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How DG and microgrids change the game for utilities.
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Resource planning and forecasting in a changing climate.
Robert E. Livezey and Philip Q HanserUtility planners depend on an accurate estimate of normal weather to forecast resource needs and costs. But as the climate changes, so must the definition of ‘normal.’

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PJM and the crisis over FTR underfunding.
Bruce W. RadfordPJM’s latest crisis—the underfunding of financial transmission rights that we’ve seen over the last few years—pushes regulators right to the edge.

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More planning, fewer incentives, and a black swan on the horizon.
David RaskinThe transmission superhighway still needs major investments. Rate incentives were working -- until FERC started backing away from them. FERC should assert its authority more aggressively to promote the vision of a robust interstate grid.

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A pragmatic new approach to assuring reliability.
Randall Speck and Kimberly FrankThe latest dispute over PJM’s bidding rules has raised the level of uncertainty in organized electricity markets. Efforts at reform have created a market structure so jumbled that it can’t produce just and reasonable rates -- or assure adequate...

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