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February 2, 2026

Capacity Market

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DOE Extends Order Lifting Run Hour Limits on Md. Generator
The U.S. Department of Energy approved PJM's request to extend an order allowing Talen Energy to continue operating is oil-fired H.A. Wagner Unit 4 beyond the 438 hours it is permitted to operated each year.
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MISO Rationalizes Load Forecasting Pilot Program
MISO leadership shed more light on the RTO’s need for a pilot program to estimate load growth on a 20-year horizon after stakeholders asked for details.
ISO-NE
ISO-NE Discusses Resource Deliverability Under CAR
ISO-NE presented a high-level overview of how it plans to account for resource deliverability in its updated capacity accreditation framework.
PJM
PJM Board of Managers Approves Quadrennial Review Proposal
The PJM Board of Managers has directed staff to proceed with a Quadrennial Review design that reworks the capacity auction price curve and sets the reference resource as a combustion turbine for all zones.
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NYISO: Winter Reliability Proposal to Increase Market Efficiency
NYISO’s consumer impact analysis for the Winter Reliability Capacity Enhancements project found that under the scenarios it considered, installed capacity procurement costs would drop by 15 to 45% depending on locality
IESO
Ontario Opens Talks on Repowering Old Generation
IESO is asking generation owners what it will take to extend the lives of their units at the end of their current contracts as Ontario seeks ways to meet a projected 75% load increase by 2050.
NRDC
PJM Stakeholders Present CIFP Options for Meeting Rising Data Center Load
Several stakeholders presented proposals for how PJM could address accelerating load growth as the Critical Issue Fast Path process on large load growth wraps up its second phase.
ISO-NE
NEPOOL Members Offer Amendments on ISO-NE Capacity Reform Project
NEPOOL members proposed several amendments to the first phase of ISO-NE’s capacity market overhaul prior to the scheduled Markets Committee vote on ISO-NE’s proposal in November.
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Brattle Group
LBNL Study Examines Drivers Behind Higher Power Prices in Some States
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory released a paper recently examining why some states have seen retail power prices rise faster than inflation.
Compass Mining
MISO Tries to Clear Up Assortment of New DR Rules
MISO convened a stakeholder workshop to go over new requirements for demand response resources heading into the 2026/27 planning year.

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