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In a two-day meeting last week, the New England Power Pool Markets Committee continued work on ISO-NE’s proposed Energy Security Improvements (ESI) proposal, with discussions on LNG supplies, market mitigation and a second demand curve. The RTO has five months to file a long-term fuel security mechanism under FERC’s second...
By Christen Smith VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — An unprecedented spell of hot weather across PJM earlier this month left stakeholders questioning whether the RTO’s operational decisions produced the unusual price signals some generators witnessed while complying with emergency load management instructions. Rebecca Carroll, PJM’s director of dispatch, told the Operating...
By Amanda Durish Cook Coastal regions are picking up steam in implementing energy efficiency, while areas in Middle America are either stalled or backsliding, according to the latest annual ranking of states’ individual measures. Massachusetts led the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s 13th annual State Energy Efficiency Scorecard for...
CEO Search Continues VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — Neil Smith, chairman of PJM’s search committee and a member of its Board of Managers, told the Markets and Reliability Committee on Thursday that he anticipates former CEO Andy Ott’s position will be filled by the end of fall. "We are focused on...
By Christen Smith PJM’s Independent Market Monitor said the RTO should resume its efforts to close loopholes that allow demand response resources to sell high and buy low in its capacity auctions. In an analysis published earlier this month, the Monitor concluded that DR sellers bought the highest amount of...
The New England Power Pool Markets Committee voted Wednesday to amend Market Rule 1 to limit the retention of resources needed for fuel security to a two-year maximum. One abstention from the Transmission sector was recorded. ISO-NE’s director of NEPOOL relations, Allison DiGrande, delivered a memo arguing that "the change...
By Rich Heidorn Jr. FERC on Thursday rejected a PJM proposal to reduce load-serving entities' savings from price-responsive demand (PRD) programs (ER19-1012). PJM had proposed changing the calculation of the "nominal PRD value," used for determining the PRD credit, from the reduction in load during the RTO’s annual peak to...
By Christen Smith Decarbonizing the building sector remains a top priority if Northeast states want to reach their climate targets by 2050, energy experts and regulators said last week. But state policy efforts have, so far, fallen short of long-term emissions-curbing targets. "We’ve achieved 17% of where we need to...
By Christen Smith Ohio lawmakers are being asked to trade ratepayer-funded renewable energy mandates for the jobs and carbon-free energy that would come from the continued operation of FirstEnergy Solutions’ Davis-Besse and Perry nuclear plants. House Bill 6, titled the Clean Air Act, has confounded fossil fuel proponents and environmental...