November 25, 2024

Capacity Market

Cleco
Regulators, LSEs Ask FERC to Reconsider MISO’s Seasonal Capacity Accreditation
Stakeholders are seeking a FERC rehearing of MISO’s seasonal auction design, while the RTO wants it to reconsider its minimum capacity obligation.
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FERC Investigation Faults ISO-NE in Capacity Market Fraud
ISO-NE violated its tariff in its handling of construction delays at a Boston-area generating plant, FERC said, slapping the RTO with a $500,000 fine.
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FERC Commissioners Opine on Western RTO
Commissioners Mark Christie and James Danly addressed the pros and cons of the West’s pursuit of greater market coordination at the fall CREPC-WIRAB meeting.
Advanced Power
FERC Denies NYISO MOPR Complaint from Gas Generators
FERC denied a request to impose a capacity price floor on subsidized resources in NYISO, reiterating its support for narrower buyer-side mitigation rules.
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PJM MRC/MC Briefs: Sept. 21, 2022
PJM's MRC rejected two proposals intended to allow market sellers to represent a greater degree of the risk they take on when entering the capacity market.
Renew Wisconsin
MISO Adding Availability-based Renewable Energy Accreditation
MISO continues to suss out a new availability-based capacity accreditation method for its renewable generation, but some have qualms with the early design.
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PJM Market Implementation Committee Briefs: Sept. 7, 2022
The PJM Market Implementation Committee narrowly rejected a proposed issue charge from curtailment service provider CPower Energy Management.
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FERC OKs MISO Seasonal Auction, Accreditation
MISO can establish a seasonal capacity auction and accreditation but cannot require a minimum capacity obligation, FERC ruled in a pair of orders.
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FERC Fines CPower $2.5M over ISO-NE Capacity Payments
CPower has agreed to a $2.5 million penalty after FERC's enforcement division found the company took capacity payments in violation of ISO-NE rules.
PJM
No Consensus on PJM Capacity Parameters
PJM members failed to find consensus on any of four proposed sets of capacity auction parameters, with the RTO’s proposal falling short of the necessary votes.

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