Catherine Morehouse

Soaring demand, gas shortages and frozen wind turbines forced grid operators to enact rolling blackouts last week.

Welcome to “Lessons from Disruption: Navigating the Pandemic and Beyond,” a podcast series dedicated to further understanding how the utility industry can overcome the several challenges brought out by COVID-19 with technology and smart planning.

The “Save Colstrip” legislation is expected to reach the House floor in the coming weeks, as the governor considers three more coal-related bills.

To stay competitive, service providers must go beyond “is it fixed: yes or no” to delivering an experience that results in a repeat customer who becomes an advocate.

The work that McIntyre started during his tenure as FERC chairman will define the legacy of the commission under this administration.

Ahead of FERC storage order deadline, new rules begin to take shape in PJM  Utility Dive

Bernard McNamee helped roll out the Department of Energy’s ill-fated plan to save coal and nuclear plants, which FERC rejected unanimously in January.

Retail power sales fell by 80 billion kWh last year, the largest drop since the economic recession in 2009.

Nearly 1/3 of planned gas peakers at risk from energy storage, GTM finds  Utility Dive

The Arizona Corporation Commission approved a 9-month moratorium on new gas plants 150 MW or larger, directing utilities to examine renewable energy and storage instead.

The “customer aggregation” application allows customers with loads under 5 MW to shop for their retail energy supply.

NextEra is said to be considering a bid for the public utility, and it’s unclear how the lawsuit would affect that potential merger.

The law has been under fire for much of its 40-year history, but changes proposed in November could be the most significant yet.

The D.C. Circuit was set to put the pipeline on hold this week, but last-minute filings from FERC and pipeline owners appear to have bought the project some time.

The former chairman’s comments may disappoint coal and nuclear backers, who want quick pricing changes in wholesale power markets following FERC’s decision to reject a DOE subsidy proposal.

State regulators say the utility acted prudently in complying with environmental regulatory agencies’ requirements for its Turkey Point Cooling Canal Monitoring Plan.

Chatterjee said his temporary plan means “we’ve moved past” debating the DOE NOPR, and that many critics of his proposal “frankly don’t understand it.”

The acting FERC chairman wants RTOs and ISOs to update their tariffs to keep coal and nuclear plants online as his commission considers broader changes to wholesale market compensation.

Deputy EPA Administrator nominee Andrew Wheeler told senators he saw a Murray Energy plan submitted to the White House to revive the coal sector and attended two meetings to craft its contents into the Department of Energy’s cost recovery proposal.

Few new peak providers have come online for the city because short-term market rules don’t offer investors the certainty they need.