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By Amanda Durish Cook CARMEL, Ind. — With one energy storage project under construction and several others being considered, MISO is beginning a look at rule changes needed to accommodate the emerging technology. One fundamental question MISO will have to answer is whether storage will be considered generation or categorized...

Below is a summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the Markets and Reliability Committee this Thursday. Each item is listed by agenda number, description and projected time of discussion, followed by a summary of the issue and links to prior coverage in RTO Insider.

MISO’s Board of Directors last week approved the 2015 Transmission Expansion Plan, which calls for $2.75 billion in spending on 345 projects through 2024. Board member Michael Evans said MTEP15 was shaped by more than 40 pages of stakeholder comments. “I think it got a thorough vetting and we’re happy...

NYISO last week asked for FERC approval to change its scarcity pricing logic, saying the proposed rules will more closely reflect the real-time value of demand response (ER16-425). Scarcity pricing determines the value of energy and certain ancillary services when DR resources are called upon to maintain system reliability. The...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — PJM is drafting manual changes to document the parameter adjustment process under Capacity Performance rules. The process allows a generation operator to request an adjustment if it believes its resource’s physical constraints will prevent it from meeting the parameters assigned by PJM. Related revisions to Manual...

By Amanda Durish Cook FERC last week denied requests by Texas and Louisiana regulators for rehearing of its December 2013 order approving the Entergy operating companies’ incorporation into MISO and Entergy Arkansas' exit from the companies’ system agreement. The Public Utilities Commission of Texas contended FERC was wrong because in...

Tariff Change Would Allow PJM to Sell Excess Capacity for 2016/17 WILMINGTON, Del. — Members overwhelmingly endorsed a Tariff change that would allow PJM to release Base Capacity resources to reflect the Capacity Performance resources it acquired in the transition auction for the 2016/17 delivery year. Results of PJM Reserve...

Below is a summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the Markets and Reliability and Members committees Thursday. Each item is listed by agenda number, description and projected time of discussion, followed by a summary of the issue and links to prior coverage in RTO...

The Market Implementation Committee last week approved rule changes implementing a new Tier 1 resource compensation plan that the group endorsed in July. The changes passed with 28 opposed and 16 abstentions. The policy requires changes to Manual 11: Energy & Ancillary Services Market Operations; Manual 28: Operating Agreement Accounting;...