Capacity Market
FERC accepted NYISO's proposed tariff revisions that were submitted as part of the Demand Curve Reset.
PJM announced it will seek to establish a $325/MW-day price cap on capacity prices and a $175/MW-day floor for the 2026/27 and 2027/28 Base Residual Auctions following discussions with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to resolve a complaint he filed over increased capacity costs.
The PJM Markets and Reliability Committee and Members Committee endorsed a proposal to rework the RTO’s rules around generation deactivations.
Voltus filed a complaint with FERC against MISO, alleging the RTO’s “11th-hour” changes in testing and contract proof requirements ahead of the spring capacity auctions will harm demand response resources and affect rates.
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.
NYISO laid out the timeline for its Capacity Market Structure Review project, which will take up the better part of 2025.
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.
Managing the often-at-odds priorities of affordability, reliability, and decarbonization will require a delicate balance of innovation, market reforms, and stability, industry experts said at the Northeast Energy and Commerce Association’s Power Markets Conference.
Among other actions, the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee and the Members Committee will consider endorsing various manual revisions.
MISO hopes to mete out different reserve margin obligations to its load-serving entities as it sees bigger perils on the horizon.
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