Targeted and prudent refinements to wholesale electricity markets will address power system reliability challenges and continue to support cost-effective, efficient, and cleaner power solutions, said the head of the national trade association representing competitive power suppliers Thursday following his participation in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)’s PJM Capacity Market Forum.
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EPSA welcomes provisions to streamline and strengthen energy project permitting included in the White House and House Republicans debt ceiling negotiations.
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Offshore wind may someday play a significant role in powering our grid. But it’s far too early to count on that fact.
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Newly proposed Environmental Protection Agency rules to drastically limit power plant emissions come as grid operators and reliability watchdogs warn that power plants needed to keep the lights on in the face of rising demand, changing weather patterns, and increasing amounts of intermittent generation sources are retiring too quickly.
Read MoreLetters to the Editor: Competitive energy
A recent commentary on a regional electricity transmission group distorted how competitive energy markets operate and pointedly ignored benefits that could help all South Carolinians.
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