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By Suzanne Herel PJM’s wholesale energy, capacity and regulation markets were competitive for the first half of the year, but there is room for improvement, according to the second quarter State of the Market Report by Monitoring Analytics. The Independent Market Monitor made new recommendations for the energy, capacity and...

By Robert Mullin Pacific Gas and Electric filed with California regulators last week to shut down the state’s last remaining nuclear power plant by the end of 2025. The application also asks the state Public Utilities Commission to approve a joint proposal that the utility forged with environmental, labor and...

By Tom Kleckner With its electricity demand projected to grow 3 to 4% annually, the expected retirement of 10 to 15 GW of fossil plants, a commitment to add 1 GW of wind power annually and off-peak prices as high as $65/MWh, Mexico presents an appealing target to generation developers.

SPP says it is on track to go live as scheduled with the new gas-day timeline in October and enhanced combined cycle (ECC) software in March. Testing on SPP’s gas-day system began Aug. 1 and concludes Aug. 29. The first operating day will be Oct. 1, when participants must submit...

By Amanda Durish Cook Concerned about the impact of plant retirements in the state, Michigan officials have asked MISO to conduct a reliability analysis that assumes simultaneous outages at the Palisades and Fermi 2 nuclear plants. Fermi 2 Nuclear Plant Source: DTE Energy Entergy’s Palisades plant on Lake Michigan and...

MISO wants to know how it can improve frequency response under an evolving generation fleet and is asking for stakeholder involvement to draft an issues statement. “This isn’t a new topic. The industry has been grappling with the issue for years,” said Durgesh Manjure, MISO's manager of resource adequacy coordination.

By William Opalka Following a directive from a federal appeals court, FERC ordered ISO-NE to provide more information proving that the 2013-14 winter reliability program resulted in just and reasonable rates (ER13-2266). “ISO-NE should request from program participants information that will enable ISO-NE’s [Internal Market Monitor] to evaluate the competitiveness...

By Amanda Durish Cook MISO will ask FERC to end a system support resource agreement in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, saying its reliability concerns will be addressed by American Transmission Co.’s transmission reconfiguration until an upgrade expected in service by the end of 2020. MISO said ATC’s proposal to open transmission...

By William Opalka The U.S. Supreme Court cast a long shadow as New York regulators drafted the Clean Energy Standard and its incentives to preserve upstate nuclear power plants. Audrey Zibelman, chair of the state Public Service Commission, said that the order adopted last week was drafted to avoid legal...

The Organization of PJM States Inc. has adopted a resolution urging the PJM Board of Managers to instruct staff to develop market rules “which optimize the participation and value of demand response” in the wholesale markets. The resolution, sent to CEO Andy Ott on July 29, notes that 10,348 MW...