ERCOT enters 2018 facing new questions, as the growth in wind energy has begun threatening not only coal but also less efficient natural gas-fired generation.

MISO’s 2018 to-do list includes continuing efforts to expand energy storage participation and extensive software upgrades.

ISO-NE will open the new year with a NEPOOL vote on its Competitive Auctions with Sponsored Policy Resources (CASPR) concept.

MISO won FERC permission to expand its mitigation measures on narrowly constrained areas to address intense but temporary congestion.

PJM’s long-awaited capacity construct redesign will have to wait at least another month for endorsement by the Markets and Reliability Committee.

PJM’s initiative to internalize all generator payments moved forward at the MRC when stakeholders endorsed the RTO’s proposal to examine price formation.

CAISO’s Department of Market Monitoring discussed the ISO’s third-quarter market results with participants.

FERC dropped its plan for a one-size-fits-all rule on fast-start pricing, instead issuing individual orders requiring PJM, SPP and NYISO to change their tariffs.

PJM’s Independent Market Monitor faced a barrage of questions at the final stakeholder evaluation of its MOPR-Ex capacity market proposal.

PJM stakeholders endorsed examining the aggregation rules for seasonal demand response, but not before thoroughly questioning EnerNOC.