Sentences with phrase «independent transmission system operator»

An independent regulator and an independent transmission system operator should be established with a strong mandate to increase competition without jeopardising security of supply.

In the long term, a fully independent transmission system operator should be established.

Not exact matches

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. --(April 6, 2016)-- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has formed a strategic alliance with TransCanyon, LLC (TransCanyon), a joint venture between subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway Energy and Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, to jointly pursue competitive transmission opportunities solicited by the California Independent System Operator Corporation (CAISO), the operator for the majority of California's transmission grid.

In January, FERC, an independent regulatory government agency that is officially organized as part of the Department of Energy (DOE), thwarted a DOE proposal to require independent system operators and regional transmission organizations to establish «just and reasonable» rates for resilient and reliable plants, such as coal and nuclear baseload generators.

In the January ruling, FERC ordered PJM and the rest of the country's independent system operators and regional transmission organizations to respond to a list of 14 questions about how to define and measure grid resilience, with the goal of determining what, if any, additional steps might be needed outside of existing market rules to prevent or recover from disasters.

On September 14, 2017, academics, policy makers, representatives of Independent System Operators / Regional Transmission Organizations and other stakeholders engaged in a discussion of the future of electricity markets over the next two decades, with an emphasis on the potential for high penetrations of zero and low marginal cost generation, and various options for organizing wholesale electricity transactions in the face of rapid technological change.

«(iv) the plans of Regional Transmission Organizations, Independent System Operators, State authorities, Indian tribes, transmission owners, load - serving entities, and others inTransmission Organizations, Independent System Operators, State authorities, Indian tribes, transmission owners, load - serving entities, and others intransmission owners, load - serving entities, and others in the region;

The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) has reported that energy storage can offer up to 13 different services to stakeholders, including customers, utilities, independent system operators and regional transmission organizations.

• Richard F McMahon, Vice President, Energy Supply and Finance, Edison Electric Institute • Challenges for an independent transmission operator in terms of ownership and system operation Carsten Lehmköster, Senior Manager Regulatory Management, Amprion

Grid operators — known as independent system operators (ISOs) or regional transmission organizations — hold auctions to procure future energy resources at the wholesale level.

In 2012, the continuing SONGS closure put pressure on the electric power grid operator, the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), to adjust both generation and transmission in order to meet summer demand for electricity, and in general, continues to change the generation profile in the area.

FERC instead directed the regional transmission organisations and independent system operators - the bodies that operate the USA's power grid - to assess the resilience of the electricity grid and to recommend additional actions to mitigate any identified issues.

FERC opened the doors to restructuring and competition with Orders 888 and 889, by requiring open access to transmission systems and introducing the concept of independent systems operators.

In addition, Joel has advised on a range of rate and regulatory matters relating to electric energy markets administered by independent system operators (ISOs), including: representation before the FERC and as a voting representative for a client, at New York and New England ISOs management committee and subcommittee meetings; representation before NEPOOL and litigation before the NEPOOL Review Board; litigation on energy market prices in ISO administered markets; electric transmission access and pricing; and RTO formation.