The Clean Energy Group hosted a webinar laying out the case to replace natural gas peaking plants with VPPs, as they would avoid harmful emissions in densely populated areas.

Exelon utilities will work on transmission upgrades as the Brandon Shores coal-fired power plant prepares for deactivation.

The NYISO Operating Committee reviewed June's operations and approved manuals to support distributed energy resources market implementation.

MISO says it will add a study to its planning process early next year to identify transmission reliability issues caused by distributed energy resources.  

FERC asked NYISO to provide additional detail on its proposed tariff revisions for integrating DER aggregations into its markets, including a rationale for its 10-kW minimum.

A summary of FERC orders explaining why it denied rehearing request, which are automatically deemed denied unless the commission acts within 30 days.

PJM's Market Implementation Committee discussed potential changes to reactive power compensation and the progress of developing new market clearing engine software.

NYISO has identified a software issue that potentially constitutes a market problem and says it will confidentially investigate the impact.

NYISO defended its call for a 10-kW minimum for DERs participating in aggregations, which regulators and clean energy groups protested in FERC filings.  

California's duck curve deepened to new levels this spring as solar capacity increased, at times exceeding demand, the Energy Information Administration said.