Grid security
JUICE: Covid Wreaks Havoc on Legislative Hearings for a Second Year
It used to be, pre-pandemic, that spring was the time that numerous bills were vetted and voted on during weekly legislative policy committee hearings. Energy legislation was debated for hours, extending into the night from time to time.
Rarely did they match for length of the brutal Eternal Peace […]
FERC Chair: Texas Outages a “Humanitarian Crisis,” Agency Opens Door to Enviro Justice
The massive days-long power outage caused by frigid weather across Texas and the Midwest, resulting in numerous deaths, is a “humanitarian crisis,” Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chair Rich Glick declared. He and his fellow commissioner urged against pointing fingers at any one energy resource causing the power shortages, whether gas plants or […]
Five Fed Energy Regulators at the Helm
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s first meeting of 2021 was the first time in many months that it operated with a full five-member board. The last time there was a full commission was August 2018.
“A little bit of normality is creeping back in,” James Danley, FERC chair, said […]
The Buzz
Three is not a charm for Pacific Gas & Electric. Its problematic 1,150 MW Unit 2 at its Diablo nuclear plant is down for a third time because of a new issue. The soonest it will be back online is the end of May.
A quintet of community […]
FERC Votes 2-1 Against Interfering in CAISO Market
The California grid operator dodged a bullet Dec. 17 when federal regulators voted down an order that would have required the California Independent System Operator to prove its mid-August outages were not caused by an unreasonable market tariff.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission member Rich Glick said FERC has already […]
FERC Investigates California August Outages
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chair Neil Chatterjee announced Thursday that his agency is looking into what caused a shortage of electricity that led to rolling outages in California on Aug. 14 and 15. He said he is concerned about heat related events and wildfires.
“Climate change is increasing the […]