The CAISO Board of Governors approved an ISO request to designate two Calpine natural gas-fired plants as reliability-must-run (RMR) despite criticism.

CAISO wants to use reliability-must-run agreements to keep two Calpine plants in Northern California operating after their long-term contracts expire.

A group seeking a review of the PJM capacity market decided to make revisions before seeking approval of its initiative.

ERCOT will continue its reliability must-run agreement with NRG Energy’s Greens Bayou Unit 5 after a solicitation produced no viable alternatives.

The second quarter wasn’t a great one for most companies in the RTO Insider Top 30, as revenues declined 2% compared with 2015 while profits dropped 15%.

CAISO proposed a study to identify the natural gas-fired units most vulnerable to retirement in its balancing area.

FERC rejected the PJM Tariff proposal to exempt some capacity resources from nonperformance charges in capacity performance.

PJM members approved a task force seasonal capacity charter to study how resources could be incorporated into Capacity Performance.

We are proud to announce the initiation of the RTO Insider Top 30, the first in what will be a quarterly review of the top publicly traded companies.

Exelon has asked the D.C. Circuit to overturn two FERC orders that reaffirmed the zero-price offer requirement in ISO-NE.