Former news executive @chronicle, @bloomberg, @CQrollcall, @SpokesmanReview, now SVP at @rtoinsider. find me @kensands.bsky.social
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The move is the latest and one of the most drastic steps by the Trump administration to thwart wind power development.
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The College Football Enquirer without amiable doofus @DanWetzel and perfect straight man @ByPatForde ? Say it ain't so. It's just not funny. What's the point, then?
PA, VA Govs. float the idea of @ChristieFERC and Allison Clements as @pjminterconnect board members.
Interesting times.
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Surprise: Trump said to nominate Democrat to head FERC. Rosner, a former Joe Manchin aide, seen as friendly to fossil fuels and locating data centers with nuclear power plants, top Trump priorities.
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Stakeholder Forum: Will Christie’s FERC Tenure End in a Bang or a Whimper? //www.rtoinsider.com/111936-stakeholder-forum-christies-ferc-tenure-end-bang-or-whimper/
It takes three votes
FERC on July 21 approved a controversial MISO proposal to create a fast lane for certain reliability-related projects in the RTO’s interconnection queue — just two months after rebuffing an earlier version of the plan.
@ChristieFERC (this seems to work)
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Also at today's @FERC meeting, @ChristieFERC suggested PJM might deserve to be higher on NERC's list of regions most at-risk of "insufficient operating reserves." @rtoinsider #energytwitter
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At today's @FERC meeting, Chair @ChristieFERC specifically called out PJM governance as worrisome and cited @rtoinsider coverage:
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Here's @ChristieFERC , again standing up for states (and consumers) against potential federal and RTO overreach: "So perhaps state perspectives on RTO membership for their utilities should be reconsidered.”
@pjminterconnect
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FERC Issues Order 1920-B Upholding States’ Role in Cost Allocation //www.rtoinsider.com/102694-ferc-issues-order-1920-b-upholding-states-role-cost-allocation/
Constellation operates the largest fleet of nuclear power plants in the U.S. Calpine has the largest geothermal operation as well as a large fleet of natural gas plants. The combination is viewed as a way to provide grid reliability amid growing demand from data centers.
Constellation Energy Corp. will acquire Calpine Corp. in a deal that will create the largest U.S. fleet of zero- and low-emission power generation.
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Writer: John Cropley
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Constellation Energy Corp. will acquire Calpine Corp. in a deal that will create the largest U.S. fleet of zero- and low-emission power generation.
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Writer: John Cropley
Big deal in the Midwest.
MISO board goes against advice of its market monitor and approves $21.8 billion transmission portfolio. #energytwitter
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@MISO_energy
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According to @heatmap_news
"Tesla Owners Buying Up ‘Insane’ Number of Anti-Elon Musk Bumper Stickers"
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The North Carolina Utilities Commission issued an order Nov. 1 approving Duke Energy’s consolidated Carbon Plan and Integrated Resource Plan (CPIRP), which is meant to meet state-mandated carbon emission cuts.
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Writer: James Downing
The charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.
“Dangerous threats to our critical infrastructure threaten every member of this community and will not be tolerated,” Acting U.S. Attorney says."
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With the annual GridSecCon security conference in its 13th year, Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC) CEO Manny Cancel said the event was “incredibly important”.
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Writer: Holden Mann
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FERC Commissioner Lindsay See took office the day the Supreme Court issued its Loper Bright decision striking down the Chevron deference to federal agencies.
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Writer: James Downing
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The New England states are planning to solicit project proposals to increase the region’s north-to-south transmission capacity, the New England States Committee on Electricity wrote in a letter to ISO-NE on Oct. 16.
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Writer: Jon Lamson
