Our summary of the issues scheduled for votes at the PJM Markets and Reliability committee and Members Committee on 06/30/16.

CAISO proposed a study to identify the natural gas-fired units most vulnerable to retirement in its balancing area.

The ERCOT Board of Directors approved extending an RMR contract with NRG Energy for its Greens Bayou Unit 5 plant in the Houston area.

Four Ph.Ds. joined in a tag-team debate on the virtues of scarcity pricing versus capacity markets in a panel discussion cum economics seminar at the Energy Bar Association’s Annual Meeting.

Cheap natural gas pushed ERCOT's energy costs and congestion revenue to record lows in 2015, the IMM reported in his state of the market report.

FERC approved a generator interconnection agreement for Indianapolis Power & Light’s Harding Street Station Battery Energy Storage System.

SPP has interfered with the autonomy of its internal MMU, according to two former monitors who say they were fired for voicing their concerns.

ERCOT members voted down the ISO’s attempt to salvage a revision request that would have replaced several ancillary services with new products.

A summary of measures approved and issues discussed by the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee on May 26, 2016.

Prices dropped more than $22/MWh to $41, according to the 2015 Annual Markets Report by the Internal Market Monitor of ISO-NE.