RTO Insider spoke to the chair of NEPOOL, which is reviewing its market rules to align them with New England’s efforts towards a low-carbon future.

MISO officials said last week they are still finalizing their forward auction proposal for competitive areas, but the changes won’t be significant and won’t affect a late fall FERC filing.

This week's federal briefs include news on the DOE, FERC, NRC, TVA and other agencies.

The Clean Power Plan poses no threat to reliability in PJM, but compliance costs are highly sensitive to gas prices and whether states go it alone or combine efforts with a regional approach, according to a study released by the RTO.

The CAISO Board of Governors approved proposed Tariff revisions that will require new renewable resources be capable of providing grid-stability services as a condition for interconnecting with the ISO’s system.

This week's state briefs include news on Arkansas, California, Colorado, Michigan, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and others.

The latest resource adequacy assessments in ERCOT indicate it has 25,000 to 30,000 MW of spare generating capacity for the fall and winter.

The PJM Independent Market Monitor gave his blessing to the RTO’s Capacity Auction for delivery year 2019/20 but called for additional Capacity Performance rule changes.

FERC rejected the Algonquin Gas Transmission request to exempt natural gas-fired generators from competitive bidding under capacity release rules.

The newly established Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) governing body kicked off its first meeting last week by electing its leadership.