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DOE Launches $100M Retrofit Program Targeting Coal Fleet Reliability

Sonal Patel — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 20:52:15 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) has released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) providing up to $100 million in federal backing for projects focused on restoring and modernizing the nation’s existing coal plant fleet. The Oct. 31–issued NOFO, administered by DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) under the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, […]

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DOE’s Fifth Emergency Order—for PJM—Caps Summer of Escalating Grid Risk

Sonal Patel — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 21:21:30 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued its fifth 202(c) emergency order this year, directing PJM Interconnection to override environmental limits and dispatch an oil-fired power generating unit in Maryland strictly as needed to avert possible blackouts in the Baltimore region. The July 28 order, issued under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act, authorizes […]

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Hybrid Plant Provides a Cleaner Power Solution

Darrell Proctor — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 04:17:00 +0000

California is looking for additional electricity resources, while being mindful of environmental concerns. That means power companies are looking at innovative technologies to provide reliable electricity

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NERC Identifies Energy Policy as Key Risk to Grid Reliability Amid Evolving Challenges

Sonal Patel — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 19:05:57 +0000

The North American Reliability Corporation (NERC) will for the first time consider “energy policy” among five significant evolving and interdependent risks to grid reliability. In its latest biennial ERO Reliability Risk Priorities Report, the designated North American Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) identifies energy policy as a new risk priority alongside grid transformation, resilience to extreme […]

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Germany Halts Closure of Two Nuclear Plants Until April 2023

Sonal Patel — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 19:12:22 +0000

Germany plans to keep two of its three last nuclear power plants on standby until mid-2023—beyond their year-end closure deadline—to bolster its energy security through the winter. However, the declaration has prompted confusion within Germany’s nuclear industry, which says nuclear plants aren’t suited to perform as operating reserve. Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action […]

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Reliability-Wary California Will Procure More Energy Resources to Get It Through Summer

Sonal Patel — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 16:04:21 +0000

Stricken by repeated extreme heat events, the prospect of a worsening drought, incremental resource delays, and the “unforeseen” loss of 300 MW in thermal resources, California has set out to secure additional energy resources to ensure reliability this summer. Responding to a June 29 letter from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the California […]

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Rolling Blackouts Triggered as Historic Heatwave Grips Pacific Northwest

Sonal Patel — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 16:32:57 +0000

Utilities across the Pacific Northwest are bracing for exceptional stress on the grid as record-breaking temperatures continue to fester across the region, and at least one utility—Avista Corp.—this week began rolling outages as a measure to alleviate strain on the electric system. Despite pleas to customers to reduce their power consumption, Avista, which supplies power […]

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NERC Warns Energy Shortfalls Almost Inevitable This Summer

Sonal Patel — Mon, 31 May 2021 15:50:20 +0000

The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) is warning that large swathes of the North American bulk power system (BPS) could face “elevated risks” of energy shortfalls this summer, especially if temperatures surge beyond normal peaks. But in California, risks are even more pronounced, owing to its reliance on imports to offset falling solar PV […]

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Are 1-in-10-Year Events Really 1-in-10-Year Events Anymore?

Aaron Larson — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:10:16 +0000

When evaluating resource adequacy requirements, many power companies and grid operators have used a methodology that originated more than 70 years ago. This probabilistic reliability approach has generally performed adequately through the years. It has generally evaluated loss-of-load events occurring at frequencies of one-day-in-10-years (1-in-10) to be acceptable in terms of system reliability. However, it’s […]

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Study: Resource Adequacy Concerns Mostly Stem From Restructured Electric Markets

Sonal Patel — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 18:45:35 +0000

Most issues concerning resource adequacy have arisen in the context of restructured wholesale and retail electric markets, rather than from traditionally regulated electric markets, a new study from the Electric Markets Research Foundation (EMRF) suggests. The nonprofit EMRF, established in 2012 by “academics and other experts” to fund studies on electric market issues, notes in […]

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