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By Michael Kuser A draft version of NYISO’s annual load and capacity forecast shows electric vehicle usage driving a 66% increase in New York’s projected baseline peak demand growth rate over the next 20 years. Much of that growth would occur in the second half of the study period, according...

By Amanda Durish Cook CARMEL, Ind. — FERC on Friday granted MISO permission to implement the remaining two proposals in its three-part short-term resource availability and need project. Facing baseload generation retirements, more frequent emergencies and diminishing capacity margins, MISO had proposed stricter outage scheduling rules and annual real power...

WESTBOROUGH, Mass. — Ten transmission upgrades have been placed in service in New England since October, ISO-NE transmission planning engineer Jon Breard told the RTO’s Planning Advisory Committee on Thursday during a Regional System Plan (RSP) project list update. Another 32 asset condition projects have been completed since then, most...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — The PJM Market Implementation Committee on Wednesday heard a first read on a proposed change to the calculations for financial transmission rights forfeitures. Brian Chmielewski, manager of market simulation, said PJM and the Independent Market Monitor agreed the current forfeiture rules should be adjusted because they...

AUSTIN, Texas — Parks Associates’ annual Smart Energy Summit attracted more than 100 industry representatives to the state capital, home to Silicon Hills and a vibrant technology environment. Attendees at the 2019 Smart Energy Summit | © RTO Insider Attendees participated in workshops and panel discussions on new roles for...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. ISO-NE CEO Gordon van Welie said Wednesday that his concerns about New England’s ability to keep the lights on continue to grow despite recently enacted market rule changes, predicting that energy security risks "could become a year-round concern." ISO-NE CEO Gordon van Welie | © RTO...

By Michael Kuser Advanced Energy Economy and the Sustainable FERC Project last week petitioned FERC for a declaratory order regarding ISO-NE’s possible attempt to retroactively apply new performance standards that would affect the eligibility of energy efficiency resources participating in the RTO’s capacity market. The petitioners also asked the commission...

By Christen Smith VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — The PJM Demand Response Subcommittee would be tasked with updating the testing rules for rarely dispatched DR resources under a problem statement and issue charge presented to members Wednesday. PJM’s Jack O’Neill told the Market Implementation Committee that the RTO’s current testing rules...

By Michael Kuser Massachusetts electricity suppliers won’t have any trouble this year meeting the state’s new mandate for serving a certain portion of their sales with “clean peak” resources. That’s because the state’s Department of Energy Resources (DOER) last week set the 2019 minimum to zero while it attempts to...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. FERC has approved PJM’s proposal to change how it measures seasonal demand response resources, rejecting a protest by the RTO’s Independent Market Monitor. PJM currently permits curtailment service providers (CSPs) to combine DR resources within the same transmission zone into a single DR registration, with the capacity...