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The Organization of PJM States Inc. has adopted a resolution urging the PJM Board of Managers to instruct staff to develop market rules “which optimize the participation and value of demand response” in the wholesale markets. The resolution, sent to CEO Andy Ott on July 29, notes that 10,348 MW...

By Amanda Durish Cook MISO said last week that it is leaning against the Independent Market Monitor’s proposal to restrict the ability of offline resources to set prices based on the results of a simulation study. Congcong Wang, market design engineer, told the Market Subcommittee on Aug. 2 that MISO...

By Robert Mullin Arizona Public Service and Puget Sound Energy have moved a step closer to linking up with CAISO’s Energy Imbalance Market. The ISO on Aug. 1 commenced the operations testing phase to prepare the companies for full entry into the real-time market this fall. Over the next two...

By Robert Mullin CAISO last week provided stakeholders an update on its efforts to address concerns that the Energy Imbalance Market is not properly accounting for the impact of emissions from dispatching out-of-state resources into California — what the state’s Air Resources Board calls “carbon leakage.” “We are working collaboratively...

MISO is considering whether the transfer limit of 876 MW between MISO South and MISO North used in this year’s Planning Resource Auction should be adjusted for the 2017/18 capacity auction and if resources supplying the capacity will be delivered on a firm or non-firm basis. MISO posed several questions...

MISO will monitor maximum generation procedures as a result of pricing errors during a late July max gen warning, the RTO’s Kevin Larson said at last week’s Market Subcommittee meeting. Jeff Bladen, executive director of market services, said pricing corrections for the multiple scheduled resources and one emergency resource were...

AUSTIN, Texas — ERCOT’s Technical Advisory Committee last week rejected a request to allow economic dispatch of reliability-must-run (RMR) units over the objections of the ISO’s Independent Market Monitor and several of its Houston-area market participants. NRG Texas drafted nodal protocol revision request 784, which addresses how RMR units are...

CARMEL, Ind. — Increased natural gas prices and congestion in MISO South boosted energy prices 23% in June, according to the RTO. Day-ahead energy prices in June averaged $27.36/MWh; the real-time average price followed closely at $27.42/MWh. MISO also reported that above normal temperatures in June drove the average load...

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Less than a year after enjoying a 2-cent reduction in SPP’s administrative fee, the RTO’s members are now facing the prospect of a 4-cent hike for 2017. SPP’s Finance Committee announced the increase during last week’s Board of Directors and Members Committee meeting to minimal pushback.

By Rich Heidorn Jr. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — PJM’s Capacity Performance rules got little love last week during a panel discussion on the role of states versus markets in procuring electric generation. Clements © RTO Insider Other Eastern RTO capacity markets and New York’s planned nuclear subsidies also came under fire...