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September 12, 2011
ERCOT has received a Notification of Suspension of Operations for Midlothian Energy LP's Midlothian CT5 unit (MDANP_CT5), a gas-fired unit. In ERCOT's most recent CDR report, Midlothian CT5's capacity is listed as 225 MW summer, 247 MW winter.
September 12, 2011
Luminant announced this morning that it will idle several plants due to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule.
September 12, 2011
In a pleading likely to fall on deaf ears at FERC (ER11-4081), the Illinois Commerce Commission expressed, "significant doubts that a centralized capacity market, as proposed by [the Midwest ISO], is necessary for the Midwest."
September 9, 2011
Siding with capacity suppliers against load-serving entities, FERC rejected in part a proposal from the New York ISO to establish a criteria which would be used to evaluate the creation of separate capacity zones in the ICAP market (ER04-449).
September 6, 2011
The lower Zone J capacity pricing in the New York ISO, which the independent market monitor has confirmed is competitive, represents a, "fundamental failure of the marketplace," said Mark Sudbey, CEO of US Power Generating Company, in connection with the announcement that subsidiary Astoria…
September 6, 2011
AEP Ohio submitted testimony at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio supporting its request to raise the capacity charges imposed on competitive retail suppliers under its Fixed Resource Requirement by up to 160% (10-2929-EL-UNC).
September 1, 2011
The PUCT will allow ERCOT and stakeholders to move forward with several consensus changes meant to address the energy market pricing impact from deployment of certain ancillaries, but said that it needed more analysis before adjudicating more substantive changes, including whether to adopt the…
September 1, 2011
Under a "best case" scenario, the U.S. EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule will result in a reduction in ERCOT capacity of 3,000 MW during March, April, October, and November, and 1,200-1,400 MW during all other months, including the summer months, ERCOT reported today in an updated analysis.
September 1, 2011
FERC Orders NYISO to Share Confidential Market Participant Data
August 30, 2011
Independent Market Monitor Potomac Economics released today the 2010 ERCOT State of the Market Report.
August 30, 2011
The California ISO will soon be submitting a filing with FERC to remove from its current market design the ability for parties to submit virtual bids at the interties, with such activity to be prohibited as soon as early November 2011 (ER11-4384).
August 23, 2011
PUCT Commissioners yesterday debated whether adjusting the offer cap or Power Balance Penalty Curve may ultimately be a more efficient means of assuring resource adequacy versus changes in Non-Spinning Reserve Service (NSRS) and Reliability Unit Commitment (RUC).
August 22, 2011
In the August 29 edition of the Weekly Standard, published in advance online , author Michael Warren faults New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's energy policy as being "not so conservative," due to the Long-Term Capacity Pilot Program (LCAPP). However, the Weekly Standard either fails to recognize, or…
August 22, 2011
The current ERCOT market design, "may encourage other retailers to rely too heavily on short-term markets for supply," TXU Energy said in comments to the PUCT regarding changes to Non-Spinning Reserve Service (NSRS).
August 22, 2011
FERC has opened a non-public, formal investigation regarding energy market manipulation that may have occurred in connection with certain bidding practices which artificially increased payments under the bid cost recovery mechanism in the California ISO (ER11-3856).
August 19, 2011
Several generators are supporting a compromise proposal from the Lower Colorado River Authority to address the depressing energy price impacts from deployments of Non-Spinning Reserve Service in ERCOT, which would, among other things, set a minimum offer floor for online and offline Non-Spinning…
August 18, 2011
Current Minimum Offer Price Rules (MOPR) in PJM's capacity market, "may undermine bilateral long-term contracting, self supply, and force some entities [to] switch to FRR [Fixed Resource Requirement] inefficiently," the Brattle Group said in an updated study on the Reliability Pricing Model .
August 17, 2011
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has signed Reliability Must Run (RMR) Agreements with two Resource Entities to return Mothballed Generation Resources to service as soon as practicable to mitigate capacity shortages during the extreme heat and drought conditions impacting the ERCOT Region.
August 12, 2011
PUCO Sets Hearing on Capacity Charges for Retail Suppliers at AEP Ohio
August 4, 2011
The latest complaint from certain capacity suppliers in New York regarding buyer-side market power in the ICAP market amounts to "conspiracy theories" with no factual evidence, the New York ISO said in an answer at FERC (EL11-50).
August 3, 2011
The PUCT will hold a workshop on August 22 regarding issues related to non-spin in ERCOT, and various proposed modifications.
August 2, 2011
The Midwest ISO told Matters this afternoon that retail suppliers will pay the applicable capacity auction clearing price for any new load acquired as a result of switching under MISO's proposed modifications to its Module E resource adequacy construct.
August 2, 2011
Windstream Corp. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Paetec Holding Corp in a transaction valued at approximately $2.3 billion. Paetec owns retail supplier U.S. Energy Partners, as well as broker Technology Resource Solutions, Inc. (Paetec Energy)
August 1, 2011
Calpine said that it is "dusting off" plans to add to its existing fleet in ERCOT through incremental brownfield development, in reporting earnings Friday.
July 26, 2011
NRG Greens Bayou Unit 5 May Be Required for RMR Service
