ISO-NE is considering delaying full integration of demand response into its markets by a year due to uncertainty about FERC’s authority over the resource.

Our summary of the issues scheduled for votes at the PJM MRC and MC on 04/23/15. Each item is listed by agenda number, description and projected time of discussion, followed by a summary of the issue and links to prior coverage.

MISO completed its third annual Planning Resource Auction Tuesday, with prices falling in most zones, while the Illinois zone saw a large jump.

FERC on Tuesday rejected as "premature" PJM’s contingency plan for including demand response in its capacity auctions in the event an appellate court ruling limiting FERC’s jurisdiction over DR is allowed to stand.

FERC last week left intact most of its 2010 order meant to mitigate market power in the installed capacity market in New York City.

A round-up of news from the PJM Planning Committee on March 12, 2015.

Last winter’s cold raised concerns about economic withholding, the PJM Independent Market Monitor said in its annual State of the Market report.

The overhaul of the electric industry in New York, Reforming the Energy Vision, will largely bar utility ownership of distributed energy resources.

PJM is proposing a change to the way it estimates demand response in its load deliverability analysis.

The 36% increase in prices in last week’s ISO-NE capacity auction likely represents the peak for the foreseeable future.