Increased weather volatility isn’t just grabbing headlines; it's reshaping how we generate and trade electricity, writes Upstream Tech CEO Marshall Moutenot.

Energy storage resources and solar capacity helped reduce ancillary services costs and tight system conditions in the ERCOT market during 2024, according to a recent market report.

FERC responded to critics of the Southeast Energy Exchange Market, clarifying its use of the comparability standard to justify the market.

California Energy Commission staff presented a study on the size of CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market, finding more benefits as the market’s footprint increases.

The PJM Market Implementation Committee discussed a proposal to allow demand response resources to participate in the regulation market when there are energy injections at the same point of interconnection to the distribution grid.

The opening of Ontario’s nodal market has been marked by real-time volatility and unusually high operating reserve prices.

Outgoing FERC Chair Mark Christie and former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter both emphasized that the West controls the future of the Western interconnection, not Washington.

Ontario’s nodal market is showing promise one month after its launch, with improved price certainty, increased day-ahead trading and LMPs reflecting expected congestion patterns, IESO officials say.

Many stakeholders are now supporting CAISO’s proposed new method for allocating congestion revenues in EDAM after months of workshops and multiple proposals.

The panel of SPP board members overseeing the development of Markets+ has approved the governance transition plan for the construction phase of the day-ahead market.