November 24, 2024

Capacity Market

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PJM Board Rejects Lowering Capacity Performance Penalties
PJM's Board of Managers rejected a proposal to lower nonperformance penalties, while AMP was displeased the board responded to reliability claims.
MISO
MISO: Sloped Demand Curve Would Have Raised 2023/24 Capacity Prices
MISO said that a sloped demand curve applied to its recent seasonal auction would have boosted summer clearing prices as much as sixfold.
MISO
MISO: Little Firm Capacity to Spare This Summer
MISO this week said it will likely operate with almost no firm generating capacity to spare to manage typical summertime peaks.
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PJM Presents Lessons Learned from Elliott, More CIFP Presentations
PJM offered a series of suggestions for how it could overhaul its capacity market in the wake of widespread resource failures during last December's winter storm.
NYISO
FERC Accepts NYISO’s 17-Year Amortization Period Proposal
FERC approved NYISO’s proposed 17-year amortization period when calculating the annual costs for hypothetical fossil fuel peaker plants.
MISO
MISO: Auction Results Point to Need for Sloped Demand Curve
MISO executives said the capacity market still needs fixing, warning that the surplus gained from last week’s auction is fleeting without long-term changes.
ISO-NE
Counterflow: Single Clearing Price
Columnist Steve Huntoon says FERC Commissioner Mark Christie's attack on single clearing price markets is ill informed.
Cleco
FERC Again Rejects MISO Minimum Capacity Obligation
MISO still doesn’t have enough justification to institute a minimum capacity obligation, FERC decided last week.
MISO
1st MISO Seasonal Auctions Yield Adequate Supply, Low Prices
The results of MISO’s inaugural seasonal capacity auctions, released late Wednesday, showed sufficient supply for the 2023/24 planning year.
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PJM Members Committee Approves Performance Penalty Reduction
The PJM Members Committee approved a proposal that would sharply reduce the penalties generators pay for underperforming during emergency conditions.

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