January 26, 2025

Markets

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MISO IMM Warns of Operational Difficulties with Growing Solar Fleet
MISO’s Independent Market Monitor said ramping needs north of 10 GW are becoming increasingly common and MISO should expect challenges ahead as its solar fleet expands.
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PJM in Discussions with Gov. Shapiro on Capacity Price Cap
PJM is in discussions with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to work toward a resolution on his complaint to FERC asking it to lower the price cap of the RTO’s capacity market.
ERCOT
ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: Jan. 22, 2025
ERCOT’s Technical Advisory Committee held its first meeting of 2025 on Jan. 22, with the biggest chunk of the meeting devoted to discussing the grid operator’s proposed market design framework.
NYISO
NYISO Begins Capacity Market Structure Review
NYISO laid out the timeline for its Capacity Market Structure Review project, which will take up the better part of 2025.
Consumers Energy
6th Circuit Rules Against Michigan Local Clearing Requirement
A federal appeals court has brought Michigan’s practice of requiring some amount of locally generated electricity to a standstill, finding fault with local clearing requirements.
TCF Architecture
Chelan PUD Commits to SPP Markets+ Phase 2 Funding
Markets+ notched another in a string of successes when the Chelan County Public Utility District in Washington said it will pay its $1 million to $2 million share of funding for the market’s Phase 2 implementation stage.
WER Architects Planners
SPP Markets+ Tariff a ‘Home run’, Staff Says
FERC approved SPP’s tariff for Markets+ with minor modifications in what the RTO’s staff described as a “home run” during the Markets+ Participant Executive Committee’s meeting.
Powerex
Powerex Commits to Funding, Joining SPP’s Markets+
Powerex says it will fund the next phase of SPP’s Markets+ and “re-affirmed” its commitment to joining the Western real-time and day-ahead offering.
SPP
SPP MOPC Briefs: Jan. 15, 2025

The SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee has approved tariff revisions that would implement dispatchable transactions in the real-time energy market.

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President Trump Names Mark Christie as FERC Chair
President Donald Trump, who appointed Mark Christie to FERC in 2020 during his first term, has now selected him as the commission's new chair.

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