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September 30, 2015
CPS Energy would pay $32,500 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Protocols § 8.5.1.1 and ERCOT Operating Guide §§ 2.2.8 and 2.3.1.2, related to primary frequency response (PFR)…
September 18, 2015
FERC proposed two measures meant to raise electric rates in wholesale energy markets, under the pretext that the markets are not properly reflecting scarcity when warranted (Docket RM15-24)
August 6, 2015
EIF Channelview Cogeneration, LLC f/k/a GIM Channelview Cogeneration, LLC would pay $83,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve its alleged failure to adhere to Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Protocols § 8.5.1.1, relating to governor in…
July 30, 2015
ERCOT's Independent Market Monitor has released the 2014 state of the market report, which finds the overall performance of the ERCOT market to be competitive in 2014.
July 15, 2015
Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. would pay $120,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve allegations that Brazos failure to adhere to Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Protocols § 8.5.1.1 and ERCOT Operating Guide §§ 2.2.8 and 2.3.1.2…
June 8, 2015
Two Texas generators would collectively pay $70,000 under settlements with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of ERCOT Protocols § 8.5.1.1 and ERCOT Operating Guide §§ 2.2.8 and 2.3.1.2, relating to primary frequency response
May 12, 2015
Luminant Generation Company LLC and Big Brown Power Company LLC would collectively pay $121,500 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of ERCOT Protocols § 8.5.1.1 and ERCOT Operating Guide §§ 2.2.8 and 2.3.1.2, relating to primary…
May 9, 2015
WGL Holdings' retail energy marketing segment reported adjusted EBIT of $27.0 million for the quarter ending March 31, 2015, an increase of $34.8 million, over adjusted EBIT of $(7.8) million for the year-ago quarter.
March 31, 2015
Air Liquide Large Industries U.S., LP would pay $50,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Protocol § 8.5.1.1 and ERCOT Operating Guide §§ 2.2.8 and 2.3.1.2, related to primary…
March 13, 2015
CPS Energy would pay $22,500 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve CPS Energy's alleged failure to adhere to Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Protocols §§ 6.5.7.6.2.3(4), related to non-spinning reserve service (NSRS) deployment, and 8.1.1.4…
March 12, 2015
NRG Texas Power, LLC would pay $35,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve NRG Texas Power's alleged failure to adhere to Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Protocols § 8.1.1.4.2(1)(b), related to Responsive Reserve Service (RRS) energy…
March 4, 2015
Several Ohio universities have filed a complaint at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio against FirstEnergy Solutions regarding FES's imposition of an RTO Expense Surcharge, to recover polar vortex-related ancillaries, on the universities' fixed price contracts.
February 18, 2015
Exelon Generation Company, LLC would pay $20,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve its alleged failure to adhere to Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Protocols § 8.1.1.4.2(1)(b), related to Responsive Reserve Service (RRS) energy…
January 21, 2015
Wolf Hollow I Power, LLC would pay $70,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of ERCOT Protocols § 8.5.1.1 and ERCOT Operating Guide §§ 2.2.8 and 2.3.1.2, relating to primary frequency response (PFR).
January 19, 2015
FERC has issued a series of questions for stakeholder comment stemming from its various organized market price formation workshops.
January 19, 2015
EDF Trading North America, LLC would pay $50,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve allegations that EDF violated Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Protocols § 8.1.1.4.2(1)(b), related to Responsive Reserve Service (RRS) energy deployment…
January 19, 2015
Exelon Generation Company, LLC would pay $50,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve allegations that Constellation Energy Commodities Group violated Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Protocols §§ 8.1.3.1, relating to Performance Criteria…
November 21, 2014
FERC has opened a section 206 investigation into whether PJM's current tariff allows deactivated power plants to continue to receive compensation for reactive power.
October 17, 2014
EDF Trading North America, LLC would pay $57,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of PURA § 39.151(j) and P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.503(f)(2), concerning failure to adhere to Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Protocols §§ 3.9…
September 29, 2014
Ten commercial and industrial customers have filed a lawsuit against FirstEnergy Solutions in the Cuyahoga County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas seeking relief from FES's imposition of the polar vortex pass-through charge on the customers.
September 15, 2014
An Ohio utility has told a group of industrial customers that it intends to reimburse them for charges paid on utility consolidated bills related to FirstEnergy Solutions' RTO Expense Surcharge, and will cease billing amounts related to the charge on utility consolidated bills, the industrial…
September 8, 2014
FERC has scheduled for October 28 a second workshop on price formation in the organized markets.
July 17, 2014
A settlement resolving a complaint by Odessa-Ector Power Partners L.P. against ERCOT concerning ERCOT's manual overrides of Odessa-Ector Power Partners, L.P.'s High Dispatch Limit (HDL) on November 15, 16, and 20, 2012 calls for resettlement of the disputed intervals.
June 5, 2014
Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. would pay $18,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve an investigation to Morgan Stanley Capital Group for alleged violation of non-spinning reserve service (NSRS) energy deployment criteria on March 31, 2012.
June 2, 2014
ISO New England's current capacity market design, "fails to provide adequate incentives for resource performance, thereby threatening reliable operation of the system and forcing consumers to pay for capacity without receiving commensurate reliability benefits," FERC conceded in an order Friday.
