September 28, 2024

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MISO, Monitor at Stalemate over Need for $21B Long-range Tx Plan
MISO’s quarterly public meetup with its board of directors put on display the unrelenting rift between the RTO’s planners and the Independent Market Monitor over MISO’s $21 billion in long-range transmission planning.
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DOE, PNNL Initiative to Focus on Equity in Tx Planning
The effort seeks to increase public participation in grid planning and provide technical assistance for planners to help them incorporate energy equity into their processes.
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NYISO Offers Final Staff Recommendations for Demand Curve Reset
NYISO presented its final interim staff recommendations for the demand curve reset for 2025-2029 at the Installed Capacity Working Group’s meeting, with minor updates to some metrics.
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RTOs Seek More Flexible Compliance in Appeal of EPA Power Plant Rule
ERCOT, MISO, PJM and SPP filed a joint brief in the appeal of EPA’s power plant rule seeking more flexibility on compliance, arguing it is needed to ensure reliability.
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PJM Stakeholders Discuss DR Winter Availability

A PJM discussion on expanding the demand response winter availability window to include a wider range of hours branched off into a broader conversation on how the resource class participates in the RTO's capacity market.

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SEEM Opponents Push Back on Supporters’ Claims
SEEM's opponents argued that FERC should recognize the market as a loose power pool and regulate it accordingly.
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PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: Sept. 12-13, 2024
The PJM PC voted to defer action on three proposals to rework the RTO’s process for transferring capacity interconnection rights from a deactivating generator to a new resource.
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CPUC Sets New Energization Timelines for Calif. IOUs

The California PUC approved rules requiring the state’s three large investor-owned utilities to meet stricter timelines and targets for connecting electricity customers to the grid.

PJM
PJM MIC Briefs: Sept. 11, 2024
PJM presented how the planning parameters for the 2026/27 Base Residual Auction affected the variable resource rate curve, which intersects with supply and demand to determine auction clearing prices.
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PJM OC Briefs: Sept. 12, 2024
The first biennial test of voltage-reduction capability was a success, PJM told the Operating Committee during its meeting. 

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