February 12, 2025

Demand Response (DR)

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FERC Settles with 2 DR Firms over Inflated Bids in CAISO
FERC approved settlements with two demand response aggregators for allegedly bidding more resources than they could provide to CAISO’s market.
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NECA Panelists Talk Capacity Market, DERs
A panel of energy experts took ISO-NE’s capacity market to task, lambasting the region’s Forward Capacity Market and offering ideas about how to improve it.
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Former Regulators: Demand Response Key to Midwest Capacity Crisis
Two former FERC chairmen are pessimistic that MISO will be able to reign in shortages or high capacity prices anytime soon.
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PJM MRC Briefs: Oct. 24, 2022
PJM CEO Manu Asthana said 40 GW in planned retirements and lagging construction of new generation is raising questions about long-term grid reliability.
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California Moving to Dynamic Pricing for Retail Customers
The California Energy Commission adopted new standards for utilities to send hourly or sub-hourly price signals to "smart" appliances and EVs to manage demand.
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PJM Market Implementation Committee Briefs: Oct. 6
The MIC endorsed a PJM proposal to bar critical gas infrastructure from DR programs that could jeopardize the reliability of gas-fired generators.
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California Runs on Fumes but Avoids Blackouts
CAISO came dangerously close to ordering rotating outages Tuesdas demand hit a record high, but it managed to scrape by thanks to conservation efforts.
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Clean Energy Groups Don’t Buy ISO-NE’s Gas Reliance
Environmental and clean energy advocates say ISO-NE needs to quickly pivot to clean energy and avoid investing more money in fossil fuel infrastructure.
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FERC Fines CPower $2.5M over ISO-NE Capacity Payments
CPower has agreed to a $2.5 million penalty after FERC's enforcement division found the company took capacity payments in violation of ISO-NE rules.
Access to Meter Data Holding Back Residential DR, CSPs Say
DR programs for residential customers and small businesses in PJM are being hampered by a lack of access to meter data, curtailment service providers say.

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