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;...

By Tom Kleckner Sunflower Electric Power lost a second time last week in its bid to recover $5 million it claims it is owed for “backstopping” a power-supply arrangement between Kansas Municipal Energy Agency and Garden City, Kan. FERC denied Sunflower’s request for a rehearing of a July 2014 order...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. PJM energy market prices were down almost 40% in the first half of 2015 compared with 2014, while capacity and transmission service charges rose by double digits, the Independent Market Monitor reported last week. The load-weighted average real-time LMP, which hit $69.92/MWh in the first six...