Monitor David Patton said that although MISO markets and operations performed well over a warmer-than-usual summer, there is room for improvement.

The SPP Market Monitoring Unit filed its 2015 State of the Market report with FERC, saying the Integrated Marketplace’s second year of operation showed “significant maturing.”

Coal generation's share of SPP’s energy production continues to slide, according to the RTO’s latest State of the Market report.

Market Monitor David Patton went before the MISO Market Subcommittee  to begin building stakeholder support for his eight new recommendations.

Cheap natural gas pushed ERCOT's energy costs and congestion revenue to record lows in 2015, the IMM reported in his state of the market report.

The Independent Market Monitor reported that PJM had lower LMPs, fuel prices and demand in the first quarter in its quarterly State of the Market report.

The SPP Market Monitoring Unit released its State of the Market report for the winter months, and the RTO and AECI began their biennial study proc

The SPP State of the Market report said coal-fired resources accounted for 52.1% of generation in the fall of 2015, compared to 62.7% in 2013.

The report concluded that PJM's energy, capacity and regulation markets were competitive for the first nine months of the year.

MISO has a pile of 22 active recommendations made over the years by its Independent Market Monitor, all in various stages of progress. Of 15 past recommendations through the 2013 State of the Market Report, MISO is working to implement six.