New FERC Rules for Speeding up Grid Connections
FERC has responded to the serious backlog for connecting to the grid that is due in part by policies that give priority to first-to-file resources, even when other resources may be ready sooner and...
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Lighting the Path: AAPI Leaders Powering Up the Energy Justice Movement
Hosted by Energy Allies on Friday, August 11 at 3pm ET. Join them, Green 2.0, and Solstice Power Technologies to hear from Maui Councilwoman Keani Rawlins, Energy Democracy Project National Coordin...
Grid Modernization Advisory Council (GMAC):
The Massachusetts GMAC has announced upcoming opportunities for public comment on their work and a draft plan submitted by utilities for grid modernization. There is a general public comment period...
Takeaways from the ISO-NE Future Grid Reliability Study: Phase 1
by Roy Harvey and Kent Wittenburg on behalf of the FTG Technical Committee The Future Grid Reliability Study was undertaken by ISO-NE to plan for a transformed grid in which the generation mix cha...
The Tug of War Between Renewables and Gas, continued…
Notes from the DoubleTree Hilton, the Second New England Winter Gas-Electric Forum, June 20, 2023; live from Portland, Maine Just before noon, there is another mild kerfuffle between former allies...
Technical News Highlights June 4-22
In the last two weeks there have been a flurry of news items relevant to Fix the Grid, including two local news articles about the FERC Winter Reliability conference in Portland. A “deep dive” into...
The Tug of War Between Wind and Gas Gets Heated
The convention hall at DoubleTree by Hilton in Portland feels very dark as Marya Axner and I arrive late for the FERC meeting. This is not because the lights are turned off. No, instead, the 150 or...
Open Letter to NE Governors and NESCOE representatives regarding FERC Winter Reliability Forum
The Fix the Grid organization and 54 other community justice, environmental, religious, and scientific organizations in New England are urging the New England governors and their state representati...
FTG advocates loud and clear at ISO-NE Consumer Liaison Group Meeting in Peabody
On June 8, the Consumer Liaison Group of ISO-NE held its first public meeting that was organized under the influence of the slate of clean-energy-transition advocates that were elected to the commi...
No silver bullet for interconnection woes, generators play the bankruptcy card, and more
A summary of selected studies and articles posted on June 4.