Our summary of the issues scheduled for votes at the PJM MRC and MC on 3/31/16. Each item is listed by agenda number, description and time of discussion.

This week's company briefs include news on TransCanada, Columbia Gas, Calpine, Alevo, Cleco, Peabody Energy.

On-peak day-ahead electricity prices in the U.S. were down 27 to 35% in 2015 due to cheap natural gas, FERC staff said in its State of the Markets report.

FERC declined MISO’s request to reconsider a refund order stemming from transmission pricing complaints filed by DTE Energy more than a decade ago.

A new CAISO Tariff provision would enable rooftop solar and other small distributed energy resources (DER) to participate in the markets.

FERC ordered PJM  to change its method of calculating capacity market offer caps, saying it was inconsistent with its practice in the energy market.

MISO could have a limited set of market rules for energy storage as early as 2017.

Energy storage, demand response and solar have a place alongside wind in the Texas market, speakers at Infocast’s ERCOT Market Summit said last week.

A roundup of news from the ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee meeting last week.

FERC proposed eliminating a market transparency rule imposed on the WECC region during the height of the California energy crisis of 2000-2001.