capacity accreditation

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Rosner Voices Support for Large Load ANOPR
FERC Commissioner David Rosner was supportive of the Department of Energy’s request that the commission assert authority over the interconnection of large loads while emphasizing the importance of collaboration and consensus-building in response to concerns raised by state regulators.
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NEPOOL Supports First Phase of ISO-NE Capacity Market Reform
The NEPOOL Participants Committee voted nearly unanimously to support the first phase of ISO-NE’s capacity auction reform project.
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ISO-NE Introduces Approach to Modeling Gas Constraints
ISO-NE outlined its planned approach for accounting for resources’ gas supply limitations in its new capacity accreditation framework at a NEPOOL Markets Committee meeting.
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NERC Staff Call for Resource Accreditation Guideline
In a new report, NERC staff call for a reliability guideline to help establish consistent resource accreditation practices for regional system planners.
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Stakeholders Mixed on ISO-NE Prompt Capacity Market Proposal

As the first phase of ISO-NE’s capacity market overhaul nears its final form, New England stakeholders remain mixed on the proposed move from a forward to a prompt capacity auction.

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Stakeholders Question MISO Plan to Reassign LSEs’ MW Duties Based on Risky Periods
MISO stakeholders are skeptical of the RTO’s proposed new approach to divvying up reliability obligations among load-serving entities based on evolving system risk.
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FERC Approves Changes to PJM Capacity Deficiency Rate
FERC approved a PJM proposal to revise the penalty rate for resources that are unable to meet their capacity obligation due to a decrease to their accreditation.
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PJM MRC Briefs: May 21, 2025

The PJM Markets and Reliability Committee endorsed a proposal intended to add transparency to the RTO’s effective load-carrying capability process.

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MISO CEO: Slim Reserves Not Necessarily Bad
MISO CEO John Bear put a positive spin on the grid operator making do with little cushion in its supply.
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NYISO Monitor Analyzing Alternative Capacity Market Designs
The NYISO Market Monitoring Unit told stakeholders it is independently analyzing the capacity market in parallel with the ISO’s ongoing Capacity Market Structure Review project.

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