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ERCOT staff told stakeholders last week they are working to reduce errors following two recent unrelated events that led to price corrections and resettlements. Kenan Ögelman, ERCOT’s vice president of commercial operations, shared with the Technical Advisory Committee the speaking points he will deliver to the Board of Directors during...

Observers last week cited dependence on uncontracted imports, underperformance of natural gas and wind, and market manipulation as possible causes of California’s first rolling blackouts in nearly two decades, as a state regulator cautioned against drawing premature conclusions. "It is not helpful to speculate on the root cause until we...

ERCOT is facing a collision of major system changes in 2024 when a new energy management system (EMS), real-time co-optimization (RTC) and energy storage and distributed generation resources will all be brought together. If handled correctly, ERCOT "will have as modern a system as operated by anyone in the world,...

NYISO continues to advance its Grid in Transition agenda, moving ahead with some energy and ancillary services (EAS) projects while suspending or combining others. The Business Issues Committee on Wednesday recommended the Management Committee approve the ISO’s Reserves for Resource Flexibility project to increase the portion of the total statewide...

Stakeholders at the PJM Operating Committee meeting on Thursday unanimously endorsed changes to Manual 1 to expand the use of synchrophasors and make them a requirement for certain projects under the Regional Transmission Expansion Plan (RTEP). Shaun Murphy of PJM reviewed updates to the Control Center and Data Exchange Requirements...

The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) said last week it will not require the state’s electric distribution companies to solicit proposals for a coordinated independent transmission network for the 1,600 MW of offshore wind energy already procured, but recommended bundling transmission in its next OSW solicitation. "Following a thorough...

FERC last week accepted SPP Tariff revisions implementing recommendations from the RTO’s stakeholders on fast-start resources and ramping products. The commission accepted SPP’s compliance filing on fast-start pricing but directed a further compliance filing (ER20-644). It also accepted Tariff revisions creating two new ramp capability products for both ramping up...

The PJM Operating Committee on Thursday unanimously endorsed a "quick fix" solution to give transmission owners access to the Dispatch Interactive Map Application (DIMA), a geospatial situational awareness program that RTO dispatchers have used since 2014. Ed Kovler, PJM’s senior lead business solutions architect, presented and reviewed the problem statement...