MISO launched the first in a series of stakeholder workshops dedicated to improving resource adequacy as the RTO deals with the retirement of coal-fired generation and the growth of natural gas and renewables.
A coalition representing low-income households in New York has asked for a clarification and rehearing of last month’s Reforming the Energy Vision order to allow greater participation in the program by less affluent residents.
NYISO asked FERC if a recent order meant to mitigate market power in the installed capacity market in New York City would apply to its new capacity zone in the Lower Hudson Valley.
A split FERC granted ITC Midwest’s request for an incentive adder but cut the bonus in half, prompting a dissent from Commissioners Moeller and Clark.
FERC on Tuesday rejected as "premature" PJM’s contingency plan for including demand response in its capacity auctions in the event an appellate court ruling limiting FERC’s jurisdiction over DR is allowed to stand.
FERC on Tuesday asked PJM for more information on its controversial Capacity Performance plan, threatening hopes to begin phasing in the new standards in May’s Base Residual Auction.
A labor council representing New York utility workers is worried that the state’s path-breaking initiatives in the smart grid, distributed energy resources and energy storage are taking attention away from overdue needs for transmission upgrades in the state.
A meeting among the New England congressional delegation, ISO-NE and FERC Chairman Cheryl LaFleur ended the way that it started: with LaFleur and the RTO defending rising capacity prices and the delegation unhappy.
The MISO Market Monitor says transmission loading relief requests attributed to a TVA constraint are causing price volatility within the RTO.
The NYPSC says the FERC’s recent order on reliability-must-run agreements “interferes” with state authority as it tries to address generation shortages in the state.
