In 2018 NERC Warned of a Reliability Crisis from Accelerating Baseload Retirements. It’s Here.

In 2018, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the organization that oversees the reliability on the North American electric grid, warned of the threat of accelerating losses of baseload sources of power. At the time, S&P Global Market Intelligence characterized the report by writing, NERC “warns that an accelerated retirement of coal-fired and nuclear […]

On May 13, 2020
baseload power, capacity markets, Department of Energy (DOE), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, John Moura, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), plant retirements, S&P Global Market Intelligence, Steve Winberg, Utility Dive

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, renewable energy, renewables subsidies