FERC accepted NYISO’s second attempt to comply with Order 841, which requires RTOs and ISOs to remove market barriers for energy storage resources.

PJM, CAISO and SPP took a step closer to the full implementation of Order 841 with FERC’s partial acceptance of their Tariff revisions.

The D.C. Circuit upheld FERC Order 841, which bars states from preventing behind-the-meter energy storage from participation in wholesale markets.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals seemed unconvinced by arguments that FERC exceeded its jurisdiction by refusing to let states opt out of Order 841.

FERC rejected ISO-NE’s request to rehear its decision requiring the RTO to revise its energy storage rules to account for a resource’s state of charge in the day-ahead market.

NYISO has sequestered approximately two-thirds of its operations staff on site at its two control centers to prevent infection by the COVID-19 coronavirus.

The need for gas peakers and electric transmission and the increasing popularity of hybrid storage projects were recurrent topics at the ACORE Policy Forum.

About 200 people attended the Energy Storage Association's annual Policy Forum at the National Press Club in D.C.

PJM dropped its plan to clarify pseudo-tie eligibility after stakeholders argued some of the revisions conflicted with pending litigation.

ISO-NE told the NEPOOL Participants Committee that January saw record high temperatures averaging 7.8 degrees Fahrenheit above normal.