February 23, 2025

Joe Bowring

LS Power
PJM, Monitor Debate Black Start Fuel Requirements Proposals
PJM and its Monitor sparred at two different committee meetings as they tried to win stakeholder support for their proposals on black start resources.
Monitoring Analytics
PJM Monitor: Prices, Coal Power Bounced Back in 2021
PJM energy prices last year surged to their highest levels since 2014, more than making up for declines from the pandemic-driven economic downturn in 2020.
Stakeholders Discuss PJM Capacity Auction Impacts
The early impacts of PJM’s first capacity auction in three years began to emerge Thursday as Exelon reiterated plans to retire two of its nuclear plants.
PJM Must Consider Longer Asset Life for Generator
PJM must consider generator operating lives of more than 20 years under the unit-specific review process, FERC ruled just before the RTO's capacity auction.
PJM Monitor Sounds Market Power Alarms
PJM’s Monitor sounded alarms about market power in the energy and capacity markets and said it may intervene in the RTO’s next capacity auction.
PJM MRC/MC Briefs: Jan. 27, 2021
PJM stakeholders at the MRC rejected two proposals aimed at addressing a dispute over black start units' capital recovery factor.
FERC
FERC Urged to Embrace Carbon Pricing
Most panelists urged FERC to support state and RTO efforts to introduce carbon pricing during a daylong technical conference.
NJ BPU Conference Addresses FRR, Alternatives
The New Jersey BPU held a technical conference to consider whether it should remain in PJM’s capacity market or go on its own through the FRR alternative.
PJM, IMM Present MOPR Rules for State Procurements
PJM and its Monitor shared with stakeholders their proposals for responding to FERC’s directive that state default service auctions be subject to the MOPR.
PJM Monitor Defends FRR Analyses in MOPR Debate
PJM’s Monitor defended a conclusion that ratepayers are likely to see cost increases in jurisdictions that exit the capacity market and adopt the FRR option.

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