Energy Efficiency

‘Special Case’ DR Exempted from MOPR in NYISO
FERC granted New York officials’ request to exempt new “special case resources” from buyer-side market power mitigation rules in NYISO.
FERC OKs NYISO DR Cost Allocation
FERC granted partial rehearing of a 2013 order that rejected a NYISO cost allocation method for some uplift costs under Order 745.
MISO Planning Advisory Committee Briefs
MISO told the Planning Advisory Committee that it will conduct three new separate, but related, studies this year to identify a transmission solution for the RTO’s constrained interface between its North and South regions.
FERC Rejects Broader Waiver for Emergency Generators in ISO-NE
FERC denied a request to broaden a waiver providing relief to real-time emergency generation resources in ISO-NE.
PJM Monitor Asks FERC to Act on ‘Paper Capacity’
PJM’s Independent Market Monitor urged FERC to address longstanding concerns over demand response providers and others selling “paper capacity.”
Stakeholder Soapbox: The Case for Seasonal Resources in PJM
Rockland Electric argues that the PJM proposal to allow aggregation of seasonal resources won't help demand response and solar resources.
PJM Stakeholders Consider Best Way to Measure DER
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.
Overheard at OPSI Annual Meeting
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.
UPDATED: PJM to Seek FERC OK for Seasonal Capacity Proposal
PJM officials said they will seek FERC approval of the RTO’s seasonal capacity proposal despite a lack of stakeholder consensus.
PJM Considering Injection Rights for Demand Response
PJM is considering giving demand response participants injection rights in its effort to expand distributed energy resources’ access to wholesale markets.

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