Ancillary Services

ERCOT
ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: Sept. 19, 2024
ERCOT stakeholders have endorsed changes to the grid operator's ancillary services methodology as part of the annual process to determine the minimum amount of products that will be procured in 2025.
Goldman-Sachs Renewables
Berkeley Lab: Solar-storage Hybrids Reshaping the Grid
Hybrid power plants, especially projects combining solar and storage, represent a growing amount of new generation online and in interconnection queues across the U.S., signaling a shift in how renewable power can be integrated into electric power markets, according to a new report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
PJM
PJM OC Briefs: Sept. 12, 2024
The first biennial test of voltage-reduction capability was a success, PJM told the Operating Committee during its meeting. 
MISO
Changing System Drives MISO to Scrutinize Guiding Market Principles
MISO is conducting a check-in with stakeholders to gauge whether its market design guiding principles are still valid in a changing industry.
CAISO
CAISO Kicks Off New Initiative to Streamline Bilateral Trading

A new initiative to streamline and expand bilateral trading in the Western Energy Imbalance Market and Extended Day-Ahead Market has been launched, marking another step toward EDAM implementation.

Renew Home
Renew Home Foresees Bright Future for Residential VPPs
Home energy management company Renew Home has released a position paper arguing that VPPs can quickly be stood up to help meet growing demand.
NYISO
NYISO BIC/OC Briefs: July 2024
NYISO’s Business Issues and Operating committees met to discuss and vote on updates to the ISO’s Ancillary Services manual.
NRG
PJM OC Briefs: July 11, 2024
PJM's Operating Committee heard that the transmission upgrades needed to allow the retirement of Indian River Unit 4 could be complete by the end of 2025
Jakec, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Talen Energy Deal with Data Center Leads to Cost Shifting Debate at FERC
Talen Energy’s deal to carve out capacity from its Susquehanna Nuclear Plant to serve a growing data center on its site drew protests at FERC from other parties who argued the deal and others like it could shift costs and threaten reliability. 
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.

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