By Rich Heidorn Jr. WILMINGTON, Del. — Consumer representatives and the Independent Market Monitor expressed concern Thursday over PJM’s plans for vetting energy offers exceeding $1,000/MWh, with the Monitor seeking manual changes and consumer groups fearing excessive demand response costs. The issues arose during a discussion at the Markets and...

FERC last week denied CAISO’s request to waive Tariff requirements regarding “availability assessment hours” used to assess utilities’ compliance with resource adequacy requirements (ER17-2263). The ISO uses availability assessment hours to measure the availability of generation during a predetermined time period of the day for each type of capacity. Resources...

By Jason Fordney SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California regulators voted Thursday to extend the life of a state demand response pilot project, saying they hope it could lead to a permanent program to help meet the state’s clean energy goals. California PUC staff present their comments on the U.S. Department of...

By Jason Fordney FOLSOM, Calif. — California agencies are finalizing a roadmap for commercializing microgrids in the state, aligning with a $45 million grant funding opportunity for the technology. Gravely | © RTO Insider “We had a huge amount of questions and answers — in fact, the largest we have...

By Michael Kuser New York State Chairman of Energy & Finance Richard L. Kauffman | © RTO Insider NEW YORK — New York’s Reforming the Energy Vision initiative aims to fulfill a twofold objective, according to the state’s top energy official: attract the capital needed to integrate renewable energy into...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — PJM has reduced its installed reserve margin (IRM), largely because of a drop in the equivalent forced outage rate (EFORd), stakeholders learned at last week’s Planning Committee meeting. (See “IRM Study Approved but Criticized for Lack of Winter Analysis,” PJM Markets and Reliability and Members Committees...

By Amanda Durish Cook Ameren Illinois may have hit a roadblock in its efforts to lower its energy efficiency targets prescribed under a new law. Illinois Commerce Commission Administrative Law Judge Jan Von Qualen on Tuesday issued a preliminary order (17-0311) denying the utility’s request to lower its energy efficiency...

WILMINGTON, Del. — PJM and its Independent Market Monitor remain at odds over whether price-based offer updates should be connected to cost-based offers and specified in each unit’s fuel-cost policy. Morelli | © RTO Insider At last week’s Markets and Reliability Committee meeting, PJM’s Lisa Morelli outlined the RTO’s planned...

By Michael Kuser FERC last week denied NRG Curtailment Solutions’ request for an exemption from NYISO penalties for nonperformance and invalid generator registrations on approximately 13% of its New York capacity obligations in May 2016 (ER17-834). NRG argued that uncertainty about EPA emissions regulations compromised its ability as a Special...

By Jason Fordney Frequent rule changes and an uncertain market structure are causing dissatisfaction among CAISO demand response providers and eroding participation in the programs, those providers say. Problems with data verification and settlement required the ISO to recalculate its 2016 DR results, and providers say there are other issues...