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December 6, 2013
State Senator Wendy Davis, the presumptive Democratic nominee in the 2014 Texas gubernatorial election, said in a letter to Public Utility Commission of Texas Chair Donna Nelson that, "the PUC must not make any changes to the electricity market that would burden hardworking Texas families and the…
December 3, 2013
In a filing rich with irony, a group of ESCOs have claimed that a New York order on the cost recovery mechanism for transmission projects meant to ensure reliability in the face of a potential shut down of the Indian Point nuclear plant, "will discriminate against competitive ESCOs."
December 2, 2013
A proposed phase-in of the new G-J local capacity zone in the New York ISO, as formally proposed at FERC by NYISO last week, won't completely shield ESCOs and customers from rate shock associated with spiked capacity prices from the new zone, an analysis by NYISO shows.
November 26, 2013
During yesterday's hearing at the Texas Senate, Donna Nelson, Chair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and PUCT Commissioner Brandy Marty both emphasized that, if Texas ultimately adopted a capacity mandate, the design would be unique to Texas.
November 26, 2013
Despite a capacity market and mandated reserve margin, ISO New England told FERC that it is facing a shortage of existing resources to meet its Installed Capacity Requirement (ICR).
November 26, 2013
A capacity mandate in ERCOT would increase costs and harm the Texas economy, two large employers, Wal-Mart and Valero, told the Texas Senate yesterday
November 26, 2013
The fiction that without a mandated reserve margin ERCOT is going to drop to about an equilibrium 9% reserve margin -- the unsupported narrative offered by the Brattle report -- was derided by Texas Senators given that 14 years of operation of the energy-only market have never seen anything come…
November 22, 2013
Introduction of a capacity market in Texas would be a "serious mistake" and endanger the economic prosperity that Texas has enjoyed, Nucor Steel - Texas warned the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
November 21, 2013
Despite two years of dire warnings about blackouts and capacity owners "talking down" Texas' business climate, Texas cities continue to catch the attention of national business and economic publications for their economic strength and job creation, taking top marks in recent rankings by Forbes and…
November 20, 2013
ERCOT issued a market notice with implementation details for NPRR568, Real-Time Reserve Price Adder Based on Operating Reserve Demand Curve, which was approved by the ERCOT Board on November 19, 2013
November 20, 2013
The Texas Senate Committee on Natural Resources will hold a hearing, "to receive an update on recent electric discussions at the Public Utility Commission of Texas."
November 19, 2013
A capacity market would increase Texas electric bills, but without any clear benefit to consumers, concludes a report from the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power and the Steering Committee of Cities Served by Oncor
November 19, 2013
Customized Energy Solutions said yesterday that it is the first market participant to offer demand response resources the ability to participate in the PJM Interconnection Synchronous Reserve (SR) Market as "flexible" resources, which are assigned on a five minute basis versus the traditional…
November 18, 2013
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has agreed on a series of questions to be issued for stakeholder comment regarding various options to meet a mandated reserve margin
November 18, 2013
Direct Energy, a supporter of a centralized capacity market in Texas, has warned business customers in ISO New England that this winter customers will be subject to, "additional costs associated with procuring backup generation [that] will result in higher electricity bills during these months."
November 18, 2013
More and more of the drivers of Texas economic growth are formally telling the Public Utility Commission of Texas that a capacity market would be "damaging" to businesses due to increased costs.
November 18, 2013
ERCOT will increase the System Administration Fee effective January 1, 2014.
November 15, 2013
America's Natural Gas Alliance, representing independent natural gas exploration and production companies with operations in Texas, has said that it would be "premature" for the Public Utility Commission of Texas to adopt a mandated reserve margin
November 14, 2013
"Having been present since day one of the current market structure, I can assure you that the legislature designed the energy only market for good reason," Texas State Senator Troy Fraser said in a November 13 letter to Donna Nelson, Chair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas
November 13, 2013
Several coalitions representing end users and industrial customers have filed a complaint at FERC regarding what complainants argue are "unjust and unreasonable" transmission rates in the Midwest ISO due to the currently used Base Returns on Equity as well as various adders.
November 13, 2013
Actions undertaken by NRG Energy belie NRG's claims that the energy-only market does not support investment in new capacity and that the energy-only market does not provide economically viable returns, retail provider Source Power & Gas LLC said in comments to the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
November 11, 2013
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have developed a list of proposed questions for stakeholder comment regarding real-time co-optimization of the ERCOT market (Project 41837).
November 8, 2013
Calpine, which spent much of an earnings call pressing for a centralized capacity market as the mechanism to meet a mandated reserve margin in Texas, continues to describe new physical capacity investments clearing the PJM capacity market as "questionable" and, "unlikely to be completed."
November 6, 2013
"[O]ur competitive operations have been challenged, not by operational performance, but by capacity and energy markets that do not support investment in, or in some instances the operation of, generating units," FirstEnergy CEO Anthony Alexander said yesterday during an earnings call.
November 4, 2013
ERCOT expects to have sufficient resources to meet winter and spring electricity demand, it said in a final winter assessment and preliminary spring outlook.
