Capacity Market
An increasing political anxiety around energy affordability permeated debates about wholesale market changes, federal policy and demand growth at the annual New England Energy Summit.
Discussion about potential changes to the NYISO demand curve reset process dominated a recent Installed Capacity Working Group meeting and will likely take up more oxygen in stakeholder meetings throughout the coming year.
In New England, increasing winter reliability concerns are driving questions about how long the region’s aging fleet of oil-fired power plants can, or should, remain on the system.
The Independent Market Monitor filed a complaint asking FERC to determine that PJM has the authority to hold off on large load interconnections if they would jeopardize transmission security or resource adequacy.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright has issued the third order keeping the Eddystone plant in Pennsylvania running after it had been ready to retire in May 2025.
ISO-NE declared a capacity deficiency after an unexpected loss of generation left the region short of its operating reserve requirements.
The PJM Markets and Reliability Committee endorsed by acclamation an issue charge to explore how the performance of demand response and price-responsive demand resources can be improved.
The PJM Members Committee voted against each of the dozen proposals brought to address rising data center load as part of the RTO’s Critical Issue Fast Path process.
Voltus and Mission:data continued to make their case that data access is preventing PJM from tapping into residential demand response, which is just a fraction of the market now.
FERC greenlit MISO’s plan to require its demand response to make real-world demand reductions to fulfill the RTO’s testing requirements.
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