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January 14, 2013
A California PUC proposed decision would advance the deadline by which electric service providers must show their monthly compliance with resource adequacy obligations.
January 13, 2013
Apparently in the vein of never letting a crisis go to waste, a federally-sanctioned, non-representative, quasi-government agency has inserted itself into the ERCOT resource adequacy debate, requesting, since it has no authority to demand, that ERCOT provide it with certain information, but with the…
January 10, 2013
Texas State Representative Byron Cook, Chair of the House Committee on State Affairs, has proposed that the current structure of the Public Utility Commission of Texas be replaced with a single commissioner.
January 4, 2013
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have recommended that the Commission hold a workshop on inputs to the ERCOT Capacity, Demand and Reserves (CDR) Report, and have filed a list of potential questions related to certain elements.
January 3, 2013
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. has filed with the PUCT its December 2012 Long-Term Assessment Report
December 28, 2012
Retail suppliers in the Midwest ISO contesting their assigned demand forecasts, and the capacity obligations inherent in such forecasts, will be subject to the MISO alternate dispute resolution process, a process which MISO concedes is, "neither rapid nor free of costs."
December 26, 2012
A proposed decision from the California PUC would allow Southern California Edison to procure nearly 1,800 MW in local capacity requirements, with such procurement eligible for cost allocation mechanism (CAM) treatment. The draft order would also decline to make any changes in the CAM, such as those…
December 14, 2012
The Public Utility Commission of Texas directed Staff to develop a strawman concerning the elements that should be contained in ERCOT's Capacity, Demand and Reserves report, and other design inputs of the report.
December 10, 2012
ERCOT this morning released its updated Capacity, Demand and Reserves (CDR) report which shows healthier reserve margins in future years beyond 2013.
December 3, 2012
The previously reported Reliability Contingency Plan ordered by the New York PSC to be developed by Consolidated Edison and other parties shall include the form of Request for Proposals (RFPs) that would be issued to procure needed resources to address system reliability needs by the summer of 2016…
November 28, 2012
The New York State Public Service Commission took action on three items highlighted in Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's Energy Highway Blueprint issued by the Energy Highway Task Force in October.
November 15, 2012
Adopting an operating reserve demand curve in ERCOT would improve reliability, support adequate scarcity pricing, and would be fully compatible with other market-oriented policies, the existing Texas "energy only" market design, and the proposed options for long-term resource adequacy, a new paper…
November 14, 2012
Texas Public Utility Commissioner Rolando Pablos has suggested that the Commission explore expanding operating reserves as a "good interim solution" as the Commission considers long-term resource adequacy.
November 14, 2012
ERCOT is not projected to dip below the 13.75% target reserve margin until 2018 (and then only by 0.5% in 2018), according to an analysis by Texas Public Utility Commissioner Kenneth Anderson.
November 2, 2012
ERCOT has released a Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) for the upcoming winter season and a preliminary outlook for spring 2013.
October 31, 2012
ERCOT has completed its review of Luminant Generation Company LLC Monticello Units 1 & 2 which had submitted a notification of suspension of operations and found that the units are not required to support ERCOT system reliability.
October 30, 2012
ERCOT has completed its review of several units at S.R. Bertron which had submitted a notification of suspension of operations and found that the units are not required to support ERCOT system reliability.
October 26, 2012
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has approved a series of increases in the ERCOT high system-wide offer cap (HCAP) starting June 1, 2013, with the cap eventually reaching $9,000/MWh.
October 24, 2012
Eager to have their desired mandatory capacity market meet the Public Utility Commission of Texas' approval, several capacity owners in ERCOT said that they agree with Brattle's recommendation that a Minimum Offer Price Rule (offer floor) would not be required in ERCOT's capacity market, before…
October 24, 2012
The Brattle Group presentation on "composite" resource adequacy alternatives filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas on October 19, 2012, "does not accurately capture or meaningfully evaluate the various stakeholder proposals that support an energy-only market, including the backstop…
October 24, 2012
ERCOT is projected to exceed or meet the target reserve margin through 2017 when including available mothballed capacity not included in the Capacity, Demand and Reserves report, the Texas Industrial Energy Consumers said in comments to the Public Utility Commission of Texas
October 23, 2012
The ERCOT reserve margin in 2014 could exceed 13.75% based on updated load forecasts, reflecting more recent economic data, and the specific start dates of several new announced units scheduled to come online in 2014, ERCOT informed the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
October 23, 2012
In developing its composite proposals on resource adequacy in Texas, Brattle omitted "critical" steps required for implementation of any "significant change" in market structure, ERCOT said in comments to the Public Utility Commission of Texas yesterday.
October 22, 2012
The Brattle Group's recommended design for a Texas mandatory capacity market would allow capacity resources whose fixed costs are subsidized by Texas ratepayers to fully earn scarcity, inframarginal energy market revenues without being subject to any clawback or offset.
October 12, 2012
"For the benefit of the public, please allow me to remind us all that our energy-only market design has not failed us to date and is not broken," Commissioner Rolando Pablos of the Public Utility Commission of Texas said in a memo regarding resource adequacy in advance of today's open meeting.
