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Concurrent LLC, an independent power producer and energy storage developer, recently unveiled plans for an energy storage project in Halstead, Kansas.
Utilities need to align their reliability planning efforts with those of the Western Region Adequacy Program’s if they want to achieve the program’s goals of achieving reliability with a smaller portfolio through regional load and resource diversity, economies of scale, and reduced planning uncertainty, according to a new report.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently accepted a proposal from ISO New England that will allow energy storage facilities to be planned and operated as transmission-only assets to address system needs identified in a regional system planning process.
The U.S. Department of Energy has released a draft roadmap to address interconnection challenges on the transmission grid and is seeking feedback before releasing a final version.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Oct. 27 announced it has finalized four new Wind Energy Areas in the Gulf of Mexico.
President Biden recently asked Congress to provide an additional $1.6 billion for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program as part of a $56 billion domestic supplemental spending request.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has extended the compliance deadline for Order No. 2023, a final rule that reforms the Commission’s standard generator interconnection procedures and agreements.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security on Oct. 25 passed bills that would prohibit the Department of Energy from increasing distribution transformer conservation standards for five years, require federal energy regulators to review federal agency actions that are likely to have significant negative impacts on the reliability and adequacy of the bulk-power system, and reform the federal hydropower licensing process to protect existing resources and encourage the development of small and next-generation projects.