AEMA Files Post Technical Conference Comments on Seasonal Resources
AEMA filed additional comments to the original complaint at FERC regarding seasonal resource participation in PJM Interconnection’s Reliability Pricing Model (“RPM”) capacity construct. In the comments, AEMA states that a perfect capacity market would precisely account for every resource’s ability to serve load at all times and find the least-cost mix of those resources that […]
Advanced Energy Management Alliance Commends Regulators’ Resolution on Demand Response
See original press release on Business Wire here. WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2016) –The Advanced Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) was pleased today with the adoption by the Organization of PJM States, Inc. (OPSI), a group of regulatory commissions—all located within the PJM independent system operator’s thirteen states and District of Columbia purview—of a resolution in […]
PowerMag: Green Groups Challenge PJM’s Capacity Performance Rules
07/11/2016 | Bentham Paulos The “polar vortex” storm of January 2014 blew in big changes to PJM Interconnection’s operations. But these changes are now the subject of a lawsuit filed by environmental groups, alleging they discriminate against clean energy sources. The sub-zero temperatures froze coal piles and gearboxes. Natural gas plants, lacking firm contracts for […]
Charleston Gazette-Mail: Supreme Court Case Explained
Read full story in Charleston Gazette-Mail here. Saturday, October 10, 2015 Morrisey joins electricity demand brief before U.S. Supreme Court by Andrew Brown, Business Reporter How the regional power grid works The regional power grid for West Virginia and 12 other states is operated by a company called the PJM Interconnection. PJM’s bidding process involves almost […]
FERC Grants AEMA Petition to Include Demand Response
On July 22, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted in part the AEMA complaint regarding exclusion of demand response from PJMs Capacity Performance Transition Auction (Docket ER15-623). Only one Commissioner dissented (Commissioner Clark), with all other Commissioners agreeing that demand response should be included in the auction. Commissioner Moeller issued a statement in support […]
EDF Blog: A Legislative Push to Get Texas Serious About Energy Storage
Originally posted on: http://blogs.edf.org/texascleanairmatters/2015/04/20/a-legislative-push-to-get-texas-serious-about-demand-response/ EDF Energy Exchange: http://blogs.edf.org/energyexchange/ April 20, 2015 By: Suzanne L. Bertin, Director of Regulatory Affairs at EnerNOC With the blooming Texas bluebonnets signalling the end of winter and at least a few weeks before the blazing heat begins, spring might not seem the ideal time for the Texas Legislature to debate laws about […]
Advanced Energy Management Alliance Members and Allies Support Supreme Court Appeal for Demand Response
Press release originally posted on PRWeb here. Support for the appeal of a DC Circuit Court of Appeals decision that vacated Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Order 745 (Electric Power Supply Ass’n v. FERC, D.C. Circuit No. 11-1486) has been filed by a diverse set of parties, including several Advanced Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) members […]
Consumers Could Bear Cost in PJM Proposal
A proposal by PJM Interconnection to rework the capacity market in their system will have enormous negative impact on consumers, asserts the Transition Coalition, a diverse group of consumers, developers, providers, and investors. The comments were part of a process that PJM put into place to provide input to the proposal. Other coalitions included one […]
Advanced Energy Management Alliance Urges Obama Administration to Appeal Order 745 in Wake of PJM Proposal
Release originally appeared on PRWeb here. Yesterday, in response to the recent DC Circuit Court decision that vacated Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Order 745 (Electric Power Supply Ass’n v. FERC, D.C. Circuit No. 11-1486), PJM Interconnection released a proposal identifying a potential blueprint for complying with the decision, should the interpretation of that decision include […]
Demand Response Industry and Consumer Coalition Reacts to U.S. Circuit Court Decision
Washington, DC (September 18, 2014). The Advanced Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) today reacted with disappointment in the U.S. Circuit Court decision not to rehear en banc the decision issued in May to vacate the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order 745. “We are disappointed but not surprised about this decision,” said Katherine Hamilton, Executive Director of […]