Featured in In conversation – 08-2018

FERC, capacity markets, and state policy

Energy Innovation’s Robbie Orvis discusses the potential impacts of recent decisions by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on U.S. solar and wind markets, and what we can expect in the future.

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Christian Roselund

08 Aug 2018

Robbie Orvis is the Director of Energy Policy Design at Energy Innovation. He conducts analyses on which policies can meet climate and energy goals. | Photo: Robbie Orvis

Can you sum up FERC’s recent decision on PJM’s capacity market proposals in layperson’s terms?So [transmission operator] PJM Interconnection had submitted a couple of options to FERC to reform its capacity market. One would have allowed resources to receive capacity commitments as they do today, but administratively add back into prices the impact of subsidies. …

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