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MISO IMM Blasts NERC Long-term Assessment, Says RTO in Good RA Spot
MISO Monitor David Patton called NERC’s Long-Term Reliability Assessment inaccurate for labeling the RTO a high-risk area.
NERC
FERC Focuses on Midwest, Northeast in Day 2 of RA Tech Conference

FERC’s resource adequacy technical conference zoomed out on the second day, June 5, with several panels examining ISO-NE, MISO and NYISO.

Yes Energy
FERC Dives into Thorny Resource Adequacy Issues at Tech Conference

FERC spent June 4-5 looking into resource adequacy across the markets it regulates. 

Potomac Economics
MMU, FTI Argue for Maintaining Uniform Pricing in NYISO Capacity Market

As NYISO conducts its Capacity Market Structure Review, its Market Monitoring Unit and FTI Consulting say it should reject the idea of bifurcated pricing.

Forward Market Design LLC
FERC Resource Adequacy Conference Comes with Markets at a Crossroads

FERC will hold a two-day technical conference June 4-5, where it will look at resource adequacy issues in the ISO/RTO markets, with most of the focus on those with capacity markets.

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PJM MRC Briefs: May 21, 2025

The PJM Markets and Reliability Committee endorsed a proposal intended to add transparency to the RTO’s effective load-carrying capability process.

NextEra Energy
NYISO Outlines Storage as Transmission Proposal

NYISO presented an outline of how it plans to implement storage-as-transmission assets, drawing critiques from stakeholders representing end-use customers and generators.

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Amid Fraud, MISO Plans Stricter Testing of Demand Response
MISO said starting with the 2026/27 planning year, it will require its demand response resources to demonstrate actual demand reductions through tests to weed out imposters in the capacity market.
MISO
MISO Stakeholders Request Theoretical 2025/26 Auction Clearing Sans Sloped Curve

Stakeholders continue to ask MISO to crunch hypothetical auction clearing prices absent the RTO’s new sloped demand curve that sent prices past $660/MW-day for summer.

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Consumer Advocates, Environmentalists Lay out Priorities to PJM
PJM’s Public Interest and Environmental Organization User Group voiced mixed views on the RTO’s policy trajectory, praising advances in generation interconnection over the past year while raising concerns about rising costs and transparency.

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