By Rich Heidorn Jr. PJM officials plan to hold the next Base Residual Auction about six months after they receive FERC approval of its compliance filing implementing the expanded minimum offer price rule (MOPR). The proposed timeline will be included in the RTO’s compliance filing to expand the MOPR to...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. A bipartisan energy bill being debated by the Senate is providing FERC critics an opportunity to seek changes to the commission’s quorum rules and authority. Democratic senators have proposed at least seven FERC-related amendments to the American Energy Innovation Act (S. 2657) introduced by Sens. Lisa...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. Dominion Energy asked FERC on Friday to reconsider its conclusion that self-supply resources suppress PJM capacity prices, contending the commission’s position is inconsistent with an exemption it granted similar resources in NYISO. Dominion asked to supplement its Jan. 21 request for rehearing of the commission’s December...

WASHINGTON — The need for gas peakers and electric transmission and the increasing popularity of hybrid storage projects were recurrent topics at the American Council on Renewable Energy’s (ACORE) Policy Forum on Wednesday. And of course, no energy conference would be complete without a discussion of FERC’s controversial order on...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said Wednesday that he and other Senate Democrats will seek to amend a bipartisan energy bill this week to undo FERC rulings on PJM’s minimum offer price rule (MOPR) and NYISO buyer-side market power mitigation (BSM). Van Hollen...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. State consumer advocates asked the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday to review FERC’s Dec. 19 order expanding PJM’s minimum offer price rule (MOPR) — despite the fact that the commission has not acted on numerous requests for rehearing. FERC’s December order extended the MOPR...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. PJM stakeholders on Friday got their first look at the price floors that could be applied for capacity resources under the expanded minimum offer price rule (MOPR). PJM shared what it called "informational" net cost of new entry (CONE) values, while The Brattle Group, which was...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. Public Service Enterprise Group CEO Ralph Izzo expressed skepticism Wednesday that New Jersey utilities will abandon the PJM capacity market over the expanded minimum offer price rule (MOPR). "We will work cooperatively with the Board of Public Utilities in New Jersey and PJM to find the...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. FERC’s Dec. 19 order expanding PJM’s minimum offer price rule (MOPR) prompted outrage among some officials in the RTO’s 13-state footprint and shoulder shrugs from others (EL16-49, EL18-178). Filings by officials in Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia and D.C. show they share some of the concerns that...

On Feb. 19, RTO Insider held an hourlong webinar with regulators from five of PJM’s biggest states to find out how they plan to respond to FERC’s Dec. 19 order expanding PJM’s minimum offer price rule (MOPR) to new state-subsidized resources (EL16-49, EL18-178). Illinois Commerce Commission Chair Carrie K. Zalewski;...