Our summary of the issues scheduled for votes at the PJM MRC and MC on 08/27/15. Each item is listed by agenda number, description and projected time of discussion, followed by a summary of the issue and links to prior coverage.
The D.C. Public Service Commission will announce its decision on Exelon’s acquisition of Pepco Holdings Inc. at its open meeting 11 a.m. Tuesday.
PJM's first capacity auction under its new no-excuses policy saw prices rise 37% to $164.77/MW-day in most of the RTO.
The developer of the Northern Pass transmission line that would bring Canadian hydropower to New England has proposed burying 60 miles of the line through scenic areas of New Hampshire, a change that will force a reduction in its capacity.
Clean energy technologies like wind power are seen as beneficiaries of the Clean Power Plan.
SPP and MISO met last week with their stakeholders to review the first five months of market-to-market operations between the two RTOs.
Cap-and-trade is likely to be a core compliance plan for many states under the Environmental Protection Agency’s final version of the Clean Power Plan.
Nearly two years after joining MISO — and despite a seams spat between the RTO and SPP — Entergy said it is realizing expected cost savings.
This week's state briefs include news on Arkansas, Connecticut, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Texas.
State and RTO officials have had two weeks to digest EPA's final Clean Power Plan and the battle lines — and paths to compliance — are developing.
