November 24, 2024

EL16-49

Glick Warns Capacity Rules Putting RTOs ‘in Peril’
FERC Commissioner Richard Glick said he thinks the commission needs to revisit capacity markets or risk putting “in peril the future of RTOs in general.”
Is Self-supply Suppressing Prices?
Has FERC made a case that cooperatives, municipal utilities and vertically integrated utilities that self-supply suppress capacity prices?
MOPR Ruling Threatens to Upend Self-supply Model
ODEC and other self-supply load-serving entities in PJM argue FERC's order to expand the MOPR will undermine their roles in local economic development.
PJM: Carbon Pricing the Answer to Subsidy Dispute
A PJM official urged officials to embrace carbon pricing rather than exit the capacity market in response to FERC expanding the minimum offer price rule.
PJM Industrials Challenge MOPR for Voluntary RECs
PJM industrial customers said buying and selling RECs shouldn’t count as subsidies in the capacity market, urging FERC to reconsider its definition.
Soapbox: Consumers Win in Competitive Markets
LS Power argues that FERC's recent order on PJM's capacity market is not an attack on renewables and doesn't unfairly advantages fossil fuels like coal.
PJM: BRA Unlikely in 2020
PJM won’t run a capacity auction until FERC approves the RTO’s compliance filing implementing the expansion of its MOPR, making it unlikely for this year.
Counterflow: When All Else Fails, Read the Order
In his latest column, Steve Huntoon argues that FERC's ruling on PJM's MOPR will benefit renewables and not result in higher capacity market prices.
PJM’s Season of Change not Over yet
PJM will spend the forthcoming year dealing with the fallout of FERC’s capacity market ruling and adjusting to a new CEO and CFO.
FERC Extends PJM MOPR to State Subsidies
FERC voted 2-1 to extend PJM’s MOPR to all new state-subsidized resources, saying it was needed to combat price suppression in the RTO’s capacity market.

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