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US FERC orders grid operator to change interconnection requirements

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n a decision affecting the Midcontinent Independent System Operator’s interconnection process, the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has ordered the grid operator to change its rules so that all classes of interconnection customers are required to make a key payment.
FERC’s order, issued Thursday, grew out of a complaint by EDF Renewable Energy, E.ON Climate & Renewables North America and Invenergy that argued MISO unfairly requires …

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ERCOT to face more wind, RMR issues: GCPA panelists

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In future, high wind capacity factors that diminished wholesale power prices in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas this summer might not prevail, and increasing generation retirements are likely to force more reliability-must-run decisions on ERCOT grid managers.
Those are a couple of the points made during Tuesday morning discussions at the Gulf Coast Power Association’s Fall Conference in Austin, Texas.
“It was cheap and windy,” said …