FERC resilience review not impacted by potential DOE action to stop baseload retirements

摘要

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission does not intend to needlessly keep stakeholders in suspense when the commission ultimately decides what its next steps will be on grid resilience, nor will its review be stalled by proposals being floated at the Department of Energy, FERC Chairman Kevin McIntyre said Thursday. After nixing a contentious proposal (RM18-1) from DOE to institute new market rules providing full cost recovery and a return on investment for generators with 90-day on-site fuel supplies, FERC in January launched a holistic review (AD18-7) of the resilience of the bulk power system. The agency said the results of that review would determine whether commission action on grid resilience was warranted.