No silver bullet for interconnection woes, generators play the bankruptcy card, and more
A summary of selected studies and articles posted on June 4.
Fix the Grid
Takeaways from the Jacobson Stanford Study on a 100% Renewable Grid
by Roy Harvey and Kent Wittenburg on behalf of the FTG Technical Committee To counter the view put forth by many power industry authorities in New England and elsewhere that fossil fuels are essen...
Takeaways from the ISO-NE Future Pathways Study
By Roy Harvey and Kent Wittenburg on behalf of the FTG Technical Committee The Pathways Study, commissioned by ISO-NE, seeks to evaluate a number of alternative pathways forward in market structur...
Challenge to ISO-NE Winter Reliability Plan, new RFP for Wind in MA, and more
The last two weeks of highlights for grid technical news include an article favorably comparing battery storage technology to fossil-fuel-based peakers, a proposal for EV charging on highways, a la...
ISO-NE CEO Gordon van Welie Must Resign
"When a major institution - private, government, or non-profit - proves itself to be trapped in an old or obsolete organizational strategy, the sensible response is to bring in new management, people with new ideas and a new way of approaching challenges. ISO-NE has failed, It is time for new, more
FERC Equity and Environmental Justice Roundtable
On Wednesday, March 29th. See here for more details on speakers and schedule.
SOLIDARITY WORK
The Springfield Climate Justice Coalition’s effort to collect 10,000 petitions before Earth Day is well underway, calling on MA Gov Maura Healey to declare that there is no future for gas. The seco...
FERC Winter Gas-Electric Forum in Portland, ME
FERC is coming back to our region for a follow up on their last forum. This time, they’ll be discussing solutions to winter gas-electric reliability concerns. The forum will be all day on June 20th...