FERC is asking for stakeholder comments regarding its technical conference last month on capacity markets and the role of PJM’s expanded minimum offer price rule (MOPR) in its market (AD21-10). The conference, which took place March 23, featured discussions on the role of capacity market designs in PJM, ISO-NE and...

FERC accepted NYISO rules allowing an energy storage resource (ESR) to participate in the wholesale markets with wind or solar as a co-located storage resource (CSR) (ER21-1001). "We find that these tariff revisions will enhance the eligibility and participation of CSR component resources, as well as for ESRs more generally,...

PJM’s minimum offer price rule (MOPR) is living on borrowed time if the comments at FERC’s technical conference on capacity markets Tuesday are any guide (AD21-10). FERC Chair Richard Glick and PJM CEO Manu Asthana both said the MOPR is not "sustainable" because it is frustrating state decarbonization efforts. "We’re...

FERC last week found that the tax relief granted to a solar farm being constructed in Virginia does not fall under PJM’s minimum offer price rule (MOPR) or qualify as a state subsidy (EL21-35). Hollow Road Solar, a 20-MW qualifying facility being developed in Frederick County, filed a petition with...

PJM stakeholders endorsed an issue charge regarding the allocation of capacity transfer rights (CTRs) after delaying the vote last month when stakeholders raised questions about the initiative’s scope and potential impact. The vote on the issue charge, originally advanced by Buckeye Power, was endorsed with 79% support at last week’s...

Former FERC Chair Norman Bay | © RTO Insider One of the first priorities for new EPA chief Michael Regan will be rebuilding staff and morale at the agency, which was essentially gutted by four years of the Trump administration, said Christy Goldfuss, senior vice president at the Center for...

The monthslong struggle of Ohio lawmakers to repeal the customer-paid $1 billion nuclear power plant bailout they created for a FirstEnergy Corp. subsidiary in 2019 is coming to an end, possibly this week, though not with a simple repeal of the original legislation. House Speaker Bob Cupp | Ohio House...

NYISO is looking forward to a more supportive political environment at the federal level after a challenging yet fruitful 2020 spent adapting to the pandemic and enhancing market rules to better align with New York’s clean energy transition, CEO Rich Dewey said last week. "We’re much more likely to have...

The NEPOOL Participants Committee’s first working session on the "Pathways to the Future Grid" effort last week featured ISO-NE’s proposed work on market frameworks, including a long-range transmission study and examination of net carbon pricing. The "pathways" effort is part of New England’s Future Grid Initiative, which also includes a reliability...

FERC Chairman Richard Glick began cleaning house Thursday during his first open meeting at the agency’s helm, refreshing the commission’s work on several issues while closing the books on others. Most notably, the commission issued another Notice of Inquiry seeking comment on revising its 1999 policy statement on natural gas...