In the latest "Resistance," columnist Steve Huntoon goes over why the Tesla Powerwall home battery system makes no economic sense.

Public interest groups say they were shut out of last week’s FERC technical conference on tensions between state energy policies and wholesale markets.

Witness after witness at the FERC technical conference cited California competitive wholesale markets, often in an unflattering context.

ISO-NE presented its proposal for a two-tiered capacity auction that would incorporate state-mandated renewable generation at the FERC technical conference.

More than 50 stakeholders from PJM, NYISO and ISO-NE made their cases to FERC on how to resolve conflicts between energy policies and wholesale markets.

NYISO told FERC it is considering a carbon adder as a means to link the state’s zero-emission credits (ZECs) to its wholesale electric market.

The minimum offer price rule (MOPR) was a controversial topic at last week’s FERC technical conference.

In the afternoon of day one of FERC's major technical conference focused on PJM, with CEO Andy Ott, IMM Joe Bowring and state regulators testifying.

Speakers told FERC this week that RTO capacity markets are in serious danger from state renewable procurements and subsidies for nuclear plants.

SPP and the Mountain West Transmission Group pitched the benefits of RTO membership in an open forum before Colorado’s Public Utilities Commission.