Capacity Market
Comments about FERC's technical conference argued for a variety of reforms to address resource adequacy.
Potential energy suppliers in IESO’s second long-term energy and capacity procurement said the ISO's auction rules favor natural gas generators by insulating them from most of the cost of gas transmission upgrades.
ISO-NE provided updates on its proposals for generator retirements, market power mitigation, and resource qualification and reactivation.
MISO said it no longer will recognize energy efficiency as a capacity resource beginning with the 2026/27 auction.
PJM's Independent Market Monitor asked FERC to impose behavioral constraints on NRG Energy's proposed purchase of power plants and demand response from LS Power.
Anger over a recent dramatic rate hike and fears of energy shortfalls because of a predicted future rise in demand have prompted New Jersey to look anew at whether the state should consider pulling out of PJM.
NYISO is proposing changes to certain capacity market parameters to accommodate the Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission project, as well as facilitate the new entry of resources.
IESO will revise its procedure for breaking capacity auction ties in time for the 2025 contest in November.
ISO-NE and stakeholders discussed market performance, capacity auction reforms, the RTO’s 2026 budget and asset condition spending at the summer meeting of the NEPOOL Participants Committee.
The PJM Board of Managers is pursuing an approach that would spread the cost of continuing to operate Constellation Energy’s Eddystone Generating Station to all PJM consumers.
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