A summary of issues discussed by the SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee on April 12 to 13.

MISO stakeholders are asking the RTO to think more broadly about how energy storage technologies can participate in its markets.

The PJM Operating Committee discussed cold weather testing, synchrophasor data and frequency response.

PacifiCorp says future participants in the CAISO EIM forum will benefit from early lessons the company learned attempting to integrate.

The MISO Market Subcommittee discussed Coordinated Transaction Scheduling with PJM and a potential 30-minute reserve product.

The PJM Market Implementation Committee discussed the earlier day-ahead offer deadline and the new way to measure emergency DR.

Idaho Power signed an agreement with CAISO to become the sixth utility to join the western Energy Imbalance Market.

The ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee discussed how the ISO and its market participants exchange data and handle changes to data reports.

With the spring season underway, the MISO Markets Committee of the Board of Directors reviewed this past winter and the upcoming summer.

MISO stakeholders say they do not expect perfect procedures at the seams with neighboring balancing areas, but they do want the RTO to implement reforms.