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PJM Stakeholders Offer Different Takes on Markets’ Viability

May 2, 2017
By Rory D. Sweeney WASHINGTON — If anyone thought FERC dragging state and RTO stakeholders here for a technical conference might jolt everyone on the PJM playground into playing nice with each other, Robert Erwin of the Maryland Public Service Commission quickly disabused the standing-room-only crowd of that notion. Erwin...
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FERC RTO Capacity Markets

Power Markets at Risk from State Actions, Speakers Tell FERC

May 2, 2017
Michael Kuser
By Rich Heidorn Jr. and Michael Kuser WASHINGTON — RTO capacity markets are in serious danger from state renewable procurements and subsidies for nuclear plants, speakers told FERC on Monday. Bentz | © RTO Insider Jeffrey W. Bentz, director of analysis for the New England States Committee on Electricity, said...
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Mountain West, SPP Tout RTO Membership to Colo. PUC

Mar 29, 2017
Tom Kleckner
By Tom Kleckner DENVER — SPP and the Mountain West Transmission Group pitched the benefits of RTO membership Tuesday in an open forum before Colorado’s Public Utilities Commission as the two entities pursue a possible collaboration. Taking advantage of the opportunity to get the last words in, SPP COO Carl...
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renewable energy election results

Renewables Win Some, Lose Some in State Election Results

Nov 13, 2016
By William Opalka and Rich Heidorn Jr. Donald Trump’s election wasn’t the only race to have major implications for electricity policy. Renewable energy advocates claimed a victory in Florida while losing in Vermont and Washington state. Nevada voters, meanwhile, took a step toward retail choice. And Trump’s promise to scrap...
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donald trump giving victory speach (what's his energy policy)

CPP, FERC’s Bay, Honorable Among Losers in Trump Win

Nov 10, 2016
Rich Heidorn Jr.
By Ted Caddell and Rich Heidorn Jr. WASHINGTON — The U.S. just elected a president who has said he will tear up the Paris Agreement, block the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, “save the coal industry” and loosen the regulatory reins on the energy industry. Like the entire country, the...
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pjm opsi

Role, Value of Financial Trading Debated by OPSI Panel

Oct 24, 2016
By Rory D. Sweeney COLUMBUS, Ohio — Three economists, two lawyers and an electrical engineer walk into a bar... Actually, they appeared on stage here for the latest installment in PJM’s ongoing debate over the role and value of financial transactions. Independent Market Monitor Joe Bowring and the Massachusetts Institute...
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ferc, spp

FERC Ended Audit Without Talking to Key Witness

Lessons Unlearned: FERC’s Punt on Market Monitors’ Independence
Jun 13, 2016
Rich Heidorn Jr.
After allegations of management interference led PJM to replace its internal market monitoring unit with an independent monitor in 2008, FERC had an opportunity to prohibit other RTOs from using the internal structure. Because it chose not to do so, the temptation for RTO officials to muzzle their MMUs remains.
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independent market monitors

Independent Market Monitors Wouldn’t Have It Any Other Way

Lessons Unlearned: FERC’s Punt on Market Monitors’ Independence
Jun 6, 2016
Rich Heidorn Jr.
After allegations of management interference led PJM to replace its internal market monitoring unit with an independent monitor in 2008, FERC had an opportunity to prohibit other RTOs from using the internal structure. Because it chose not to do so, the temptation for RTO officials to muzzle their MMUs remains.
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SPP, SPP RE, mmu, market monitoring unit

SPP MMU Struggles to Find its Voice

Lessons Unlearned: FERC’s Punt on Market Monitors’ Independence
Jun 5, 2016
Tom Kleckner
After allegations of management interference led PJM to replace its internal market monitoring unit with an independent monitor in 2008, FERC had an opportunity to prohibit other RTOs from using the internal structure. Because it chose not to do so, the temptation for RTO officials to muzzle their MMUs remains.
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SPP MMU ferc

SPP Squelching MMU Independence, Former Monitors Say

Lessons Unlearned: FERC’s Punt on Market Monitors’ Independence
May 30, 2016
Tom Kleckner
After allegations of management interference led PJM to replace its internal market monitoring unit with an independent monitor in 2008, FERC had an opportunity to prohibit other RTOs from using the internal structure. Because it chose not to do so, the temptation for RTO officials to muzzle their MMUs still...
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