FERC issued a flurry of orders delegating authority and waiving requirements in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

The creation of Evergy has increased market concentration in the new company’s reserve zone, SPP’s Marketing Monitoring Unit said.

PJM’s Market Implementation Committee approved manual revisions reducing the number of virtual bidding locations by almost 90%.

FERC approved SPP’s operating reserves proposal but said the RTO should respond to criticism about scarcity pricing avoidance.

FERC proposed regulations intended to reduce uplift costs, allocate it more accurately and increase transparency.