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September 14, 2015
FERC has approved a winter reliability program for 2015-18 at ISO New England, adopting the alternative proposed by NEPOOL which was found to be less costly than the ISO's proposal.
September 2, 2015
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) expects to have sufficient generation available to serve forecasted peak demands in the upcoming fall and winter months, it said in releasing its final Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) for fall and the preliminary outlook for the…
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.
July 6, 2015
Michigan State Senator Mike Nofs, Chair of the Energy and Technology committee, has introduced a bill (SB 0437) which would maintain the 10% electric choice cap but make choice available only to current customers taking competitive supply or on the wait list, and would essentially require a one-time…
June 19, 2015
Texas Public Utility Commissioners yesterday discussed next steps regarding their review of the reserve margin, with Chairman Donna Nelson stating that with ERCOT's "healthy" reserve margins, there is no "hurry" to resolve the issue.
June 10, 2015
In a dissent from a FERC order largely adopting PJM's capacity performance proposal without modification, FERC Chairman Norman Bay warned that the flawed market design adopted by his colleagues will allow generators to profit despite non-performance.
June 10, 2015
FERC generally accepted as-filed PJM's capacity performance proposal, including most notably approving PJM's proposed transition mechanism without modification.
May 5, 2015
ERCOT's latest Capacity, Demand and Reserves (CDR) report shows that reserve margins are expected to exceed 15 percent through 2021, and above the target 13.75% through 2022.
March 25, 2015
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed reports from the Independent Market Monitor and Texas Reliability Entity concerning load shed which occurred in the Lower Rio Grande Valley on October 8, 2014.
March 16, 2015
In an address outlining Michigan's energy policy, Gov. Rick Snyder said that the state does not need to eliminate the current provision for retail access, if retail suppliers can demonstrate that they are assuring reliability for their customers.
March 3, 2015
Seasonal forecasts released by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) indicate the region will have sufficient electric generation available to serve expected peak demand requirements in the upcoming spring and summer.
February 23, 2015
FERC approved PJM's request to retain 2,000 MW of capacity that would otherwise be released under the RPM incremental project, but denied a separate request from PJM for authorization to enter into contracts for capacity for reliability purposes outside of the centralized capacity market.
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 11, 2015
The Michigan Public Service Commission has directed Wisconsin Electric Power Company (WEPCo) to show cause why it should not be prohibited from suspension of operations or retirement of the Presque Isle Power Plant (PIPP).
February 6, 2015
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a revised set of questions regarding the Commission's review of the ERCOT reserve margin which Staff recommends be issued for public comment.
February 5, 2015
ISO New England's forward capacity auction for the 2018/19 delivery year resulted in a shortfall of resources for the new Southeast Massachusetts/Rhode Island (SEMA/RI) zone.
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.
January 30, 2015
The rate shocks seen by Upper Peninsula customers in Michigan from a RMR-type contract, which prompted a deal brokered by the state that will see Cliffs Natural Resources end competitive supply service (click here) , "is causing a lot of people to question this hybrid market that we have here in…
January 23, 2015
ERCOT has filed a report on simulations used to identify target reserve margin levels (Planning Reserve Margin) at which specific physical reliability standards would be satisfied
January 21, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC has levied a simple but brilliant criticism at PJM's proposal for a transition to its capacity performance product which illustrates the futility of paying billions in additional capacity costs for a limited amount of the new capacity performance product alongside existing…
December 16, 2014
Dayton Power & Light CEO Derek Porter has filed a letter with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio arguing that ratepayer-backed power purchase agreements, such as those proposed by the FirstEnergy utilities, are a, "key component to allowing reliable coal generation to continue operating and…
December 12, 2014
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a reserve margin analysis as part of the review of the reliability standard in the ERCOT region.
December 9, 2014
Public Service Company of New Hampshire raised the specter of a purchaser of its generating plants, should the PUC compel a divestiture, using the purchase to remove the PSNH plants from the ISO New England capacity market to drive up prices, citing the recent controversy over the removal of the…
December 5, 2014
The Michigan PSC has directed the state's utilities and retail suppliers to file assessments of their abilities to meet their customers' expected electric requirements for the years 2015 through 2019.
December 2, 2014
ERCOT's latest Capacity, Demand and Reserves (CDR) report shows that reserve margins are expected to exceed 15 percent through 2018.
