On April 16, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued two orders in proceedings related to PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s (PJM) Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR). First, FERC denied requests for rehearing and granted limited clarification with respect to its June 29, 2018 order (2018 Paper Hearing Order) where it (i) found PJM’s then-existing tariff to be unjust and unreasonable because it failed to address the suppressive effect of resources receiving out-of-market payments on the capacity market, and (ii) implemented a paper hearing to establish a revised MOPR to apply to both new and existing resources receiving out-of-market payments, regardless of resource type (see July 11, 2018 edition of the WER).
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New York Adopts the Nation’s Most Aggressive Clean Energy Goals
Last week, New York legislators endorsed Governor Andrew Cuomo’s ambitious clean energy goals, adopting the Climate Leadership Community Protection Act that targets an aggressive expansion of on- and offshore wind development and the integration of solar and battery storage resources onto the electric grid. When implemented, the new legislation will require the complete decarbonization of…
Trump Administration Considers Preemption of State Renewable Policies
By Stuart Caplan, Brian Harms & Emily Prince on
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In a speech last month, Energy Secretary Rick Perry stated that the Department of Energy (“DOE”) may need to “intervene” in state renewable energy policies to protect grid security and reliability. Secretary Perry made the statement to energy industry stakeholders at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit on April 25, 2017. In early April, Secretary Perry ordered a DOE study to determine the extent wholesale market structures, energy mandates, federal policy and tax subsidies are affecting long-term grid reliability. Secretary Perry suggested that the DOE was concerned by ongoing baseload generating facility retirements stimulated in part by pressure on utilities to meet renewable portfolio standard (“RPS”) benchmarks. During a question and answer session, Secretary Perry stated that increased reliance on intermittent renewable energy sources makes the grid unreliable, which ultimately creates a concern for national security.
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