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PJM Issues Region Wide Hot Weather Alert
PJM issued a hot weather alert for the entire region PJM serves for June 30 to July 3 ahead of an expected prolonged period of 90+ degree weather. PJM the largest electric grid warns of record-high power demand and possible blackouts. PJM…
Financier Seeks to Back REPs as PJM Submits Higher Net Worth Rule
PJM filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on May 27 to double the requirements for participants in financial transmission markets, while other participants face a net worth requirement that would be increased fourfold.…
What Makes Your Retail Energy Supplier Unique?
Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to work with a number of retail energy companies on branding, positioning, and marketing strategy. One question consistently emerges during those discussions: What makes us unique? At first glance,…
State RECs Programs in PJM Should Be Consolidated, Market Monitor Says
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should reconsider its disclaimer of jurisdiction over RECs because it is now clear that they materially affect jurisdictional rates, the monitor said in a quarterly report last month. The monitor…
Maryland Lawmakers File Letter of Support in OPC’s FERC Complaint Filed Against PJM
On June 16th the Maryland General Assembly file a letter in support of the Maryland Office of People’s Counsel complaint filed on May 7th at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) against PJM Interconnection, LLC. OPC’s complaint…
U.S. Supreme Court Reject State Attorney General’s Plea to Intervene in Regional Grid Project
Given the Supreme Court’s ruling not to review the matter means that Transource Pennsylvania is allowed to proceed with its interstate transmission project, overcoming the prior PUC rejections. As background, Transource Pennsylvania LLC…
PJM at an Inflection Point: What Energy Market Participants Need to Know Right Now
Where previous periods of market stress tended to concentrate around a single issue — a capacity market reform, a difficult year for fuel prices, a congestion problem — what PJM is working through right now spans capacity, transmission,…
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