FERC launches broad review of fuel security issues

摘要

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announcedThursday that it will take a comprehensive look at howwholesale power markets value the security of generators’fuel supplies, though acknowledging it has limited jurisdictionover coal deliveries by rail.Commissioners at FERC’s monthly meeting Thursdaytouted the order as the next step in FERC’s review of howto improve centralized capacity markets, as well as how tobetter ensure grid reliability during times of stress, includingduring the polar vortex in January.