September 17, 2020
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) said that it approved a final rule, Order 2222, enabling distributed energy resource (DER) aggregators to compete in all jurisdictional regional organized wholesale electric markets.
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September 10, 2020
Commissioners Direct ERCOT To Address Treatment Of Broader Pricing Issues From Input Errors
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has denied a complaint filed by Aspire Commodities, LLC (Aspire) against the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT), in which Aspire had sought an order directing ERCOT to re-price the published settlement prices for interval 14:50 on May 30, 2019
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August 7, 2020
Would Grant ERCOT Motion For Summary Decision
A proposal for decision (PFD) from a Texas ALJ would deny a complaint filed by Aspire Commodities, LLC (Aspire) against the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT), in which Aspire has sought an order directing ERCOT to re-price the published settlement prices for interval 14:50 on May…
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July 13, 2020
Also Secures Infusion Of Capital In Separate Transaction
Liberty Power today announced a new multi-year supply agreement with Boston Energy Trading and Marketing LLC (BETM).
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July 10, 2020
ERCOT said in a July 9 market notice that it, "has identified an error in the [Credit Monitoring and Management] CMM system that occurred beginning January 1, 2020."
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July 7, 2020
PJM formally filed tariff revisions at FERC to allow the use or surety bonds, which conform to proposed PJM requirements, as collateral, except for the Financial Transmission Rights (FTR) market
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June 16, 2020
ERCOT has issued a reliability analysis determination for the generating unit City of Austin d/b/a Austin Energy - DECKER_DPG1, which had submitted a Notification of Suspension of Operations
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June 8, 2020
FERC has issued an agenda for a July 8-9 technical conference concerning impacts that the emergency conditions caused by COVID-19 are having on various segments of the United States’ energy industry, with specifics concerning FERC's focus on access to capital now available
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June 5, 2020
ERCOT stated in a market notice that it has identified a software error in its Credit Monitoring and Management (CMM) system that impacted the Total Potential Exposure (TPE) calculation for market participants, with the error occurring with the implementation of Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR…
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May 20, 2020
At the request of stakeholders, ERCOT has developed a Long-Term Load Forecast for the COVID-19 Scenario (click here) page on the ERCOT website.
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May 19, 2020
ERCOT received a Notification of Suspension of Operations (NSO) for the following Generation Resource: Nacogdoches Power LLC – NACPW_UNIT1
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May 12, 2020
ERCOT said in a market notice that it has identified a software error with the implementation of Other Binding Document Revision Request (OBDRR) 002, ORDC OBD Revisions for PUCT Project 47199, that impacted the level of the Real-Time On-Line Reserve Price Adder (RTORPA)
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May 11, 2020
FERC has denied rehearing requests from retail electric suppliers concerning FERC's August 2019 order that revised the allocation of must-offer generation commitment costs in the California ISO, and in doing so, allocated the costs to a broader group of LSEs (which includes retail suppliers), rather…
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March 25, 2020
ERCOT, which recently held a market payment processes workshop to discuss several proposed changes to improve payment processes, issued a market notice stating that it will defer all improvement proposals, except one
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March 24, 2020
On March 23, 2020, ERCOT received a Notification of Change of Generation Resource Designation (NCGRD) for the following Generation Resources:
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March 23, 2020
ISO New England filed an answer at FERC opposing a petition filed by Liberty Power Holdings LLC in which Liberty is seeking a billing adjustment related to a utility billing error, as the ISO said that, "Liberty had numerous occasions to detect the error and request that it be corrected pursuant to…
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March 19, 2020
FERC has denied rehearing of its prior finding that the results from the Midcontinent ISO 2015/16 Planning Resource Auction for Local Resource Zone 4 were just and reasonable
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March 18, 2020
Shell Energy North America (US), L.P. and the Alliance for Retail Energy Markets filed a motion at FERC seeking an emergency order immediately instructing the California ISO to cease its plans to, as described by petitioners, "unilaterally" issue invoices and resettle the market to address a FERC…
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February 13, 2020
FERC denied a motion to stay interest charges under a compliance filing from the California ISO which would implement FERC's prior order on rehearing that revised the allocation of must-offer generation commitment costs in the California ISO, and in doing so, allocated the costs to a broader group…
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February 5, 2020
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed an updated estimate of installed generation capacity in ERCOT.
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January 22, 2020
ERCOT received a Notification of Suspension of Operations (NSO) from Public Service Company of Oklahoma for the following Generation Resource: Oklaunion (OKLA_OKLA_G1)
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January 22, 2020
Staff (Staff) of the Public Utility Commission of Texas said that the ERCOT protocols do not require ERCOT to re-price the published settlement prices for interval 14:50 on May 30, 2019 as is being sought in a complaint filed by Aspire Commodities, LLC ("Aspire")
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January 22, 2020
Includes New Certification, Material Change Example, Reporting Requirements; NYISO Ability To Reject Applicants
FERC has approved without modification changes in its credit policy and requirements at the New York ISO
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January 3, 2020
The Louisiana PSC has directed its Staff to look at all options available -- including allowing industrial customers to purchase electricity supplies on the 'open market' -- to address potential rate increases from new generation investment at Entergy Louisiana
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January 2, 2020
$12.5 Million To Be Paid To Certain Participants; Funded Via Default Allocation Assessments On PJM Members
FERC approved a settlement among PJM and numerous parties to resolve all issues concerning liquidation of the GreenHat Energy, LLC's Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) as a result of GreenHat's default, and the July 2018 FTR auction (July Auction)
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