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December 29, 2016
FERC has set for hearing proposed changes to capacity obligations in the Northern Maine Independent System Administrator, Inc., stating that the sought changes have not been shown to be just and reasonable
December 29, 2016
Dynegy has proposed to divest generation in response to a FERC order requiring mitigation of Dynegy's proposed acquisition of 8,731 megawatts of generation capacity from Engie (f/k/a GDF Suez)
December 23, 2016
Divestiture Or Other Mitigation Measures Must Be Proposed
FERC issued an order finding that a transaction under which Dynegy would acquire 8,731 megawatts of generation capacity from Engie (f/k/a GDF Suez) raises competitive concerns in certain capacity market local deliverability areas, and conditioned approval of the acquisition on mitigation
December 21, 2016
The Michigan Public Service Commission opened a proceeding to seek additional information on Consumers Energy's announcement that it intends to terminate early its power purchase agreement (PPA) with Entergy Nuclear Palisades, LLC (ENP) for the purchase of electricity from the Palisades Nuclear…
December 16, 2016
ERCOT's latest Capacity, Demand and Reserves (CDR) report indicates sufficient reserve margins through 2021 despite an increase in the load forecasts
December 16, 2016
The Michigan Senate and House have passed a revised version of SB 437, which Gov. Snyder has indicated he will sign, that permits the PSC to reduce the electric choice cap to below 10% under certain circumstances, and revises the previously proposed capacity obligations to be imposed on retail…
December 12, 2016
KeySpan New York and KeySpan Long Island (National Grid) have initiated an ESCO collaborative process, as provided for in a recent rate case, to address several ESCO-related issues.
November 23, 2016
The Michigan PSC has adopted dual natural gas pipeline reservation charges at DTE Gas, with a unique (reduced) reservation charge applicable to gas customer choice (GCC) customers of retail suppliers, and another reservation charge amount applicable to default service (GCR) customers.
November 8, 2016
The Michigan PSC adopted a settlement concerning the natural gas customer choice (GCC) program design at Consumers Energy which provides that retail suppliers shall not be subject to a capacity reservation charge at this time
November 7, 2016
Cites PJM's Embrace of More Costly "Annual" Resources Which Had Forced Outages During Polar Vortex
John Schultz, President of Direct Energy Business, LLC, wrote in a letter to the PJM Board of Managers that PJM's decision to adopt an "aggregation" proposal to address concerns about demand response's ability to participate in the 2020-21 capacity auction (which will only procure capacity…
November 2, 2016
ERCOT currently expects to have enough generation capacity available to serve the region’s electricity demands this winter and next spring.
November 2, 2016
Alleging an, "Imminent Reliability Risk In Retail Choice Areas," the Midcontinent ISO filed at FERC for approval of its proposed capacity market changes that would impose a three-year forward capacity obligation on retail suppliers in Zone 4 (Illinois) and Zone 7 (Michigan Lower Peninsula).
October 26, 2016
Court Laments "Questionable" Decision By Then-FERC Chair To Disclaim Authority Over Auction Results
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said in an order that it lacks authority to review deadlocked FERC decisions, in finding that it cannot review a deadlocked FERC which allowed the results of the 2014 ISO New England Forward Capacity Auction (FCA 8, for 2017/18 delivery year) to stand
October 21, 2016
A complaint filed at FERC by the New England Power Generators Association, Inc. seeking to terminate the Peak Energy Rent (PER) rebate, a key feature of the ISO-NE capacity market, effective September 30, 2016 would harm retail suppliers, the Retail Energy Supply Association said in comments at FERC…
October 7, 2016
With a bidder confidentiality period now expired, the Maine PUC has released an order setting Standard Offer rates for residential and medium non-residential customers at Maine Public Service (Emera Maine – Maine Public District).
October 6, 2016
PSEG announced today that its coal-fired Hudson Generation Station in Jersey City, N.J., and its Mercer Generation Station in Hamilton Township, N.J., will be retired on June 1, 2017.
September 30, 2016
DTE Energy today announced, "it will build new energy generation as part of its commitment to ensure long-term reliability and produce cleaner energy for its customers."
September 28, 2016
The Illinois Power Agency has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission its 2017 proposed default service procurement plan for Commonwealth Edison, Ameren, and the portion of MidAmerican Energy load not served by utility-owned generation.
September 26, 2016
The Illinois Power Agency posted results from the September procurement of capacity for Ameren default service customers
September 22, 2016
The New York PSC has adopted tariff changes at KeySpan New York and KeySpan Long Island (National Grid) to improve capacity release for ESCOs, and other previously adopted retail market enhancements may now be implemented on a permanent basis as KeySpan's new Gas Transportation Information System…
September 21, 2016
Retail Suppliers Would Be Required to Pay State Capacity Charge or Use Fixed Resource Adequacy Plan
The Michigan Governor's office has provided more details concerning an agreement between the state and Midcontinent ISO concerning the use of the state compensation mechanism to address resource adequacy in the state.
September 20, 2016
ERCOT said that it will not award any contracts for Must-Run Alternative (MRA) Resources that had been sought to eliminate the need for the Greens Bayou Unit 5 RMR contract, as ERCOT said that the proposals contained in the MRA responses did not provide an acceptable solution to the reliability…
September 19, 2016
The Maine PUC has set the Standard Offer rates for the large non-residential classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric for the month of October 2016
September 13, 2016
A change to the treatment of imports in ISO New England's capacity market could expose an "inefficiency" in the New York ISO capacity market that could raise capacity prices for load by $340 million, the New York ISO and New York PSC warned in separately filed comments at FERC.
September 12, 2016
Would "Preserve" Revenue Streams For Generators That Relied on Incorrect Clearing Price (Uplift?)
