The PJM Independent Market Monitor and other critics say the alternative the RTO proposed to the DOE NOPR would also be expensive and undermine the markets.

FERC granted NYISO a waiver of its shortage pricing rules, giving the ISO time to align its Tariff with its market software.

FERC accepted SPP’s proposed Tariff revisions related to shortage pricing.

At the PJM Operating Committee, the RTO announced that next January it will release an RFP for new black start units intended to begin operation in 2020.

FERC did not act on PJM’s proposed changes to its shortage pricing, so revisions for how to handle transient shortages will go into effect May 11.

A summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the Markets and Reliability and Members committees on March 23, 2017.

PJM walked the Market Implementation Committee through planned Operating Agreement and Tariff revisions to satisfy elements of FERC Order 825.

After months of debate, PJM’s Manual 15 revisions on fuel-cost policies and hourly offers won the approval of the Market Implementation Committee.

Southwest Power Pool CEO Nick Brown said during his president’s report that cybersecurity issues will be SPP's biggest challenge in 2017.

The SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee endorsed a 41% increase in a delayed 345-kV project along the Red River in southeastern Oklahoma as reasonable and reset the project’s baseline.