September 28, 2024

Base Residual Auction (BRA)

PJM
PJM MIC Briefs: Sept. 11, 2024
PJM presented how the planning parameters for the 2026/27 Base Residual Auction affected the variable resource rate curve, which intersects with supply and demand to determine auction clearing prices.
PJM
PJM MRC/MC Briefs: Aug. 21, 2024
Consumers and electric distributors in PJM opposed a proposal to revise two financial parameters used to calculate the cost of new entry input to the 2027/28 Base Residual Auction.
Exelon
Exelon Prepping for Major Load Growth in Utility Service Territories
Exelon is focused on meeting rising demand from data centers and manufacturing, company officials said during its second-quarter earnings call.
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PJM Market Participants React to Spike in Capacity Prices
Generation owners say the increase in PJM capacity prices is the signal they need to invest in new development, while consumer advocates say the backlogged interconnection queue could limit the ability for market participants to react.
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PPL Backs Utility-owned Generation in Pa. After PJM Capacity Price Spike
PPL reported GAAP earnings of $190 million for the second quarter and executives focused on changing market dynamics in PJM during a teleconference with analysts. 
PJM
PJM Capacity Prices Spike 10-fold in 2025/26 Auction

PJM capacity prices increased nearly tenfold in the 2025/26 Base Residual Auction as a trifecta of load growth, generation deactivations and changes to risk modeling shrank reserve margins.

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PJM Hears Proposals to Redesign EE Participation in Capacity Market
PJM stakeholders presented several proposals to revise how energy efficiency resources are measured and verified to the Market Implementation Committee.
Dominion Energy
FERC Allows Dominion’s FRR Resources to Shift to PJM Capacity Market
FERC granted a complaint from Dominion Energy to allow planned capacity resources to shift their participation from the Fixed Resource Requirement alternative to the Reliability Pricing Model capacity market.
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Monitor Alleges EE Resources Ineligible to Participate in PJM Capacity Market
PJM's Independent Market Monitor filed a complaint asking FERC to reject all energy efficiency offers into the RTO's capacity market, alleging none of them meet the Base Residual Auction participation requirements.
PJM
Following Court Ruling, FERC Reluctantly Reverses PJM Post-BRA Change
FERC partially reversed a 2023 order allowing PJM to modify a parameter for the 2024/25 Base Residual Auction to avoid a substantial increase in capacity prices in the DPL South transmission zone.

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