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VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — PJM’s proposed problem statement and issue charge on whether states can control energy-efficiency participation in the capacity market drew heated debate on two issues — one expected and the other not — at last week’s Market Implementation Committee meeting. Because of the ongoing debate, a vote on...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. WASHINGTON — The minimum offer price rule came up frequently at last week’s FERC technical conference exploring tensions between state clean energy policies and RTO/ISO markets in the East, with some witnesses calling for its expansion and others seeking its relaxation or abolition. Erwin | ©...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — Even as PJM moves into a heavy outage season, its balancing authority area control error limit (BAAL) remains lower than usual, PJM’s Ken Seiler said at last week’s Operating Committee meeting. Seiler | © RTO Insider PJM’s excursion minutes dropped to 177 in April, from 257...

By Michael Kuser NRG Energy posted sharp losses in the first quarter on lower hedge margins and declining capacity revenues in the eastern U.S., signaling that 2017 is turning out to be a predicted “trough year,” CEO Mauricio Gutierrez said. NRG Energy CEO Mauricio Gutierrez | NRG The company lost...

By Jason Fordney Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) transfers out of CAISO were on the upswing in March, re-establishing a pattern first seen last spring as California’s growing solar surpluses turned the state into a significant exporter of renewable energy. Real-time transfers out of CAISO were 243,908 MWh during the month,...

By Robert Mullin For nearly three hours this summer, a solar eclipse will blackout much of California’s growing volume of solar generating resources, forcing the state’s grid operator to cover the shortfall with a bevy of resources equipped to quickly react to dispatch instructions. CAISO is already well into developing...

By Rory D. Sweeney WASHINGTON — If anyone thought FERC dragging state and RTO stakeholders here for a technical conference might jolt everyone on the PJM playground into playing nice with each other, Robert Erwin of the Maryland Public Service Commission quickly disabused the standing-room-only crowd of that notion. Erwin...

By Tom Kleckner LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — SPP announced Tuesday it has named CAISO’s Keith Collins as the new executive director of its Market Monitoring Unit, effective June 1. Collins Collins was CAISO’s manager of monitoring and reporting and had been with the organization since May 2010. He will replace...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. and Michael Kuser WASHINGTON — RTO capacity markets are in serious danger from state renewable procurements and subsidies for nuclear plants, speakers told FERC on Monday. Bentz | © RTO Insider Jeffrey W. Bentz, director of analysis for the New England States Committee on Electricity, said...

Stakeholders Defer Vote on Regulation Revisions WILMINGTON, Del. — John Horstmann of Dayton Power and Light expressed concern that PJM’s proposed regulation changes will have a “huge impact” on existing Reg D providers and noted that complaints have been filed at FERC opposing the changes PJM implemented in January. (See...