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By Jason Fordney FOLSOM, Calif. — Energy storage and distributed energy resources stand to play a bigger role in markets as CAISO moves forward with its latest proposal to integrate and compensate the emerging technologies, ISO staff said last week. Kim | © RTO Insider The scope of the Energy...

By Jason Fordney Pacific Gas & Electric is requesting proposals for the development of up to 45 MW of “clean energy” resources including at least 10 MW of energy storage, as the centerpiece of its plans to replace the aging Dynegy Oakland jet fuel-fired power plant. The utility said it...

AUSTIN, Texas — ERCOT’s Technical Advisory Committee last week approved staff’s recommendation to remove reliability unit commitment (RUC) capacity from the grid operator’s operating reserve demand curve (ORDC), passing a revision request with minimal discussion. Technical Advisory Committee gathers for March meeting. | © RTO Insider Staff’s other binding document...

By Amanda Durish Cook An energy consulting firm thinks MISO has the potential for several gigawatts of demand-side energy savings by 2038, stakeholders learned Thursday. The 20-year estimates of MISO’s future demand response, energy efficiency and distributed generation were produced by Applied Energy Group (AEG), with near final results presented...

By Rory D. Sweeney Duke Energy last week announced an updated carbon-reduction plan that anticipates relying on natural gas and technology advancements to phase out coal-fired generation by 2050. In a report on climate change to shareholders, the company said it plans to retire nine coal-fired plants, totaling 2,006 MW,...

By Rory D. Sweeney FERC has given an unconditional thumbs-up to resource-aggregation rules for PJM that staff conditionally approved last year when the commission lacked a quorum (ER17-367). The order officially approves rule changes PJM filed in November 2016 to allow seasonal resources to aggregate across locational delivery area borders,...

By Amanda Durish Cook A distributed energy resource trade group is calling on MISO to open its markets to customer-owned demand response and urging state regulators and utilities to develop programs that reimburse small DR providers. The Advanced Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) last week issued a white paper containing model...

By Michael Kuser FERC last week denied CPower’s request for a one-time waiver to replace the results of a failed demand response audit with those of a more successful one conducted a week later (ER18-185). | ISO-NE In its request, the energy management company said that it had asked ISO-NE...

By Rory D. Sweeney One year later, the future of PJM’s markets remains as unsettled as ever. The RTO entered 2017 preoccupied with its capacity construct and how to address the impact of state-subsidized generation. It ended the year without an agreement on capacity rule changes and facing a new...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — PJM is moving to implement three changes to its financial transmission rights market, developed through its FTR Modeling, Performance & Surplus special sessions. All three received endorsement at last week’s Market Implementation Committee meeting. The first involves changes in long-term FTR modeling to account for future...