A pair of requests PJM submitted to FERC to safeguard capacity for the 2015/16 delivery year drew a number of protests last week.

Negotiators trying to keep the Ginna nuclear power plant in New York financially viable have been given a three-week extension by state regulators.

FERC yesterday asked the Supreme Court to overturn an appellate court ruling voiding its authority to demand response in RTOs, a day after PJM filed a contingency plan for including DR in its upcoming capacity auction.

Negotiations that could determine the future of the R.E. Ginna nuclear plant in upstate New York are set to conclude this week.

FERC rejected a challenge by NESCOE to recalculate the contributions of DR and distributed resources in advance of ISO-NE FCA 9.

MISO and three power suppliers have asked FERC to deny Duke’s request for a waiver from MISO’s must-offer requirement.

PJM wants a one-time waiver to avoid releasing 2,000 MW of capacity for the 2015/16 delivery year, when the RTO fears it may run short of resources due to retirements of coal-fired generation.

FERC last week accepted a plan by ISO-NE to increase its scrutiny of energy importers to mitigate market power in its capacity auctions.

PJM officials are seeking to postpone generation retirements — or accelerate planned new generation — to help the RTO ride through potential shortages next winter.

PJM stakeholders agreed to review modeling practices that may be shortchanging loads with transmission agreements that pre-date the RTO's capacity market.