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By Michael Kuser and Rich Heidorn Jr. Executives from PJM, NYISO and ISO-NE will gather with stakeholders, state officials and others at FERC this week to seek ways to incorporate state policies on greenhouse gases into wholesale markets. FERC scheduled the two-day technical conference out of concern that the RTO/ISO...

RENSSELAER, N.Y. — NYISO achieved a wind energy record of 1,574 MW at around noon on March 2, representing 9% of the state’s power generation, COO Rick Gonzales told the Management Committee on Wednesday. The record production came six days before powerful storms lashed Rochester and other parts of western...

CARMEL, Ind. — In spite of higher outages, some instances of severe weather and more expensive natural gas, MISO staff reported smooth market operations overall in March. Systemwide energy prices averaged $29.51/MWh in March, about 50% higher than March 2016. The increase was owed mostly to an increase in natural...

CARMEL, Ind. — The MISO Advisory Committee is attempting to resuscitate a yearslong discussion on whether the RTO should crack down on generators that fail to follow dispatch instructions. Although the committee did not ultimately decide whether to ask for a proposal during the April 26 conference call, it planned...

By Amanda Durish Cook CARMEL, Ind. — MISO will schedule a “common issues” meeting in response to a request from a group of stakeholders to better define energy storage, a prelude to the possible formation of a task team dedicated to the issue. Consumers Energy, DTE Energy, Ameren, Xcel Energy...

By Rory D. Sweeney VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — Is PJM’s day-ahead auction more art or science? That question was raised by several stakeholders at Tuesday’s special session of the Market Implementation Committee on price transparency, after the disclosure that PJM operators — rather than algorithms — make the final decision...

By Rory D. Sweeney WILMINGTON, Del. — What’s a megawatt really worth? That question is at the base of the current debate about PJM’s capacity market construct, which last week shifted to whether there is a willingness to consider moving away from centralized markets. At Friday’s meeting of the Capacity...

HOUSTON —The Gulf Coast Power Association’s 2017 Spring Conference last week attracted around 400 attendees for discussions on energy storage, ERCOT transmission policies, the future of energy policy under President Trump and the changing generation mix in the U.S. and Alberta, Canada. Here’s some of what we heard. NRG’s Gutierrez...

By Tom Kleckner HOUSTON — Mexican policymakers said last week their country is moving steadily in its efforts to inject competition into its electric industry but acknowledged its 2018 presidential campaign is bringing fears of uncertainty. SENER's Jeff Pavlovic, managing director of electric industry coordination. | © RTO Insider Kicking...

By Robert Mullin CAISO is curtailing an increasing volume of renewable generation this spring as the ISO sees its “duck curve” already dipping to levels not forecast to occur until 2021. Compounding the issue is an unusually high snowpack coming after years of drought that had previously undercut California’s hydroelectric...