ERCOT CEO Bill Magness assured his Board of Directors that the grid operator is prepared for the summer heat.

ERCOT’s Independent Market Monitor released its annual State of the Market report, saying the wholesale market “performed competitively” in 2017.

NYISO stakeholders are being asked to weigh in on how effectively the external Market Monitoring Unit is performing its duties before the ISO considers whether to renew its contract.

NYISO power prices averaged $35/MWh in April, up from $29.91/MWh in March and $31.06/MWh the same month a year ago.

MISO’s Market Monitor floated a plan that would allow resources that are unavailable for the full planning year to offer into the RTO’s capacity auction.

Market monitors from the Eastern Interconnection and ERCOT debated their roles in the RTOs they oversee and the need for effective monitoring programs.

ERCOT will face lower capacity margins following Vistra Energy’s retirement of 4,100 MW of coal-fired generation, ERCOT's Market Monitor told the board.

New York energy markets performed competitively in the second quarter, according to the NYISO Market Monitoring Unit’s State of the Market report.

Rising natural gas prices will likely mean an end to ERCOT’s all-time low energy prices, according to the Independent Market Monitor.

The ERCOT energy-only market may not be broken, but stakeholders will discuss some fine-tuning at a PUCT workshop this week.