January’s cold weather resulted in a sharp increase in natural gas and power prices in the first quarter, PJM’s Independent Market Monitor reported.

The Dec. 21 FERC order requiring SPP to help fast-start resources set LMPs added one more to-do for the RTO in what is shaping up to be a busy 2018.

PJM stakeholders endorsed examining the aggregation rules for seasonal demand response, but not before thoroughly questioning EnerNOC.

The Market Monitors for CAISO and PJM told a House subcommittee that their respective financial transmission rights markets are significantly flawed.

PJM presented the Planning Committee with issues it sees with its current process for evaluating market efficiency projects.

PJM’s markets were competitive in the first nine months of the year, the Independent Market Monitor found in its quarterly State of the Market Report.

FERC again ordered SPP to rewrite its rules on auction revenue rights (ARRs) and long-term congestion rights (LTCRs).

The SPP Strategic Planning Committee directed RTO staff to move forward with a high-priority congestion study that earlier failed to gain traction.

The PJM Market Implementation Committee approved a problem statement to analyze potential changes in how energy efficiency resources participate in markets.

A summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the Markets and Reliability Committee.