, 2021, FERC issued two orders terminating the proceedings stemming from the Department of Energy’s (“DOE”) Proposed Rule on Grid Reliability and Resilience (“Proposed Rule”). FERC previously established rulemaking proceedings in Docket No. RM18-1-000 to consider the proposed rule, which was submitted to FERC by the DOE in September 2017 pursuant to the Department of Energy Organization Act section 403 (“DOE Proposed Rulemaking Proceeding”). FERC terminated the DOE Proposed Rulemaking Proceeding on January 8, 2018 (
see January 17, 2018 issue of the
WER), instead opening an inquiry proceeding in Docket No. AD18-7-000 (“Inquiry Proceeding”) to evaluate the resilience of the bulk power system in the regions operated by regional transmission organizations (“RTOs”) and independent system operators (“ISOs”). On February 18, 2021, FERC: 1) issued an order on rehearing that sustained its decision to terminate the DOE Propo
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FERC issued a pair of orders terminating, or upholding the termination of, proceedings designed to evaluate the resiliency of the electric grid on February 18. Both proceedings arose from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) controversial proposal directing the Commission in 2017 to consider market reforms that would benefit certain baseload generation resources.
Order Affirming Termination: Grid Reliability and Resilience Pricing
In October 2017, the Commission initiated its Grid Reliability and Resilience Pricing proceeding in Docket No. RM18-1. The goal of that proceeding was to evaluate the DOE’s proposed rule directing the Commission to consider requiring certain Independent System Operators (ISOs) and Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) to implement reforms allowing certain baseload resources with at least 90 days of onsite fuel to be paid a cost-of-service rate instead of relying on compensation unde
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E-1 – Calpine Corporation, Dynegy Inc., Eastern Generation, LLC, Homer City Generation, L.P., NRG Power Marketing LLC, GenOn Energy Management, LLC, Carroll County Energy LLC, C.P. Crane LLC, Essential Power, LLC, Essential Power OPP, LLC, Essential Power Rock Springs, LLC, Lakewood Cogeneration, L.P., GDF SUEZ Energy Marketing NA, Inc., Oregon Clean Energy, LLC, and Panda Power Generation Infrastructure Fund, LLC v. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (Docket Nos. EL16-49-006, ER18-1314-010, & EL18-178-006). On June 29, 2018, the Commission issued an order addressing two underlying proceedings that were initiated due to increasing out of market support or state subsidies that were having a suppressive effect on the price of capacity procured by PJM Interconnection L.L.C. (PJM) through its Reliability Pricing Model (RPM) capacity market (June Order). In the first underlying proceeding, Calpine Corporation (Calpine) and other generation entities filed
California regulators approve plans for utility companies to buy energy, prevent blackouts
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ article
Power transmission tower is silhouetted by the rising sun in Burlingame, California on October 26, 2019. Potentially historic windstorm coming to the San Francisco Bay Area may prompt Pacific Gas and Electric Company, PG&E to shutoff power to as
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SAN FRANCISCO - Utilities will be allowed to buy extra energy and pass on the costs to customers in order to avoid a repeat of rolling blackouts that kicked in last summer when demand outpaced supply, California regulators said Thursday.
The California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to authorize Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric Company to purchase additional power in the next three months.
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