ISO New England dares to dream, again.
How far do states rights go in transmission planning?
Regulators are starting to show signs of strain over the restructuring debate.
The grid does not need a Marshall Plan for new investment.
Irregular seams affect ratemaking policies.
It would join an RTO but dictate the terms — a dangerous game that has the industry talking.
Financial experts discuss the ongoing recovery in the power industry, and whether better times will live up to investor expectations.
We ask merchant grid developers if anything can ever be done.
The blackout could doom deregulation, but why treat reliability and reform as either-or?
With just a few changes in reliability rules, regulators could call on consumer loads to boost power reserves for outages and contingencies.
In proposing a standard market design (SMD), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) makes clear that it wants customers to participate in wholesale power markets, such as by bidding an offer to curtail consumption, increase supply, and reduce upward pressure on prices.
"We believe in the direct approach of letting demand bid in the market," says FERC.