Jennifer Danis

DOE’s emergency orders create a moral hazard The U.S. Department of Energy’s use of Federal Power Act authority to keep retiring fossil fuel plants online could trigger a vicious cycle that ultimately jeopardizes grid reliability.

New op-ed ✒️ 📨 The Department of Energy's use of emergency powers to keep power plants running past planned retirement dates interferes with practices essential for long-term grid reliability, writes @jenn-danis.bsky.social. 💡

Read more in Utility Dive:

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The Myth of “Baseload” Power in Modern Power Grids Given the economic, social, and national security importance of having an affordable and reliable electricity grid, it is crucial for energy terminology to be used correctly and well understood. This ...

Setting the record straight on a few energy myths: policyintegrity.org/publications...

I would love a copy as well; thank you & looking forward to reading

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Rethinking Gas-Electric Coordination Severe winter storms have revealed a critical misalignment between the design of natural gas markets and the operational needs of gas-fired power plants, which are increasingly relied upon to maintain...

A deep dive into what we know, and what we don’t know, about existing interstate gas pipeline capacity:
policyintegrity.org/publications... Rethinking Gas-Electric Coordination – Institute for Policy Integrity

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Enough Energy On April 8, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order on Strengthening the Reliability and Security of the United States Electric Grid requiring the Department of Energy (DOE) to (1) “identify c...

Reflections on the DOE resource adequacy study: policyintegrity.org/publications...

Coffee-Chocolate Layer Cake with Mocha-Mascarpone Frosting As if this chocolate layer mocha cake wasn't enough, it's made with strong coffee and mascarpone cheese. You have been warned.

A humble suggestion, for the best ever cake I’ve made in that genre: www.bonappetit.com/recipe/coffe... Coffee-Chocolate Layer Cake with Mocha-Mascarpone Frosting Recipe | Epicurious

Sweeping Gas Act Amendments Should Be Quashed | The Regulatory Review The Senate should reject the use of budget reconciliation to enact major changes to energy policies.

www.theregreview.org/2025/06/05/d... Sweeping Gas Act Amendments Should Be Quashed | The Regulatory Review 🔌💡

Seven County (NEPA) decision, with a helpful concurrence explaining the relationship between the agency’s organic decision making statute and the scope of required NEPA review:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Resources on Recent Federal Actions The Trump Administration has undertaken an aggressive deregulatory agenda, which has included several harmful actions targeting beneficial environmental and energy rules. In response, we’ve published ...

The Trump Administration has unleashed a slew of harmful deregulatory actions in its first few months. To help make sense of it all, we’ve published a suite of resources and commentary explaining the legal, economic, and policy context of these actions. 🔽
policyintegrity.org/recent-feder...

It’s hard to keep track of the onslaught: Here’s a landing page to find resources on the dismantling of federal protections.

This essay is one for the ages. Thank you for putting it into the world.

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This is today! Come join us -/ in person or online. Truly an amazing line up.

Is it really about funding, though? That might help them figure out how to communicate with riders when they randomly cancel your morning train (yesterday!) but that won’t resolve Amtrak’s control over the wires at Penn.

Demystifying the Voluntary Carbon Market While the voluntary carbon market has received significant attention in recent years, discussions of the market tend to reveal inconsistency, ambiguity, and confusion. In part because there is no unif...

Voluntary carbon markets are getting lots of attention, but discussions about them tend to reveal inconsistency, ambiguity, and confusion. Our new report brings some clarity to these discussions, helping stakeholders understand key terms and concepts: policyintegrity.org/publications...

E&E News: Supreme Court NEPA ruling could target landmark climate case Some justices appeared interested in taking aim at D.C. Circuit precedent as they decide whether to limit National Environmental Policy Act reviews.

Some thoughts about where SCOTUS goes on NEPA, and its interaction with Gas Act approvals:
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We are pleased to announce that Don Goodson will become our next Executive Director on January 1st! 🎉 Don succeeds Dr. Burçin Ünel who is stepping down to focus more of her time on our academic research and policy engagement. Read our full statement here: policyintegrity.org/files/media/...

Guide to State Participation in PJM Long-Term Scenario Development Under FERC Order No. 1920 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order No. 1920, as clarified and modified by Order No. 1920-A, aims to promote more efficient or cost-effective electric transmission development by requiri...

Hot off the press, a guide for folks looking to understand and weigh in on how PJM will develop its O1920 transmission planning modeling and how state policies will show up: policyintegrity.org/publications... 🔌💡

Shadow of the Wind

Presenting Order 1920-A!

Not a required factor in this category anymore, I don’t believe

First planning cycle can begin later, cycle can be aligned with existing, which could be longer than one year

Factor category 7: sets aside requirements to incorporate corporate commitments in each scenario.

Three scenarios is a minimum, additional scenarios don’t need to comply. If they are requested by states, they must create additional scenarios

More transparency from transmission providers

More time for state engagement on cost allocation

FERC Order No. 1920-A clarification items: enhances Relevant State Entity role, requires TPs to include state agreed-upon ex ante cost allocation in their filing. Good fix.