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May 12, 2017
The Michigan PSC affirmed that determining how load serving entities, including retail suppliers, are able to demonstrate compliance with certain statutory capacity requirements shall be addressed in the PSC's previously adopted technical conference process, not utility rate cases nor cases…
May 12, 2017
The Michigan PSC denied a request from Consumers Energy which had sought to compel the disclosure of retail electric suppliers' confidential resource adequacy compliance showings filed with the PSC
May 3, 2017
ERCOT Expects Sufficient Generation For Summer 2017
ERCOT's latest Capacity, Demand and Reserves (CDR) report indicates sufficient reserve margins through 2024
April 14, 2017
MISO Says Still Working With Illinois On "State-Based" Approach For Long-Term Resource Adequacy
Clearing prices in the Midcontinent ISO capacity auction for the 2017-18 delivery year were $1.50/MW-day for all zones.
March 24, 2017
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for publication concerning changes to the Reliability Must-Run (RMR) service rules
March 13, 2017
With FERC rejecting the Midcontinent ISO's proposal for a forward capacity auction specific to retail choice states, the Michigan PSC, consistent with recent legislation, has established a process to establish a State Reliability Mechanism (SRM), under which retail suppliers will be required to pay…
March 1, 2017
The Michigan Public Service Commission is seeking comment on how to proceed in light of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Feb. 2 order rejecting the Midcontinent Independent System Operator’s proposal to establish a three-year forward capacity auction specific to retail choice states.
February 28, 2017
ERCOT announced in a market notice that it has terminated the Reliability Must-Run (RMR) agreement with NRG Energy's Greens Bayou Unit 5
January 30, 2017
PJM's stakeholders have created the Capacity Construct/Public Policy Senior Task Force, which will report to the Markets and Reliability Committee
January 13, 2017
The Michigan PSC has issued a customer annual order requiring retail electric suppliers and other LSEs to submit a self-assessment of their ability to meet their customers’ expected electric requirements and associated reserves during the five-year period of 2017 through 2021
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…
November 9, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have scheduled for December 14 a workshop on the rulemaking concerning Reliability Must-Run service in Project 46369
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).
November 1, 2016
Reliability Must Run should require ERCOT Board approval, several NRG Energy subsidiaries said in comments to the Texas PUC concerning an RMR rulemaking
October 18, 2016
ERCOT issued a market notice stating that, under revised Reliability Must-Run (RMR) study metrics, NRG Texas Power LLC's Greens Bayou Unit 5 is not needed for RMR service beyond July 31, 2017
October 12, 2016
The ERCOT Board of Directors yesterday approved several nodal protocol revision requests (NPRRs), including NPRR 788, relating to RMR Study Modifications
October 11, 2016
ERCOT said in a market notice that it is deferring its final determination on the need for certain of Calpine's Clear Lake units until the ERCOT Board’s consideration of NPRR788, which would modify the studies used for ERCOT's evaluation of RMR determinations
October 11, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas filed a strawman proposal to, among other things, propose new provisions related to the evaluation of RMR service.
September 23, 2016
The Public Utility Commission of Texas yesterday moved forward to drop use of the target 1-in-10 Loss of Load Expectation (LOLE) reliability standard, and potentially replace the target with four new metrics
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 2, 2016
ERCOT has issued an initial determination stating that Calpine's units CTL_GT_102, CTL_GT_103, CTL_GT_104, CTL_ST_101, CTL_ST_102 (Clear Lake) are needed to support ERCOT transmission system reliability.
