Blogs

STP unit 1 returns to service after safe, successful outage

December 3, 2012 TransmissionHub Staff

The South Texas Project (STP) Unit 1 reactor is back online and operating at full power after a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage. […]

Industry needs to rethink electric transmission planning

October 31, 2012 TransmissionHub Staff

Increasing acceptance of new and emerging technology may reshape future load curves in ways that are not being accounted for in current transmission planning, and that needs to change. […]

A recap: The Year of Order 1000

October 10, 2012 Rosy Lum

Since FERC’s final rule was issued in July 2011, the U.S. electric industry has – not without resistance – begun to come around in compliance. […]

Bigger Risks—and Greater Rewards: Wide-open markets create risk-management challenges for the power industry

September 14, 2012 TransmissionHub Staff

U.S. electricity markets are still adjusting to the ramifications of Order 888, FERC’s open access transmission rule, 16 years after its issuance. Senior Energy Advisor for law firm LeClairRyan, Roy Palk, Esq., talks about the risks and opportunities inherent in the evolving transmission space. […]

‘Carbon-copy’ resolutions may skew perception of opposition

August 31, 2012 Carl Dombek

Power line opponents’ efforts to flood commissions with form protests may not be as effective as they would like. […]

Geothermal wants a seat at the table

August 17, 2012 TransmissionHub Staff

Geothermal energy could be a major contributor to California’s energy landscape, if only given the proper tools and policy support. […]

Please Don’t Swap Me

August 3, 2012 TransmissionHub Staff

Energy industry appears to have successfully dodged a big Dodd Frank bullet with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) decision July 10, 2012 by a 4-1 vote defining a “swap” for energy transaction purposes as largely exempting any regulatory driven environmental transactions. […]