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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently signaled potential wide-reaching reforms to regional electric transmission planning, cost allocation, and generator interconnection processes. Nearing the tenth anniversary of its landmark Order No. 1000, FERC issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which examines whether existing approaches adequately account for the transmission needs of a changing resource mix. The ANOPR probes a wide range of topics and appears likely to generate specific proposals for fundamental reform to how we plan and pay for the grid.
This update highlights key proposals and expressed need for reform reflected in FERC’s lengthy ANOPR, published in the Federal Register July 27, 2021. Reform of this scale could touch every corner of the power sector and FERC is likely to receive a considerable volume of comments. We offer some specific considerations for stakeholders preparing comments o
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FERC Paints Grid Reform Agenda For House Energy Panel
Law360 (July 27, 2021, 7:58 PM EDT) Any overhaul of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission s transmission planning policies to accommodate more clean energy must include ways to break the logjam of projects waiting to get on the grid and properly divvy up grid upgrade costs, FERC commissioners told a U.S. House panel Tuesday.
Clean energy-minded members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce s energy subcommittee pressed FERC commissioners for further details on their recently issued advanced notice of proposed rulemaking to solicit public comment on how to improve the agency s current processes for connecting generation to the grid, planning transmission and allocating related costs.
Boulder County puts Gross Reservoir Expansion proposal on hold
Gilbert Trujillo
and last updated 2021-07-27 22:47:07-04
The lawsuit claims that Boulder County officials are stalling on a local permit that s needed so the utility can begin
According to a press release from the county, Denver Water submitted an
Areas and Activities of State Interest (1041) application to Boulder County Community Planning & Permitting in September 2020. The department says itâs requested additional information from Denver Water, and on June 29 told Denver Water it would not provide additional requested information.
Boulder County communicated with Denver Water that it would move forward with planning meetings without providing the information, according to the press release.
Oregon utilities commission approves transfer of Klamath River dams
The Oregon Public Utility Commission this week approved PacifiCorp s application to transfer four dams on the Klamath River to a corporation that will pursue their removal.
Posted: Jul 27, 2021 4:42 PM
Posted By: Jamie Parfitt
SALEM, Ore. The Oregon Public Utility Commission this week approved power company PacifiCorp s application to transfer four dams on the Klamath River to a corporation that will pursue their removal.
The push to remove the J.C. Boyle, Copco No. 1 & 2, and Iron Gate dams has been underway for years, but in mid-June the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) put its stamp of approval on the transfer proposal.