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AUSTIN, Texas — ERCOT stakeholders last week tabled a proposal to eliminate the reduction of congestion revenue rights (CRR) payments — “deration,” in the ERCOT vernacular — after the measure failed to pass the Technical Advisory Committee. The nodal protocol revision request (NPRR821) would reverse the deration-settlement mechanism, which was...
By Jason Fordney FOLSOM, Calif. — The CAISO Board of Governors last week greenlit new rules that allow the grid operator to constrain the operations of gas plants across the state and the Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM), part of a package of initiatives drawn up in response to the...
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 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...