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...

By Michael Kuser NYISO must revise its rules governing the installation and reading of demand response meters for participants in its Installed Capacity (ICAP) market, FERC ruled Thursday (EL18-188). The commission partly granted NRG Curtailment Solutions’ July complaint alleging the ISO’s Tariff provisions are unjust because they require curtailment service...

By Rory D. Sweeney FERC approved PJM’s proposal to revise its Reliability Assurance Agreement (RAA) to exclude atypically low usage winter peak days from load-serving entities’ winter peak load (WPL) calculations (ER19-142). The revision, which was requested by East Kentucky Power Cooperative, eliminates the potential that demand response resources might...

By Michael Kuser New York regulators on Thursday approved measures that will sharply increase the state’s energy storage and efficiency targets. The rulings by the Public Service Commission will double New York’s existing 2025 storage goal to 3,000 MW by 2030 and require the state’s utilities to reduce building energy...