Heat waves and capacity shortfalls have slowed an effort by the Western EIM to expand from a real-time interstate trading forum to a day-ahead market.

Industry representatives, state officials, legal scholars and analysts attended the annual Independent Power Producers of New York Fall Conference.

Uneconomic self-commitments of coal resources in MISO’s footprint are not occurring at the clip that critics imagine, the RTO’s Monitor said.

NEPOOL stakeholders proposed changes to Forward Capacity Market parameters and rules regarding the timing of delist bids.

MISO expects adequate resources for the fall, though planned generator outages are expected to be higher this year.

The Texas PUC dismissed a complaint asking ERCOT to reprice a 2019 dispatch interval after an error sent prices to their $9,000/MWh cap.

CAISO’s Market Surveillance Committee said the ISO needs to consider implementing scarcity pricing as a way to obtain energy during heat waves and supply shortages.

Con Ed won approval from the NYISO BIC of a proposal to increase the exemption from real-time generation penalties for units that supply steam to New York City.

ISO-NE will proceed with its proposal to eliminate capacity performance payments for energy efficiency resources.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker emphasized the need for collaboration with the RTO and its stakeholders in his state’s transition to cleaner energy.