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ERCOT
ERCOT Board of Directors Briefs: June 17-18, 2024
ERCOT’s Board of Directors has passed one contentious protocol change and tabled another that have divided stakeholders and staff and led the IMM to argue against the heavy use of ECRS.
Renewable Northwest
Group Claims Powerex Backing Markets+ to Benefit from Divided West
A new study commissioned by Renewable Northwest says Powerex is poised to benefit if the West ends up divided between CAISO’s EDAM and SPP’s Markets+.
Aurora Energy Research
Report Shows Wide Range of Data Center Demand Scenarios for Virginia
Growing demand from Northern Virginia’s Data Center Alley could outpace the power industry’s ability to keep up, according to a new report by Aurora Energy Research.
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FERC Accepts Results of New England Capacity Auction
FERC has accepted the results of ISO-NE’s forward capacity auction 18, finding the auction was run according to the rules of ISO’s tariff and protests submitted by climate activists were outside the scope of the proceeding.
PJM
EIA: Dispatch of Coal Generation Falls in PJM
Analysis from EIA finds the average runtime for PJM coal-fired generators has declined sharply over the past decade because of increasing fuel and start-up costs.
SEEM
FERC Requests Briefings on SEEM After DC Circuit Order
FERC requested stakeholder arguments on whether SEEM should be considered a loose power pool under Order 888.
OCCTO
Stakeholder Soapbox: A New Twist on Capacity Markets in Japan
Recent developments in Japan have revealed that its market differs in significant ways from those in the U.S. — including from the very PJM capacity market on which it modeled its own.
Xcel Energy
Texas Supreme Court Rules for ERCOT, PUC During Uri
The Texas Supreme Court ruled ERCOT and the Public Utility Commission were within the law when they raised wholesale prices to more than 300 times above normal during Winter Storm Uri.
Idaho Power
FERC Approves EDAM Tx Revenue Recovery Plan
FERC approved CAISO tariff revisions that will allow transmission owners to recover transmission revenue shortfalls attributed to transitioning their assets into the Extended Day-Ahead Market.
NYISO
NYISO Board/MC Briefs: June 11, 2024
Emily Chen, an analyst with FERC’s Office of Energy Market Regulation, gave a briefing on Orders 1920 and 1977 to members of the NYISO Management Committee during a joint meeting with the ISO’s Board of Directors. 

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