A 2007 article in the Energy Law Journal by Michael H. Dworkin and Rachel Aslin Goldwasser gave perhaps the definitive answer of what an RTO is.

ISO-NE and the New England Power Pool (NEPOOL) bar the public and the press from virtually all of their stakeholder meetings.

The mission of RTO Insider is to provide an accurate account of the stakeholder debates to help those outside the room monitor issues that matter to them.

PJM's Capacity Performance market structure, approved by FERC, is both over-priced and unlikely to achieve its intended results, says Direct Energy.

Efforts by RTOs to increase their offer caps are overly reactionary to one winter season experience and do not indicate that a change in policy is warranted at this time, says Con Ed.

A round-up of news from the MISO Board of Directors Markets Committee meeting on Feb. 25, 2015.

David Cruthirds brings this report from the Gulf Coast Power Association’s Feb. 5 special briefing: “Challenges & Changes in Energy on the Bayou.” Among the topics discussed were Entergy’s growth plans, Year 1 in MISO South and the RTO’s ongoing seams battles.

Editor's Note: Below is the full, unedited version of David Cruthirds' report on the Gulf Coast Power Association’s Feb. 5, 2015 special briefing "Challen...

This week, we welcome David Cruthirds to the RTO Insider team with his first of hopefully many columns, providing insight into MISO and Southern Co.

Of RTO Insider’s 25 most-read stories of 2014, seven were about PJM capacity market rule changes or the results of the May Base Residual Auction.