Policy Review

Examination of recent policy and regulatory initiatives

• Building A Disaster Resilient Grid: New US Senate Bill supports network strengthening

  April 9, 2021
  In recent times, the power system in several parts of the US has been increasingly strained due to extreme weather events. The catastrophic power grid failure...

• European Grid Disturbance: A show of grid resilience or a cause for concern?

  March 12, 2021
  On January 8, 2021, the European grid faced a major power disturbance due to outages of several transmission network elements within a very short time...

• US Energy Act of 2020: Redefines future energy strategy

  February 12, 2021
  The year 2020 ended on a promising note for the US energy sector. The Energy Act of 2020, which is a comprehensive update of the US federal energy policies over 13 years...

• Virginia’s Energy Storage Regulations: To help meet the state’s clean energy goals

  January 7, 2021
  In 2020, Virginia became the seventh US state to adopt energy storage procurement goals for utilities. This was achieved with the passage of the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA)...

• FERC proposes to improve accuracy and transparency of transmission line ratings

  December 17, 2020
  In November 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved a draft notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) to make the existing power lines more efficient..

• NYPSC Approves Criteria for Priority Projects, CES: To meet New York’s RE goals

  November 10, 2020
  New York state has set one of the most ambitious renewable energy (RE) goals in the US. Enshrined into law through Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act..

• EC reviews 2030 NECPs: Focus on achieving EU carbon neutrality by 2050

  October 13, 2020
  The European Union (EU) is taking its energy and climate goals seriously and adopting measures to ensure that they are met. In September 2020, the European Commission...

• Harbinger of Change: Indian regulator recommends revising TBCB guidelines

  September 9, 2020
  A significant achievement for the Indian power sector has been the award of transmission projects through tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB).

• Offshore Transmission: UK to review OWT network approach

  August 13, 2020
  UK is betting big on offshore wind to meet it ambitious target of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The sector has gained greater significance in the post-COVID era investments.

• Keeping Vigil: FERC issues White Paper on cybersecurity incentives

  July 14, 2020
  The US energy regulator has been playing a proactive role in formulating and enforcing cybersecurity standards for the US bulk electric system (BES).

• Proposed Reforms by FERC:Considering revisions in transmission incentive policy

  June 17, 2020
  On March 20, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) to revise its existing transmission incentives policy....

• Brazil’s Transmission Sector Plans 2020: Involves BRL30 billion investment

  May 15, 2020
  Brazil’s energy agency Empresa de Pesquisa Energética (EPE) recently published the Programa de Expansão da Transmissão (PET)/Plano de Expansão de Longo....

• Technological Advancement Wave: US ENR publishes draft AEIA

  April 10, 2020
  In a major step towards modernising domestic energy law, the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (ENR) in February 2020 released the draft AEIA..

• Green push: Poland publishes draft offshore wind act to meet clean energy target

  March 12, 2020
  Offshore wind holds the promise of supporting Poland’s ambitious renewable energy targets as well as mitigating the risk of power shortages at zero emissions in the long run....

• US offshore developments: Independent transmission to take off on its own

  February 14, 2020
  The year 2020 may be a turning point for the US offshore wind transmission sector. Recent developments indicate that the sector is set to take off on its own...

• Policy push: Peru passes decree to fast-track priority infrastructure projects

  January 7, 2020
  Despite the political turmoil facing Peru, the government is serious about reviving economic growth and facilitating investments in key infrastructure sectors including energy....

• Revisiting policy: FERC launches investigations to test Order 1000 efficacy

  December 10, 2019
  Of late, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has been focusing its attention on one of its most promising regulations — Order No. 1000...

• Going digital: CEER recommends dynamic regulation to enable sector digitalisation

  November 11, 2019
  As Europe’s energy sector is undergoing fundamental transition to a sustainable and green economy, a second wave of technological change ....

• Energy Storage Update: Northeast US picks up pace

  October 9, 2019
  The US energy storage market has been witnessing a lot of activity recently.The policy and regulatory push at both the federal and state levels is playing a significant role....

• Power Blackout: UK’s grid resilience under scanner

  September 9, 2019
  The UK witnessed a massive power outage on August 9, 2019, impacting over a million consumers and critical public infrastructure services such as the railway, airports...