Reliability concerns drive need for energy market design reforms, but regions diverge in FERC proceeding

A Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) proceeding that occurred in February  revealed two important things about the US’s accelerating energy transition. The first concern being the rising penetrations of variable and distributed generation make reliability a growing concern for regional market operators governed by FERC. Secondly, there seems to be no simple solution to affordably meet the diverse needs of solar-rich California. To read more, click here.

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