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New England has relied on wholesale and retail electric market competition to guide most electric capacity resource development in New England for nearly 20 years. Since that time the region’s fleet of generation capacity resources has evolved to its current mixture where there is now an increased use of low emission natural gas-fired, renewable and […]
Read MoreAnalysis of state policy interactions with electricity markets in the context of uneconomic existing resources: A critical assessment of the literature About the Report: In this report, we provide a critical assessment of recent studies on the topic of subsidies for uneconomic nuclear generating resources, and identify a number of problematic assumptions and modeling choices […]
Read MoreResilience—the electric grid’s ability to resist, absorb, and recover from high-impact, low-probability external shocks—is an important, yet wide-ranging and potentially amorphous concept. Many different actions can help the grid defend against, absorb, or recover from high-impact, low-probability shocks. However, some potential actions will do little to address specific threats and have been suggested for what […]
Read MoreBY SONIA AGGARWAL ● AUGUST 2018 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has proposed directing power grid operators to purchase electricity for a period of two years to prevent the retirement of certain power plants. DOE’s May 29 memo does not explicitly specify which power plants it would affect, but it implies large coal and […]
Read MoreIn July 2017, the Natural Gas Council (NGC) released “Natural Gas Systems: Reliable and Resilient” (NGC Report), a report detailing the characteristics of the U.S. natural gas industry that contribute to its reliability and resilience to weather-related interruption of service, including the ability to compensate for any operational issue and to recover rapidly. Most notable […]
Read MoreIn July 2017, the Natural Gas Council1 released “Natural Gas Systems: Reliable and Resilient”(NGC Report) (attached as Appendix A), a report detailing the characteristics of the U.S. natural gas industry that contribute to its reliability, resistance to weather-related interruption of service, including the ability to compensate for any operational issue and to recover rapidly. Beginning […]
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