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By Michael Kuser NYISO on Thursday recommended steps to prevent certain wholesale market suppliers, designated as carbon-free in the New York Clean Energy Standard (CES), from collecting double payments for carbon-emission reductions that have already been captured by renewable energy credit contracts. “The idea is to prevent these resources from...
By Amanda Durish Cook MISO last week said its grid can currently sustain 20% renewable penetration without damaging frequency response, the latest findings from its ongoing renewable integration impact study. The RTO in spring published study results showing that increased renewable integration — especially solar generation — will shift peak...
WASHINGTON — Former FERC Chairman Pat Wood III used his keynote speech at last week’s Future Power Markets Summit to “re-serve the Kool-Aid” on the value of competitive markets threatened by state subsidies and the Trump administration’s push for price supports for coal and nuclear generation. He referred to the...
By Rich Heidorn Jr. FERC clarified Friday that its February order requiring new generators to provide primary frequency response did not imply that existing generators are entitled to compensation for providing the service (RM16-6-001). Order 842 required transmission providers to amend their pro forma generator interconnection agreements (GIAs) to require...
Texas regulators last week issued requests for comments on real-time co-optimization (RTC) and incorporating marginal losses into dispatch decisions, proposals that have varying levels of stakeholder support. On June 29, ERCOT’s Independent Market Monitor filed a report at the Public Utility Commission indicating RTC could have saved as much as...
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — PJM’s Ray Fernandez told attendees at last week’s Market Implementation Committee meeting that his staff are still completing calculations for part of FERC’s ruling on retroactively reallocating costs for certain transmission projects in the RTO’s territory (EL05-121). Staff have requested to extend the compliance filing deadline...
ERCOT is leaving significant amounts of money on the table by not using real-time co-optimization (RTC) of energy and ancillary services in its market operations, a study by the ISO’s Independent Market Monitor has concluded. In its study filed last month with the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Monitor...