October 5, 2024

reliability-must-run (RMR) agreements

ERCOT Briefs
ERCOT’s wholesale market performed “competitively” in 2016, the ISO’s Independent Market Monitor said in its annual State of the Market report.
CAISO Stakeholders Question Risk-of-Retirement Initiative
CAISO stakeholders voiced skepticism about the effectiveness of a new ISO initiative to prevent early retirement of unprofitable generators.
ERCOT Board of Directors Briefs
At last week's ERCOT Board of Directors meeting, CEO Bill Magness highlighted the ISO's growing wind resources and the challenges they pose to reliability.
Texas PUC Briefs
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approved an ERCOT request to share confidential generator-specific information with Lubbock Power & Light.
CAISO RMRs Win Board OK, Stakeholders Critical
The CAISO Board of Governors approved an ISO request to designate two Calpine natural gas-fired plants as reliability-must-run (RMR) despite criticism.
Opposition to Va. Tx Line May Trigger Unintended Consequences
PJM's response to the delay of a transmission line to maintain reliability near Jamestown, Va., may lead to increased costs to ratepayers.
PJM Planning Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee Briefs
General assumptions regarding winter operations will need to be replaced with actual data to improve PJM’s winter resource adequacy analysis.
Texas PUC Wary of Using ERS to Avoid Local Blackouts
The PUCT asked staff to revise a rulemaking on emergency response service, saying it didn't favor expanding the program to avoid local blackouts.
CAISO Seeks Reliability Designations for Calpine Peakers
CAISO wants to use reliability-must-run agreements to keep two Calpine plants in Northern California operating after their long-term contracts expire.
ERCOT Ending Greens Bayou RMR May 29
ERCOT announced it is terminating its reliability-must-run agreement for NRG Texas Power’s Greens Bayou Unit 5 in Houston, effective May 29.

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