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MISO plans to file a waiver with FERC on its winter energy offer cap policy while it waits for the commission to work out whether a soft cap will replace the current $1,000/MWh hard cap, RTO officials told the Market Subcommittee last week. The waiver, to be filed Sept. 30,...

All storage resources wanting to qualify as capacity should register as behind-the-meter for the 2017/18 planning year, MISO said at last week’s two-day Resource Adequacy Subcommittee meeting. The AES Corporation partnered with Indianapolis Power and Light to open the first battery storage facility in MISO in June. Manager of Resource...

By William Opalka Numerous stakeholders have called for rehearing of New York’s Clean Energy Standard, raising objections over the subsidy for nuclear power, the elimination of support for some legacy renewable energy plants and the potential loss of renewable energy credits (REC) to adjoining states (15-E-0302). Most of the requests...

By Rory D. Sweeney The Clean Power Plan poses no threat to PJM’s reliability, but compliance costs are highly sensitive to gas prices and whether states go it alone or combine efforts with a regional approach, according to a study released by the RTO last week. If gas prices remain...

By Robert Mullin CAISO’s Board of Governors last week approved proposed Tariff revisions that will require new renewable resources be capable of providing grid-stability services as a condition for interconnecting with the ISO’s system. CAISO's Tariff changes will require new and upgraded renewable resources to be capable of providing reactive...

By Tom Kleckner ERCOT’s latest resource adequacy assessments indicate it has 25,000 to 30,000 MW of spare generating capacity for the fall and winter. ERCOT's control rom Source: ERCOT The Texas grid operator’s final Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) for October and November includes more than 82,000 MW of...

By William Opalka FERC on Wednesday rejected Algonquin Gas Transmission’s request to exempt gas-fired generators from competitive bidding under capacity release rules, another blow to those seeking to increase New England’s gas infrastructure (RP16-618). Photo credit: Steve Oehlenschlager The proposal to amend Algonquin’s tariff was an offshoot of the company’s...

By Robert Mullin Southern California’s winter grid operations are unlikely to be compromised by natural gas pipeline restrictions stemming from the shutdown of Aliso Canyon, even in the event of a once-in-a-decade cold snap, according to an interagency assessment released Monday. Still, tight gas supplies could leave the region vulnerable...

By William Opalka A hydropower owner is seeking rehearing of New York’s Clean Energy Standard, which limited the state’s new zero-emission credits (ZECs) to nuclear generators (15-E-0302). Source: Ampersand Energy Resources In a petition filed Aug. 23, Ampersand Hydro said it was arbitrarily excluded from the New York Public Service Commission’s...

By William Opalka Responding to policy initiatives from Washington and Albany, NYISO last week released a “road map” for integrating distributed energy resources that seeks to build on the grid operator’s existing markets and demand response programs. The ISO said the draft report was a response to the New York...