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May 26, 2016
Dynegy today announced plans to file legislation in the Illinois General Assembly which would move Ameren from the Midcontinent ISO to the PJM market, in order to provide more compensation to downstate generation capacity, such as Dynegy's power plants
April 27, 2016
A new draft of Michigan SB437 was unveiled yesterday addressing retail choice, sponsored by Mike Nofs, Chair of the Energy and Technology Committee
April 18, 2016
The Midcontinent ISO saw the Zone 4 (Illinois) capacity price for the 2016-17 delivery year fall by half versus 2015-16, though the price is still well above the levels seen in prior auctions.
January 18, 2016
FERC approves changes to the market-to-market procedures contained in the Interregional Coordination Process, section 4, of the Joint Operating Agreement (JOA) between the Midcontinent ISO and PJM, which are meant to enhance the day-ahead market-to-market coordination procedures and their real-time…
January 11, 2016
FERC granted the Midcontinent ISO a temporary waiver, to allow MISO to pay generators verifiable costs in excess of the $1,000/MWh offer cap, for the period January 1, 2016 through April 30, 2016
January 4, 2016
FERC found that using a capacity supplier's opportunity costs of selling capacity in PJM is not a just and reasonable basis for setting the mitigation of capacity supply offers in the Midcontinent ISO capacity market, and ordered that such provisions be stricken from the MISO tariff
December 23, 2015
As in prior years, the Michigan PSC has ordered electric utilities and other load-serving entities (LSEs), including retail suppliers, to file assessments of their plans for meeting customer loads during the 2016 to 2020 timeframe.
November 23, 2015
FERC rejected several concerns raised by retail suppliers in accepting a compliance filing concerning the Midcontinent ISO's capacity market
October 5, 2015
FERC will hold a technical conference on October 20 concerning market power mitigation in the Midcontinent ISO capacity market, and related market design issues
October 2, 2015
FERC disclosed yesterday that shortly after the conclusion of the 2015/16 Planning Resource Auction (capacity auction) conducted by Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) in April 2015, the Commission’s Office of Enforcement began a non-public informal investigation under Part 1b of…
July 24, 2015
From a resource adequacy planning standpoint, Michigan is unlikely to experience outages due to a lack of supply in 2016/2017, the PSC has concluded, though the PSC remains wary about future prospects.
April 15, 2015
The Midcontinent ISO capacity auction for the 2015-16 compliance year resulted in a Zone 4 (Illinois, including Ameren) clearing price of $150.00/MW-day.
April 1, 2015
Entergy Texas reported to the Public Utility Commission of Texas that no customers signed up for Rider CGS, Competitive Generation Service.
March 9, 2015
PJM has opposed a refund of uplift charges related to January 2014 sought by Champion Energy Marketing, citing the filed rate doctrine, while Verde Energy USA, Inc. called PJM's current application of uplift, "unjust and unreasonable, and is contrary to the Commission's cost causation principles."
February 17, 2015
During an earnings call last week, DTE Energy CEO Gerard Anderson said that "nobody" is planning capacity required to fill projected shortfalls which Anderson said aligns with the amount of retail access load.
February 10, 2015
FERC approved the Midwest ISO's request to allow the ISO to compensate generators in excess of the current $1,000/MWh offer cap.
February 4, 2015
In its annual report on retail open access electricity service (click here for related story today) , the PSC expressed "concern" over assuring resource adequacy in a retail choice environment.
February 4, 2015
FERC-driven changes in Midcontinent ISO practices may require the Public Utility Commission of Texas to consider whether changed circumstances exist such that Entergy Texas' participation in MISO is no longer in the public interest, the PUCT said in a filing at FERC.
June 13, 2014
FERC issued a Staff notice alleging that, "a formal, nonpublic investigation pursuant to 18 C.F.R. Part 1b, the staff of the Office of Enforcement of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) has preliminarily determined that Twin Cities Power-Canada, U.L.C. and certain affiliated…
June 3, 2014
DTE Electric (Detroit Edison) issued a Request for Proposal to solicit bids for the company to acquire an operational natural gas simple and/or combined cycle generating plant.
April 16, 2014
The Midcontinent ISO's annual planning resource auction for 2014-15 resulted in a capacity clearing price of $16.75 per MW-Day for Illinois (Zone 4).
February 18, 2014
As noted in our related story today, a Texas customer has taken up the fight to introduce electric choice to El Paso Electric, which is the latest example of a disturbing trend in Texas of so-called competitive market advocates not proactively seeking to extend choice to the still significant areas…
February 10, 2014
FERC approved a settlement with Louis Dreyfus Energy Services L.P. (LDES) under which LDES will pay a civil penalty of $4.1 million, and disgorge $3.3 million plus interest, to resolve allegations that LDES violated the Commission’s Anti-Manipulation Rule, 18 C.F.R. § 1c.2 (2013), in connection with…
January 8, 2014
FERC issued a public notice of alleged violations stating that a non-public, informal investigation by Staff of FERC's Office of Enforcement, "has preliminarily determined that Louis Dreyfus Energy Services, L.P. (LDES) violated 18 C.F.R. § 1c.2 (2013) by placing virtual trades in MISO at a node in…
December 20, 2013
FERC has granted rehearing concerning the cost recovery of Providers of Last Resort in the Midwest ISO capacity market, agreeing that it erred in a prior order which allowed such POLRs to recover undefined "administrative" costs.
