Ken Sands

Former news executive @chronicle, @bloomberg, @CQrollcall, @SpokesmanReview, now SVP at @rtoinsider.
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[Ken Sands @kensands]

The move is the latest and one of the most drastic steps by the Trump administration to thwart wind power development.
https://t.co/VcE3vUfBLT

[Ken Sands @kensands]

The College Football Enquirer without amiable doofus @DanWetzel and perfect straight man @ByPatForde ? Say it ain't so. It's just not funny. What's the point, then?

[Ken Sands @kensands]

PA, VA Govs. float the idea of @ChristieFERC and Allison Clements as @pjminterconnect board members.
Interesting times.
https://t.co/Tou5xhM957

[Ken Sands @kensands]

Surprise: Trump said to nominate Democrat to head FERC. Rosner, a former Joe Manchin aide, seen as friendly to fossil fuels and locating data centers with nuclear power plants, top Trump priorities.
https://t.co/hke0WYoAh5

[Mark C. Christie @ChristieFERC]

Stakeholder Forum: Will Christie’s FERC Tenure End in a Bang or a Whimper? //www.rtoinsider.com/111936-stakeholder-forum-christies-ferc-tenure-end-bang-or-whimper/

It takes three votes

[Ken Sands @kensands]

FERC on July 21 approved a controversial MISO proposal to create a fast lane for certain reliability-related projects in the RTO’s interconnection queue — just two months after rebuffing an earlier version of the plan.
@ChristieFERC (this seems to work)
https://t.co/NF50lBZyFz

[Ken Sands @kensands]

Also at today's @FERC meeting, @ChristieFERC suggested PJM might deserve to be higher on NERC's list of regions most at-risk of "insufficient operating reserves." @rtoinsider #energytwitter

https://t.co/JE69PzUXfY

[Ken Sands @kensands]

At today's @FERC meeting, Chair @ChristieFERC specifically called out PJM governance as worrisome and cited @rtoinsider coverage:
https://t.co/us1TvofMez

[Ken Sands @kensands]

Here's @ChristieFERC , again standing up for states (and consumers) against potential federal and RTO overreach: "So perhaps state perspectives on RTO membership for their utilities should be reconsidered.”
@pjminterconnect
https://t.co/MnKXLhgCly

[Mark C. Christie @ChristieFERC]

FERC Issues Order 1920-B Upholding States’ Role in Cost Allocation //www.rtoinsider.com/102694-ferc-issues-order-1920-b-upholding-states-role-cost-allocation/

[Ken Sands @kensands]

@FERC Commissioner (now Chair) @ChristieFERC has been passionate and consistent in defending consumers and states in his four years on the commission. (He's also a big fan of our work at @rtoinsider )

[Mark C. Christie @ChristieFERC]

Meeting these challenges are my top priorities, and I have always said that the states must be full partners with FERC in protecting consumers and assuring reliability. 2/2

[Ken Sands @kensands]

Constellation operates the largest fleet of nuclear power plants in the U.S. Calpine has the largest geothermal operation as well as a large fleet of natural gas plants. The combination is viewed as a way to provide grid reliability amid growing demand from data centers.

[RTO Insider™ @rtoinsider]

Constellation Energy Corp. will acquire Calpine Corp. in a deal that will create the largest U.S. fleet of zero- and low-emission power generation.

See Full Story: https://t.co/EvHeKhL5um
Writer: John Cropley

[RTO Insider™ @rtoinsider]

Constellation Energy Corp. will acquire Calpine Corp. in a deal that will create the largest U.S. fleet of zero- and low-emission power generation.

See Full Story: https://t.co/EvHeKhL5um
Writer: John Cropley

[Ken Sands @kensands]

@johncanzanobft Subscription to The Sporting News. The Bible for baseball. The writers in the late ‘60s to mid 70’s are all in the hall of fame.

[Ken Sands @kensands]

Big deal in the Midwest.

MISO board goes against advice of its market monitor and approves $21.8 billion transmission portfolio. #energytwitter
@rtoinsider
@RTOAmanda
@MISO_energy
https://t.co/Ck3usaQkGZ

[Ken Sands @kensands]

According to @heatmap_news
"Tesla Owners Buying Up ‘Insane’ Number of Anti-Elon Musk Bumper Stickers"
https://t.co/AUAbEFO2oN

[Ken Sands @kensands]

https://t.co/ADpfnPVB0q

[RTO Insider™ @rtoinsider]

The North Carolina Utilities Commission issued an order Nov. 1 approving Duke Energy’s consolidated Carbon Plan and Integrated Resource Plan (CPIRP), which is meant to meet state-mandated carbon emission cuts.

See Full Story: https://t.co/NeQOy8BKNJ
Writer: James Downing

[Ken Sands @kensands]

The charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.
“Dangerous threats to our critical infrastructure threaten every member of this community and will not be tolerated,” Acting U.S. Attorney says."
https://t.co/DpKP3vffyG

[RTO Insider™ @rtoinsider]

With the annual GridSecCon security conference in its 13th year, Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC) CEO Manny Cancel said the event was “incredibly important”.

See Full Story: https://t.co/m2ad2EiC1S
Writer: Holden Mann