posts tagged as grid resiliency

Increased Electrification and Renewable Energy Require Massive Transmission Investment

According to a report released by the WIRES group, the transmission trade association, the Brattle Group evaluated two scenarios that involved increased...

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Large Coal Plants Slated to Close in Ohio and Pennsylvania

FirstEnergy is planning to close its last coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio over the next several years as coal plants...

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Deregulation Shouldn’t Be Blamed for California’s Grid Problems

In early May, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) released a report warning that the emergence of community choice aggregators (CCAs) could...

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FERC Rejects DOE Proposed Rule: IER Stands for Markets, Not Mandates

WASHINGTON — The Institute for Energy Research supports the Federal Energy Regulatory Commissions's vote to reject the proposed rule from Secretary of Energy Rick Perry...

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Ensuring a Resilient Grid Requires Less Government, Not More

On Friday September 29th, the Department of Energy released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing a rule for action by the Federal...

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IER Statement on Department of Energy Grid Report

WASHINGTON – Today the Department of Energy (DOE) released a new report on electricity markets and reliability, as directed by Secretary Rick Perry....

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