PJM’s markets were competitive in the first nine months of the year, the Independent Market Monitor found in its quarterly State of the Market Report.

The Gulf Coast Power Association’s 32nd Annual Fall Conference attracted several hundred attendees to the Texas state capital.

The CAISO board approved usage of generator contingency modeling and RAS in the day-ahead and real-time markets.

The difference between the reserve measurements in PJM’s SCED engine and its emergency management system (EMS) has been shrinking.

PJM told stakeholders at the Operating Committee meeting that late-day storms in the RTO in July resulted in overestimated load forecasting last month.

One item shared at the MISO Informational forum was an increase in systemwide energy prices owed mostly to an increase in natural gas prices.

A new analysis by ISO-NE shows that increasing carbon allowance prices would boost the region’s LMPs by more than 30% under all six scenarios studied.

A spike in natural gas prices pushed LMPs up in both NYISO and ISO-NE in March, though analysts say the rise may be short-lived.

Joe Bowring said in a briefing on the State of the Market Report that that the PJM market is healthy, despite what some believe are low energy prices.

The CAISO real-time market experienced an uptick in volatility during Q4 of 2016, as five-minute prices spiked to well above day-ahead and 15-minute levels.