Illinois Regulator Explores Policy Tools to Reap Benefits of Energy Storage

LS Power Wins Approval to Connect 250-Megawatt Battery Storage System to California Grid

Energy Storage, EnerKnol Impacts, EnerKnol Pulse, Grid Modernization

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted a request by Gateway Energy Storage LLC, a unit of LS Power Development LLC, for an order directing San Diego Gas & Electric Co. to provide transmission and grid-connections to deliver the output of its battery storage system onto its service territory within the California grid. FERC said that…

EPA Declines Delaware, Maryland Petitions on Cross-State Ozone Pollution Citing Lack of Evidence

EPA Declines Delaware, Maryland Petitions on Cross-State Ozone Pollution Citing Lack of Evidence

Climate Change and Emissions, EnerKnol Impact-Misc Categories, EnerKnol Pulse

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Sept. 14 denied petitions from Delaware and Maryland asking the agency to address smog pollution blowing across their borders from coal-fired power plants in other states. The states sought action under the Clean Air Act’s “good neighbor provision” that requires the agency to control upwind states’ air pollution that…