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October 2, 2015
PJM is set to formally ask FERC to approve tariff changes that would increase the energy market offer cap, after the Members Committee approved a compromise proposal
October 1, 2015
ERCOT has received a Notification of Change of Generation Resource Designation (NCGRD) for Luminant Generation Company LLC – MNSES_Unit1 and MNSES_Unit2 with an effective date of October 10, 2015:
September 23, 2015
FERC revoked the market-based rate authority of the following companies for what FERC said was failure to file electric quarterly reports. M&R Energy Resources Corp. Reliable Power, LLC Susterra Energy, LLC
September 23, 2015
Non-Advocate Staff of the New Hampshire PUC have opposed the sale of Public Service Company of New Hampshire's generating assets, stating, "Staff’s analysis demonstrates that such a sale would not be in the 'public interest' as referenced in RSA 369-B:3-4 a, II."
September 22, 2015
FERC issued a Staff Notice Of Alleged Violations stating that Staff of FERC's Office of Enforcement, "has preliminarily determined that Total Gas & Power, North America, Inc. (TGPNA), which is the Houston-based subsidiary of Total, S.A., whose headquarters are located in Paris, France, and TGPNA’s…
September 21, 2015
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio opposed proposed 15-year ratepayer backed contracts to support two power plants owned by FirstEnergy Solutions (as well as its share in a jointly owned plant), but offered modifications to the proposed program to the extent PUCO finds the program to…
September 21, 2015
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio oppose relieving retail suppliers of responsibility for certain PJM charges at the FirstEnergy Ohio distribution companies and recovering such charges in nonbypassable rates applicable to all customers
September 18, 2015
FERC issued a proposed rule to require any market participants in RTOs, including buyers, to file reports concerning the participant's "connected entities" (a new term broader than current affiliate reporting requirements)
September 18, 2015
FERC proposed two measures meant to raise electric rates in wholesale energy markets, under the pretext that the markets are not properly reflecting scarcity when warranted (Docket RM15-24)
September 15, 2015
FERC issued a Staff Notice Of Alleged Violations notice stating that Staff of FERC's Office of Enforcement, "has preliminarily determined that Coaltrain Energy L.P.; its co-owners Peter Jones and Shawn Sheehan; traders Robert Jones, Jeff Miller, and Jack Wells; and analyst Adam Hughes violated the…
September 10, 2015
Retail suppliers are facing a 23% increase in capacity prices for the 2017/18 versus the prices established in the base residual auction as a result of the capacity performance transitional auction held this week
September 1, 2015
Various NRG Energy subsidiaries filed at FERC for approval to acquire ownership and control of an approximately 77 MW combustion turbine generating unit at Chalk Point Generating Station in Prince George’s County, Maryland and certain associated assets.
August 26, 2015
FERC has denied a complaint by retail suppliers to require PJM to clear the transitional incremental capacity performance auctions in a manner which minimizes costs, as FERC Chairman Norman Bay said in a dissent that FERC's denial of the complaint, "authorizes PJM to impose costs on consumers with…
August 24, 2015
A report from two Maine PUC hearing examiners would deny a CCN sought by Emera Maine for a transmission line to address reliability concerns in the former Maine Public Service area, within the Northern Maine Independent System Administrator, and would open a second phase of the proceeding to further…
August 14, 2015
An initial decision from a FERC ALJ would conclude that BP America Inc. and affiliates, "engaged in market manipulation," as a result of trading practices related to the Houston Ship Channel (HSC).
August 12, 2015
Favoring a stakeholder-driven solution over a unilateral board-developed solution, Direct Energy Business has offered to lead discussions about raising the PJM energy market offer cap and presented its own proposal
August 7, 2015
"PJM indicated last week that it intends to clear [the capacity performance transitional incremental auctions] in a manner that does not minimize the cost of procuring capacity in each Delivery Year when satisfying the new Capacity Performance Resource procurement targets in these years," Direct…
July 30, 2015
ERCOT's Independent Market Monitor has released the 2014 state of the market report, which finds the overall performance of the ERCOT market to be competitive in 2014.
July 28, 2015
FERC Staff issued a notice of alleged violations stating that, "the staff of the Office of Enforcement (Enforcement) of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has preliminarily determined that Etracom LLC (Etracom) and Michael Rosenberg violated the Commission’s Anti-Manipulation Rule, 18 C.F.R. §…
July 21, 2015
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC filed comments at FERC in support of a petition from load interests to require PJM to use an updated load forecast methodology for upcoming capacity auctions, saying it is, "plainly unjust and unreasonable," to require load to pay $625 million in excessive capacity…
July 20, 2015
Talen Energy Corporation announced an agreement to acquire MACH Gen, LLC, which owns more than 2,500 megawatts of combined-cycle, natural gas-fired generating capacity, for $1.175 billion inclusive of any assumed debt, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.
July 6, 2015
ERCOT received a Notification of Suspension of Operations (NSO) for the following Generation Resources:
July 6, 2015
FERC issued civil penalties totaling $15 million to City Power Marketing, LLC and an individual trader finding that their behavior concerning Up-To Congestion transactions amount to market manipulation
July 1, 2015
Attorneys General from Massachusetts and Rhode Island, along with PowerOptions, Freedom Energy Logistics, and several consumer advocates sent a letter to ISO-New England and New England electric transmission owners urging the companies to develop a transparent process that allows all stakeholders…
June 25, 2015
The California ISO, citing a lack of benefits, has asked FERC to allow the ISO to retain the current level of aggregation for load aggregation point (LAP) zones, and retail suppliers are supporting the ISO's request due to the "anti-competitive" impacts from any further disaggregation of LAPs.
