As CEO of the Independent Energy Producers Association, Jan Smutny-Jones has had a front-row seat in the California energy debate since 1987.

The D.C. Circuit upheld a Connecticut law that requires utilities to enter into contracts with renewable energy facilities.

MACRUC attendees heard strikingly different prescriptions for how to fix the wholesale energy markets from the CEOs of New Jersey utility PSEG and Dynegy.

The California State Senate passed a bill that would require the state's load-serving entities to obtain all their electricity from renewables by 2045.

CAISO stakeholders voiced skepticism about the effectiveness of a new ISO initiative to prevent early retirement of unprofitable generators.

The Conservation Law Foundation asked ISO-NE to conduct a study to determine transmission needs driven by renewable energy and carbon reduction policies.

More than 50 stakeholders from PJM, NYISO and ISO-NE made their cases to FERC on how to resolve conflicts between energy policies and wholesale markets.

Speakers told FERC this week that RTO capacity markets are in serious danger from state renewable procurements and subsidies for nuclear plants.

Executives from PJM, NYISO and ISO-NE will gather with stakeholders at FERC to seek ways to incorporate policies on greenhouse gases into wholesale markets.

A new analysis by ISO-NE shows that increasing carbon allowance prices would boost the region’s LMPs by more than 30% under all six scenarios studied.