Tag: energy
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Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is currently developing a new participation model known as Price Adaptive Load (PAL) Service, designed to integrate flexible loads into the wholesale market and transmission system. Originating from SPP’s Large Load Initiative, PAL addresses a stakeholder need for a permanent, non-firm transmission service option for loads that can vary their consumption…
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Netting sounds like plumbing — a back-office accounting convenience that lets a grid operator collapse a jumble of charges and credits into one tidy number. For decades, that’s mostly what it was. But in the last three years, netting has become one of the most contested ideas in U.S. electricity regulation, showing up in fights…
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We have reached an unprecedented inflection point in the history of the American electric grid. For decades, power demand remained relatively flat, but the explosive rise of generative artificial intelligence has rewritten the calculus of national energy needs overnight. As the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) convened for its landmark June 2026 meeting, the atmosphere…
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The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is transitioning from a sequential interconnection study process to a centralized Batch Study Process for Large Load Interconnection (LLI) requests. This shift addresses the “restudy loop” inherent in the previous paradigm, where individual studies often became invalid as neighboring loads changed status, leading to constant rework and uncertainty.…
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Regulatory Context: The Transition to Manual 14D Revision 71 The formal implementation of Manual 14D Revision 71 on July 1, 2026, represents a transformative shift in PJM’s regulatory oversight and the strategic management of grid stability. This update is a direct response to the evolving interconnection landscape—specifically the rapid transition in the regional fuel mix…
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The Decoupling of Natural Gas and Wholesale Electricity Prices The 2025 market cycle was defined by a fundamental shift in grid economics: the structural decoupling of natural gas prices from wholesale electricity costs. Historically, gas units have acted as the primary marginal price setters, ensuring a tight correlation between fuel inputs and market outputs. However,…