Reliability Experts to FERC: Focus on “No Regrets” Actions
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) held its annual conference on electric system reliability this week. Unsurprisingly, the topic of resilience was...
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The Coal and Nuclear Bailout Memo: Recycled Idea, New Hat!
The Trump Administration has made no secret of its desire to prop up coal and nuclear plants for political purposes and today the White House made it abundantly...
Grid Resilience Efforts Should Focus on Customer Benefits
A new report by three prominent energy experts correctly says that the focus of "resilience" should be on electricity customer needs. Those customer needs lie p...
FirstEnergy Attempts An Illegal Power Plant Bailout Scheme
FirstEnergy goes back to the well for profit guarantees, but its plan is a work of fiction, contrary to the law and the facts....
Electric Grid Resilience and FERC: What Happens Next?
On March 9, the nation’s regional grid operators are poised to tell their regulator—the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)—what they are doing ab...
FERC Rejects Perry’s Coal/Nuke Bailout, Finding It Illegal
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has rejected U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry’s transparent attempt to needlessly funnel b...