The Bonneville Power Administration has said it will become the first western utility to formally commit to funding development of SPP’s Markets+ in the West.

SPP and Western entities interested in the RTO’s Markets+ “RTO light” offering continued to inch toward each other during another development session.

PJM's real-time LMPs and congestion costs both spiked in the first half of 2022, driven by increasing fuel prices and loads, the IMM reported.

Stakeholders urged PJM to delay action on generation deliverability testing until rules on capacity interconnection rights for ELCC resources are complete.

The MIC approved an initiative to change the determination of zonal load bus distribution factors and heard first read on changes to VOM cost development.

SPP’s Western Energy Imbalance Service market saw “very limited growth” in its first 13 months, SPP’s MMU said in its first annual report on the market.

ERCOT's Technical Advisory Committee endorsed two transmission projects with a combined capital cost of more than $760 million.

A Western RTO could yield significant economic benefits, adding billions to the region’s GDP and generating thousands of new jobs, a new report says.

PJM members approved a change to the Consensus Based Issue Resolution process and received briefings on options for capacity auction parameters.

The New York grid performed well in the summer’s 1st heat wave July 20-24, NYISO vice president of operations Aaron Markham told the NYISO Management Committee.