MISO said its next capacity auction in spring 2026 will feature more rigorous testing for its demand response that registers to provide capacity.

After years of its Independent Market Monitor critiquing MISO for making too many out-of-market actions to tame congestion, the IMM congratulated the RTO for dramatically reducing such actions.

ACP released a report produced by The Brattle Group laying out how organized markets can replicate the success CAISO and ERCOT have had in deploying energy storage resources.

The NEPOOL Markets Committee convened a two-day meeting focused on ISO-NE’s capacity auction reform project, along with other business.

The Market Implementation Committee endorsed a joint PJM and Independent Market Monitor proposal to rework how uplift and deviation charges are calculated for market sellers.

New Jersey lawmakers pushed back on the state’s all-electricity, clean-energy strategy at a heated committee hearing, urging an all-the-above approach as PJM faced criticism for failing to foresee a dramatic hike in demand.

NYISO presented the Installed Capacity Working Group with its priorities for the Capacity Market Structure Review, with improving the demand curve reset process and methodology topping the list.

FERC Chair Mark Christie and Commissioner Judy Chang downplayed the current political environment’s impact on the agency, saying the commission’s role is to follow the law and ensure the fairness of procedures.