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By Robert Mullin A new report from CAISO’s internal Market Monitor contends that the ISO’s program for auctioning off congestion revenue rights (CRRs) suffers from inherent design flaws that have allowed speculators to reap enormous gains at the expense of outmatched ratepayers. Adding to previous calls to reform or eliminate...

By Amanda Durish Cook The Organization of MISO States was unable to achieve consensus on a response to a five-question survey asking how MISO should revise its cost allocation procedures, Wisconsin Public Service Commission staffer Randel Pilo said Tuesday. OMS Executive Director Tanya Paslawski at the 2016 OMS Annual Meeting...

By Amanda Durish Cook CARMEL, Ind. — MISO and PJM are close to implementing a targeted market efficiency project (TMEP) type and poised to approve six such projects with cross-regional benefits. Moser | © RTO Insider During the Nov. 15 MISO and PJM Joint and Common Market meeting, Jesse Moser,...

By Rory D. Sweeney NYISO and PJM are finding that coordinating transmission across their border is not simple. After an effort to make it easier for traders to schedule imports from New York failed at the Nov. 2 Market Implementation Committee meeting, stakeholders will resume efforts at a special MIC...

Baltimore Gas and Electric will pay $170,530 to MISO members to end a dispute over cross-system congestion costs under a settlement approved by FERC last week. FERC’s Nov. 17 order settles a dispute between BGE and almost 30 MISO utilities relating to the cross-system congestion costs known as Seams Elimination...

At FERC’s urging, MISO is considering removing confidentiality around generators that notify it of their intent to suspend or retire. Shah | © RTO Insider “FERC recommended MISO should explore and work with stakeholders to see if we need to change the confidentially provisions,” explained Neil Shah, MISO adviser of...

By Amanda Durish Cook CARMEL, Ind. — Tim Horger, manager of interregional coordination at PJM, said last week that MISO and PJM have agreed not to publicly talk about the issue of pseudo-tie congestion double-counting until a FERC complaint on the issue is resolved. Horger | © RTO Insider Some...

By Rory D. Sweeney FERC on Thursday approved a rate settlement for a transmission project that may never happen. The agreement settled a dispute over how much profit LS Power’s Northeast Transmission Development should receive for building transmission infrastructure across the Delaware River to address stability issues at New Jersey’s...

By Amanda Durish Cook MISO will ask FERC to approve new rules on how it manages pseudo-ties next year, officials said during a Nov. 8 special conference call of the Reliability Subcommittee. The proposed rules would establish a pseudo-tie Business Practices Manual, an implementation process and a written agreement for...

By Amanda Durish Cook WASHINGTON — The opening panel of FERC’s technical conference on energy storage last week featured a discussion on whether storage can be a versatile transmission asset or will be limited to “niche applications.” Kormos | © RTO Insider Exelon Senior Vice President of Wholesale Markets and...