Rockland Electric argues that the PJM proposal to allow aggregation of seasonal resources won't help demand response and solar resources.

The debate over metering DER in front of or behind the customer’s load was the focus of the PJM Market Implementation Committee’s most recent special session on the topic Nov. 22.

More than 150 regulators, PJM officials and stakeholders gathered for last week’s annual meeting of the Organization of PJM States Inc. (OPSI) Here’s some of what we heard.

PJM officials said they will seek FERC approval of the RTO’s seasonal capacity proposal despite a lack of stakeholder consensus.

PJM is considering giving demand response participants injection rights in its effort to expand distributed energy resources’ access to wholesale markets.

MISO began working with stakeholders to refine its behind-the-meter generation procedures with a special meeting at which it dropped hints on changes it might seek.

The NYISO Management Committee discussed the latest Reliability Needs Assessment and a heat wave that prompted a mandatory systemwide demand response event.

Less than half of PJM stakeholders considering the addition of a seasonal capacity resources favor a change in the current rules.

NYISO  released a “road map” for integrating distributed energy resources (DER) that seeks to build on the grid operator’s existing markets and demand response programs.

OPSI has adopted a resolution urging PJM to instruct staff to develop market rules that encourage the participation of demand response in the RTO's markets.