Dana Ammann
Policy Analyst, Sustainable FERC, Science Office
Dana Ammann leads the development of modeling, analyses, and materials to support NRDC's and Sustainable FERC Project's mission to decarbonize the U.S. power sector and deploy clean energy resources into America’s electricity transmission grid. She works on policy efforts related to FERC-regulated areas of wholesale markets and transmission planning. Prior to joining NRDC, she worked on electricity market design to expand opportunities for demand-side energy resources. Ammann holds a bachelor’s degree in natural resource and environmental economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is based in NRDC’s New York office.
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Winter Storm Elliott Report Highlights the Risk of Natural Gas Failures
Expert BlogUnited States, East, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, TexasDana Ammann
PJM’s report on Winter Storm Elliott found that gas generators were responsible for 70 percent of forced outages during December 2022. Climate change will only intensify future severe weather.
Breaking Through the PJM Interconnection Queue Crisis
Expert BlogEastDana Ammann
NRDC analyzes the outlook for new transmission in PJM Interconnection, the largest U.S. grid operator, and the impact of reforms designed to ease the logjam of projects awaiting approval to connect to the grid.
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Uneconomic Coal Costs MISO Ratepayers $1 Billion and Curtails 400 MW of Wind
MapMidwestDana Ammann
New analysis from NRDC and Grid Strategies quantifies the renewable curtailment and emissions impact of running coal plants in the red.
Reliability Within Reach: A Clean, Dependable Electric Grid for the Future Requires Improvements Today
Fact SheetUnited StatesDana Ammann
Waiting Game: How the Interconnection Queue Threatens Renewable Development in PJM
ReportUnited States, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, D.C.Dana Ammann
New NRDC analysis has found that even under recent reforms, the country’s largest grid operator is unlikely to approve new renewable projects quickly enough to meet even mandatory minimum state standards.