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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 8, 2011
The contemplated corporate separation of AEP Ohio's existing ratebased generation from its Ohio distribution companies opens up a whole new view for the company going forward, executives said during an investor call yesterday.
September 7, 2011
A non-unanimous stipulation in AEP Ohio's electric security plan proceeding contemplates that, starting June 1, 2015, AEP Ohio would source power for Standard Service Offer load through competitive auctions (11-346-EL-SSO et. al.)
September 7, 2011
Duke Energy Ohio's proposed electric security plan is "not anti-competitive" and "not a platform to build uneconomic generation," Duke Energy CFO Lynn Good said this morning at a Barclays Capital investor conference.
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
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.
August 30, 2011
The Compete Coalition yesterday claimed in a blog posting that customers of competitive retail suppliers would be "doublecharged" under Duke Energy Ohio's proposed electric security plan. However, that is not Matters' understanding of the Duke Energy Ohio proposal.
August 25, 2011
The New York PSC has ordered NYSEG to refund to transportation-only customers $6.03 million, representing amounts due to these customers which had been inappropriately applied to the Gas Supply Charge paid by sales service customers (10-G-0467).
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 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 18, 2011
The Maine PUC issued a Notice of Inquiry regarding a legislative directive that the Commission adopt rules to help ensure that long-term contracts for capacity, energy and renewable energy credits (RECs) provide benefits to ratepayers (2011-270).
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 10, 2011
The California PUC issued a proposed decision which would modify several aspects of the treatment of demand response under the Resource Adequacy (RA) mechanism.
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 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.
July 25, 2011
PJM said in a FERC filing that it "will" propose a New Entry Price Adjustment (NEPA) alternative under which PJM would operate a voluntary capacity auction that would allow suppliers to submit offers to sell standardized multi-year contracts in excess of three years (ER11-2875).
July 22, 2011
In preparation for a July 28 PUCT workshop on issues related to the proposed integration of Entergy Texas (ETI) into the Midwest ISO, and issues related to several of the operating companies' exit from the Entergy system agreement, stakeholders submitted questions to Entergy to be addressed at the…
July 21, 2011
In a protest at FERC (EC11-83), the Maryland Office of People's Counsel and Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate called the proposed mitigation offered by Exelon and Constellation Energy as part of their merger application inadequate, while also calling the analysis of retail market issues…
July 21, 2011
The Midwest ISO's formal tariff filing at FERC to implement revisions to its Module E resource adequacy construct, including the creation of an annual commitment period and central auction with opt-out provisions, still leaves many questions unanswered regarding the interaction of various elections…
July 20, 2011
"Texas could face a shortage of generation necessary to keep the lights on in Texas within a few years," if the U.S. EPA's Cross-State Rule is implemented as written, ERCOT CEO H.B. "Trip" Doggett said in a statement yesterday.
July 18, 2011
The New York PSC has approved, without major modification, a revised electric default service commodity rate mechanism at Niagara Mohawk (10-E-0050).
July 14, 2011
Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc. has petitioned the Maryland PSC to amend its demand response capacity agreements with Pepco and Delmarva Power, after failing to obtain the required capacity resources under the contracts for the 2011-12 delivery year at each of the utilities.
July 14, 2011
Luminant said in an SEC filing yesterday that it is considering mothballing certain of its legacy lignite/coal-fueled generation due to the EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR).
