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By Amanda Durish Cook MISO’s system operated as intended in June, which saw the usual early summer increase in loads, lower-than-expected natural gas prices and near-normal temperatures. The RTO on June 13 hit a 111-GW peak for the month, 1 GW under the June 2016 peak, MISO Vice President of...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. WASHINGTON — RTO officials acknowledged Wednesday that they are challenged by low power prices and a shifting generation mix but insisted they are up to the task, asking Congress not to abandon its support of wholesale markets. Glazer | © RTO Insider “Although debate on various...

By Rory D. Sweeney PJM’s Independent Market Monitor last week filed a complaint with FERC requesting fast-track revocation of the RTO’s decision to exempt a generator from a rule meant to combat market manipulation. Bowring | © RTO Insider The complaint said PJM was “incorrect” in providing an unnamed generating...

By Michael Kuser Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy on Tuesday ordered state regulators to assess the economic viability of the Millstone nuclear power plant and determine whether the state should provide it financial support. Millstone supplies about half of Connecticut’s electricity. The Connecticut General Assembly in June failed to pass a...

By Rory D. Sweeney Environmentalists last week urged FERC to decide whether states can control participation of energy efficiency resources (EERs) in RTOs, while state officials said the commission should take no action. The group Advanced Energy Economy petitioned FERC on June 2 to issue a declaratory order ruling that...

NYISO reported Monday that locational-based marginal prices (LBMPs) for June averaged $31.76/MWh, nearly unchanged from May but up 16% from June 2016. Year-to-date monthly LBMPs averaged $36.01/MWh through June, a 20% increase from a year earlier. In a July 24 Market Operations Report to the ISO’s Business Issues Committee, Rana...

By Amanda Durish Cook MISO’s Independent Market Monitor last week gave board members an explanation of the most pressing of the nine new recommendations contained in this year’s State of the Market report, which RTO staff are reviewing for potential inclusion in its annual Market Roadmap of market improvements. Jeff...

By Rory D. Sweeney VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — PJM’s Capacity Construct Public Policy Senior Task Force has been working at a torrid pace to develop potential rule changes in time for next year’s capacity auction. After little more than four months of meetings, PJM and stakeholders have offered four proposals...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. While PJM stakeholders were meeting last week to consider yet more changes to the Reliability Pricing Model, public power representatives took their case to Congress, telling the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday that they should be released from participating in the increasingly complicated capacity...

Below is a summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the Markets and Reliability and Members committees Thursday. Each item is listed by agenda number, description and projected time of discussion, followed by a summary of the issue and links to prior coverage in RTO Insider.