A major federal grant will help Xcel Energy restart a Minneapolis microgrid project delayed earlier this year over cost concerns. Xcel Energy received a $100 million grant last week from the U.S. Department of […]
The Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee advanced legislation Friday that would allow the Wyoming Public Service Commission to reject utility companies from raising Wyoming power rates to pay for other states’ energy decisions. During testimony before […]
Recent posts have explored some of the issues the US power grids are facing as the premature closures of fossil fuel and nuclear power stations are creating problems for security of supply. Something discussed less […]
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday directed the North American Electric Reliability Corp. to develop reliability standards for inverter-based resources, or IBRs, such as wind, solar and battery systems. FERC is bolstering standards for IBRs […]
In my previous post I covered the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act and the way challenges with grid infrastructure will act as a brake on climate goals. In this post I will look at […]
Dive Brief: The Missouri Landowners Alliance on Friday urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to require Invenergy to re-apply for permission to offer capacity on the $7 billion, 5-GW Grain Belt Express transmission project at negotiated rates. […]
Daily Standup Top Stories Invenergy’s 5-GW Grain Belt transmission project faces continued opposition at FERC October 23, 2023 Mariel Alumit Dive Brief: The Missouri Landowners Alliance on Friday urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to require Invenergy to […]
Dive Brief: The Missouri Landowners Alliance on Friday urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to require Invenergy to re-apply for permission to offer capacity on the $7 billion, 5-GW Grain Belt Express transmission project at negotiated rates. […]
Distributed energy resource (DER) and microgrid developers are grappling with long utility interconnection queues and transformer shortages, which are slowing their projects and increasing costs. In addition, nonprofit organizations are waiting for clarification about provisions […]
ENB Pub Note: Ed Ireland is an industry thought leader, and I highly recommend subscribing to his substack listed at the bottom of the article. The Texas electricity grid is famous because it is not […]
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