May 31, 2011
The Midwest ISO ignored the fact that its Module E Resource Adequacy construct, regardless of whether an auction is used to procure capacity, has imposed new costs on load that would otherwise not be required, and that such costs would be imposed on customers at Entergy Texas should it join MISO.
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May 16, 2011
The Midwest ISO has filed expedited tariff changes at FERC to prevent the current exploitation of a flaw by certain market participants which allows suppliers to inflate make-whole payments by inducing reductions in output through their own changes in day-ahead and real-time offers.
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May 13, 2011
Entergy's comprehensive evaluation of alternative transmission arrangements, in which it justifies its selection of Midwest ISO membership, essentially dismisses capacity costs as a potential cost to ratepayers under the MISO option.
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May 13, 2011
The PUCT needs to consider "non-quantifiable" metrics as it studies the future of Entergy Texas, PUCT Chairman Barry Smitherman said during yesterday's open meeting.
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May 2, 2011
A preliminary analysis by Entergy Texas reveals that, under a certain set of assumptions, Texas ratepayers will become net payers under the Entergy system agreement in 2014 even as the Entergy companies join the Midwest ISO, PUCT Commissioner Kenneth Anderson reported during Friday's open meeting.
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April 27, 2011
The term "higher costs" is one of the two most prevalent concepts that Americans associate with "energy deregulation," according to a new poll by EcoAlign, which is a unit of the Distributed Energy Financial Group, DEFG LLC.
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April 25, 2011
Notwithstanding the limited physical interconnection between the two areas, Entergy Corporation announced this morning that, "it has concluded that joining the Midwest Independent System Operator (MISO) will provide meaningful long-term benefits for the customers of the Entergy operating companies."
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April 11, 2011
The Midwest ISO has petitioned FERC for a declaratory order, asking that FERC confirm that the terms of the Joint Operating Agreement in effect between the Southwest Power Pool and MISO, regarding the sharing of transmission capacity on a common path, will remain in effect and applicable to Entergy…
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April 7, 2011
"[B]arriers that exist in the MISO [Midwest ISO] market make Ameren a less attractive market," than Commonwealth Edison and other PJM residential markets, several retail suppliers told the Illinois Commerce Commission.
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January 11, 2011
Notwithstanding the fact that several states in eastern forward capacity markets are racing to take any action to blunt or mitigate the pricing impacts from such markets, several generators filed a protest at FERC requesting that FERC impose strict deadlines for the Midwest ISO to implement…
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January 5, 2011
PJM and the Midwest ISO have filed a proposed settlement at FERC to resolve all claims relating to several cross-complaints (Dockets EL10-45 et. al.) lodged by each RTO concerning the Joint Operating Agreement (JOA).
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December 9, 2010
The Midwest ISO has filed with FERC the general "foundation" which MISO expects will govern further revisions to its resource adequacy mechanism, which may potentially include a five-year forward obligation for load serving entities to purchase capacity, and a mandatory capacity auction.
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October 19, 2010
Constellation Energy has protested the Seams Elimination Charge Adjustment compliance filing (ER10-2283 et. al.) of the PJM transmission owners due to establishment in the compliance filing of SECA sub-zones in the AEP-East zone for "Wolfhills" and "Bristol, Wolfhills" that, "neither appear to have…
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