September 5, 2019
ERCOT on September 4 issued a market notice stating that, "On September 3, 2019, Qualified Scheduling Entities (QSEs) and Congestion Revenue Right Account Holders (CRRAHs) that were owed monies from ERCOT Settlement Invoices were short-paid as a result of Axon Power and Gas LLC's (QSE) failure to…
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September 4, 2019
ERCOT on September 3, 2019 issued a market notice stating that, "Qualified Scheduling Entities (QSEs) and Congestion Revenue Right Account Holders (CRRAHs) that are owed monies from ERCOT on the Settlement (STL) Invoices due for payout on September 3, 2019 will notice that the amount of funds…
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September 3, 2019
September 3 , 2019
FERC has extended until April 15, 2020 for ISO-NE to file a long-term fuel security mechanism.
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September 3, 2019
September 3 , 2019
In a compliance filing at FERC to reflect greater fast-start resource costs in LMP (thereby generally reducing uplift), PJM detailed several instances in which certain costs will be allocated to real-time load (uplift)
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September 3, 2019
LSEs Would No Longer Be Obligated To Individually Procure Capacity, But Could Elect To Do So September 3 , 2019
A group of retail suppliers, generators, community choice aggregators and San Diego Gas & Electric Company have filed a settlement with the California PUC that would adopt a "residual" central buyer structure to resolve issues respecting central procurement of Resource Adequacy (RA) under the…
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August 29, 2019
FERC has granted rehearing of a prior order concerning the allocation of must-offer generation commitment costs in the California ISO, and in doing so, allocated the costs to a broader group of LSEs (which includes retail suppliers), rather than a single LSE.
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August 29, 2019
During an update on recent ERCOT scarcity conditions provided at today's Texas PUC open meeting, ERCOT CEO Bill Magness said that ERCOT has not seen any defaults so far this summer
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August 29, 2019
Chair Walker Interested In Demand Response, 4CP In Particular, During Recent Scarcity Conditions
During a discussion of recent ERCOT grid conditions at today's open meeting, Texas Public Utility Commissioner Arthur D'Andrea, while noting that it was still August, commended ERCOT's recent performance and observed that, "We asked you to run a grid with very tight reserve margins, and you stepped…
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August 29, 2019
Would Clarify Retail Suppliers Must Meet Local RA Requirement For Disaggregated PG&E 'Other' Area
A proposed decision from a California PUC ALJ would deny a petition from the Alliance for Retail Energy Markets for certain relief related to a prior decision to disaggregate the PG&E Other local resource adequacy area.
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August 28, 2019
Report, "May Assist Market Participants With Their Estimations Of Forward Capacity Market Monthly Cost Allocations To Load Obligation"
ISO New England said in a market notice that, a new report, which the ISO said may assist market participants with their estimations of Forward Capacity Market monthly cost allocations to load obligation starting in the 2022-2023 capacity commitment period, is now available on the ISO New England…
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August 23, 2019
Texas PUC Had Opposed Petition As Threatening To Subject ERCOT To FERC Regulation
FERC has dismissed a petition for a declaratory order from Alternative Transmission Inc. (ATI), which had sought a finding that the non-wired transport of electricity is within FERC's jurisdiction under the FPA
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August 21, 2019
Vistra Energy and its subsidiaries today announced the four Illinois power plants that will retire in order to meet the requirements of the recently approved revisions to the Multi-Pollutant Standard (MPS) rule imposed by the Illinois Pollution Control Board (IPCB).
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August 19, 2019
Luminant Energy Company LLC and Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed for approval of a Voluntary Mitigation Plan (VMP) which would, pursuant to PURA § 15.023(f) and 16 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.504(e), specify offering practices that Luminant can use when offering its generation…
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August 16, 2019
ERCOT has posted a reliability analysis determination for Gregory Power Partners, LLC – Gregory Power Partners GT1 (LGE_LGE_GT1), Gregory Power Partners GT2 (LGE_LGE_GT2) and Gregory Power Partners STG (LGE_LGE_STG)
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August 15, 2019
Retail electric provider V247 Power Corporation filed comments at the Public Utility Commission of Texas in support of a complaint that seeks re-pricing of published settlement prices for interval 14:50 on May 30, due to, as previously reported, Calpine providing erroneous telemetered Resource…
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August 8, 2019
PSC Launches Inquiry Into Resource Adequacy Mechanism, "Compatibility" Of NYISO ICAP Market With State Policy Goals PSC Raises Consideration of Fixed Resource Requirement
The PSC has issued its written order to open the resource adequacy inquiry
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August 7, 2019
Costs Will Be Allocated To Retail Suppliers, Load
Due to the lack of action by FERC, ISO New England's proposed Inventoried Energy Program has become effective by operation of law.
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August 2, 2019
New Threshold For Reporting Established
Pursuant to paragraph (2) of ERCOT Protocol Section 3.10.7.2.1, Reporting of Demand Response, ERCOT has requested via a market notice that Retail Electric Providers (REPs) analyze their retail dynamic pricing and demand response-related products and sort each Electric Service Identifier (ESI ID)…
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July 26, 2019
Retail Supplier Had Warned Of Negative Impacts From Not Holding Auction In August, Inability To Forecast Future Capacity Prices In Retail Contracts
FERC has directed PJM to not run in August 2019 the Base Residual Auction (BRA) under its RPM capacity market for the 2022-2023 delivery year under its existing tariff
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July 25, 2019
Seeks Dismissal Of Trader's Complaint, Says Correction Not Authorized Under Protocols
ERCOT moved to dismiss a complaint filed at the Texas PUC by Aspire Commodities, LLC under which Aspire is seeking an order directing ERCOT to re-price the published settlement prices for interval 14:50 on May 30
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July 23, 2019
Original Erroneous Data Had Resulted In Lower Bills For ConEd, Higher Bills For Some ESCOs
FERC granted a waiver sought by Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. to allow ConEd to correct metering data for April 2018 beyond the 130-day period prescribed in the tariff
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July 22, 2019
ERCOT has received a Notification of Suspension of Operations (NSO) for Gregory Power Partners, LLC – Gregory Power Partners GT1 (LGE_LGE_GT1), Gregory Power Partners GT2 (LGE_LGE_GT2) and Gregory Power Partners STG (LGE_LGE_STG)
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July 18, 2019
Capacity Price Had Jumped From $16 To $150, Prompting Public Citizen To Allege Withholding Glick Dissents, Faults "Conclusory Assurance" Under FERC's Order, Says Decision Not Adequately Supported
FERC's order states, "We deny Complainants’ allegations that Dynegy exercised market power in the 2015/16 Auction, causing an unjust, unreasonable, and unduly discriminatory Auction Clearing Price in Zone 4. MISO conducted the 2015/16 Auction in compliance with the MISO Tariff, including the Tariff…
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July 18, 2019
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has shelved consideration of certain proposed enhancements related to the day-ahead market (DAM) under real-time co-optimization (RTC), in order to avoid a delay in RTC implementation
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July 12, 2019
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have sought stakeholder comment on a series of questions related to the Day-Ahead Market (DAM) upon implementation of real-time co-optimization (RTC) of energy and ancillary services in the ERCOT Real-Time Market.
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