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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.
By Robert Mullin CAISO’s Board of Governors last week approved a measure investing the board with complete oversight authority over the grid operator’s internal Market Monitor. The change comes in response to FERC’s recommendations in a 2016 audit report that found that SPP executives had “inappropriate” involvement in the oversight...
By Amanda Durish Cook With FERC staff’s hesitant nod, MISO will apply a more stringent physical withholding rule and remove demand response and energy efficiency from market monitoring in next month’s Planning Resource Auction. The commission released a short delegated order March 15 that accepted and suspended MISO’s proposed changes...
By Robert Mullin CAISO market operators are preparing to deal with an inevitable flood of energy oversupply this spring, when unusually high levels of hydroelectric output are expected to compound the impact of growing solar penetration on the California grid. One likely outcome: forced reductions in self-scheduled power deliveries throughout...
AUSTIN, Texas — Infocast gathered industry experts in the Texas state capital to share their insights on the “challenging times that lie ahead for ERCOT.” Panelists examined changing market rules, the impact of gas prices on generators, how the delivery of new wind and solar power will change market dynamics,...
By Amanda Durish Cook CARMEL, Ind. — MISO will file with FERC to correct a recently uncovered eight-year-old Tariff mistake related to the RTO’s day-ahead margin assurance payment. The RTO has found that Module C of its Tariff contains language saying that any resource that incurs an excessive or deficient...
CARMEL, Ind. — MISO will make two changes to improve its year-old emergency pricing structure by this summer in addition to the two emergency pricing floors rolled out last year, RTO staff said during a March 9 Market Subcommittee meeting. The first change: Commitment costs of offline fast-start units will...