A summary of issued discussed by the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee on August 25, 2016.

At the MISO Informational Forum, stakeholders were briefed by a special agent from the FBI about cybersecurity threats against the grid.

Panelists at the PJM Grid 20/20 summit discussed the challenges of conflicting state public policy, competing interests and the impact on the RTO's competitive markets.

Critics of a proposal to lower the CAISO energy market bid floor questioned its efficacy in solving the ISO’s increasing intervals of oversupply.

FERC approved rule changes to improve the ability of energy storage resources to participate in CAISO markets.

PJM removed capacity-deficiency and administrative penalties it had proposed for its fuel-cost policy rules; offering a single formula-based one to FERC.

American Municipal Power plans to propose a problem statement calling for a “holistic assessment” of the PJM Capacity Performance Model.

Stakeholders continue to react coolly to PJM's proposed rules for generator fuel-cost policies, saying they are more punitive than incentivizing.

PJM’s Market Monitor made new recommendations for the energy, capacity and ancillary services markets in its 2nd quarter State of the Market Report.

The PJM Market Implementation Committee discussed rules for releasing excess capacity, a plan to “un-nest” operating parameters and spot-in transmission from NYISO.