December 28, 2024

David Patton

MISO Board Hears State of the Market Recommendations
The MISO IMM gave board members an explanation of the most pressing of the nine new recommendations contained in this year’s State of the Market report.
ERCOT Monitor: Optimizing Energy, A/S Top Priority
Potomac Economics’ David Patton told ERCOT’s Board of Directors that there’s still room to optimize energy and ancillary services.
MISO Embraces Monitor’s New Constrained Area Category
MISO proposed creating a new category of narrowly constrained areas (NCAs) identified by momentary congestion and associated market power.
Pseudo-Tie Feud Rises as Patton, NYISO Protest PJM Proposal
Potomac Economics filed a complaint over the PJM pseudo-tie procedure, the latest volley in a complex debate over the future of the pseudo-tie concept.
2016 NYISO Reliability Plan IDs No Needs
NYISO’s Management Committee voted unanimously to recommend board approval of the grid operator’s 2016 Comprehensive Reliability Plan.
Rivals Debate Next Step for MISO After Rejection of Auction Design
Consultants on either side of MISO’s rejected capacity auction redesign faced off in a debate at the Gulf Coast Power Association's conference.
IMM Report Highlights Outages, Wind Over-Forecasting
MISO Independent Market Monitor (IMM) David Patton presented a draft of his quarterly report; expressing concerns over high outage rates in MISO South.
MISO IMM Sees Deliberate Over-Forecasting by Wind Operators
Some wind power generators appear to be deliberately over-forecasting their output to inflate their revenues, according to MISO IMM David Patton.
MISO Agrees to Implement Most of IMM’s Recommendations
MISO said it generally agrees with the recommendations its Independent Marker Monitor, but won’t implement a few and wants additional analysis on others.
FERC Sides with ISO-NE in Capacity Dispute with NYISO
New resources that clear the ISO-NE Forward Capacity Auction will be able to begin supplying capacity earlier under a package of Tariff revisions.

Want more? Advanced Search