MISO is moving ahead with a proposal to bring solar generation into market dispatch, reusing many rules that brought dispatchable wind generation.

Two environmental groups that say regulated utilities’ practice of self-committing coal plants is costing ratepayers have a point, RTO officials said.

Record low energy prices persisted for the first nine months of the year in PJM, the Independent Market Monitor said in its State of the Market report.

ERCOT told the Technical Advisory Committee it will be improving market pricing processes as they bring price-correction issues to the Board of Directors.

NYISO’s Management Committee voted unanimously to recommend that the Board of Directors approve Tariff changes to speed up the interconnection process.

MISO’s Monitor found no major concerns with performance in MISO South, but wants the RTO to better handle short-notice and unreported generation outages.

The PJM Market Implementation Committee endorsed Manual 18 revisions that implement the new must-offer exception process approved by FERC last month.

PJM staff told the Operating Committee questions still remain about why its load forecast veered so far off course during a hot spell in early October.

The New England Power Pool Markets Committee continued to work on ISO-NE’s proposed Energy Security Improvements proposal.

CAISO is moving ahead with a plan to stem systemwide market power, even though not everyone is convinced the effort is necessary.