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September 23, 2013
ERCOT said in a market notice that it has identified a potential problem with the implementation of NPRR 416, Creation of the RUC Resource Buyback Provision, which is scheduled for release this week.
September 20, 2013
ERCOT Issues Proposed Protocol Language for Operating Reserves Demand Curve
September 18, 2013
ERCOT said in a market notice yesterday that it has posted an updated tool to backcast online and offline reserve prices as well as Peaker Net Margin (PNM) under the real-time scarcity pricing concept known as "Interim Solution B+", a form of an operating reserves demand curve.
September 13, 2013
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has directed ERCOT to develop a Nodal Protocol Revision Request to implement an Operating Reserves Demand Curve (ORDC), following the B+ design, and agreed on four major design elements for the curve.
September 11, 2013
South Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. would pay $52,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve STEC's alleged failure to adhere to ERCOT protocols related to non-spinning reserve service (NSRS) energy deployment criteria.
September 6, 2013
Implementing a "maximum" configuration of real-time energy and ancillary services co-optimization (RTEAC) in the ERCOT market would cost less than 1% of the annual projected cost of a capacity market, according to a real-time co-optimization impact assessment filed with the Public Utility Commission…
July 22, 2013
Texas Public Utility Commissioner Kenneth Anderson has offered two proposed alternatives for implementing an Operating Reserves Demand Curve in ERCOT.
July 5, 2013
ERCOT has formally submitted for approval Nodal Protocol Revision Request 555 , Load Resource Participation in Security-Constrained Economic Dispatch.
June 28, 2013
No substantive opposition to the B+ Operating Reserves Demand Curve was voiced yesterday during a Texas workshop on the subject, other than from supporters of alternative market designs who fear it might preclude the need for their preferred outcomes.
May 20, 2013
ERCOT has filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas an estimated cost to implement the "B+" solution to improve real-time scarcity pricing through implementation of an Operating Reserve Demand Curve (ORDC).
May 7, 2013
5 Names New Hire, Expands With New Office
May 7, 2013
A proposed order from a Texas ALJ would impose a $25,000 administrative penalty on CPS Energy, an authorized qualified scheduling entity (QSE), relating to failure to meet non-spinning reserve service (NSRS) deployment requirements.
May 6, 2013
ERCOT has filed a supplement to backcast pricing impacts from implementing an operating reserves demand curve under the B+ Solution, now using 2,300 MW as the minimum contingency level, which indicates energy market price increases of up to $70/MWh.
April 29, 2013
The University of Delaware and NRG Energy announced a milestone for their eV2g project: becoming an official resource of PJM Interconnection and proving for the first time that electric vehicle-to-grid technology can sell electricity from electric vehicles (EVs) to the power grid.
March 26, 2013
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Board of Directors at its March meeting approved a pilot for the upcoming summer that will expand its options to reduce electric use during peak summer conditions when demand is high and power supplies are tight.
March 22, 2013
ERCOT has filed its backcast analysis of market prices had the Interim Solution B+ approach to improve the scarcity pricing mechanism been in place in 2011-12.
March 19, 2013
Maine Assigns Docket for Inquiry into Standard Offer Service
February 22, 2013
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas and Calpine Corporation have filed for approval of a settlement agreement establishing a Voluntary Mitigation Plan (VMP) for Calpine, which specifies offering practices that Calpine may use when offering its generation resources into the ERCOT…
February 20, 2013
Constellation announced the launch of Constellation Rate Response, which Constellation said provides new options for commercial and industrial (C&I) customers to lower their electricity supply costs by participating in load response programs.
February 11, 2013
The New York ISO has filed tariff changes at FERC to modify the calculation of Locational Based Marginal Pricing (LBMPs) during periods of scarcity, to allow for pricing to reflect scarcity conditions on a localized basis.
January 23, 2013
ERCOT has filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas two potential interim solutions to improve scarcity pricing by utilizing reserve demand curves.
January 2, 2013
North America Power Partners LLC has requested that FERC extend the deadline for it to pay a previously ordered disgorgement and civil penalty, citing a decrease in revenue, which has impacted its ability to meet the deadlines.
November 19, 2012
Commissioners of the Public Utility Commission of Texas on Friday agreed to direct Staff to open a project addressing demand response in ERCOT.
November 14, 2012
Texas Public Utility Commissioner Rolando Pablos has suggested that the Commission explore expanding operating reserves as a "good interim solution" as the Commission considers long-term resource adequacy.
November 7, 2012
FERC has again dismissed concerns raised by the Pennsylvania PUC regarding shortage pricing in PJM, in denying a request for rehearing of an earlier FERC order.
