ERCOT reliability unit commitment activity increased more than three-fold in 2016, staff said at the Technical Advisory Committee meeting last week.

The ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee approved several revision requests related to collateral requirements, the ISO's admin fee and shadow pricing.

Stakeholders say the MISO effort to simplify treatment of behind-the-meter generation has created more questions than it has answered.

FERC approved NYISO's proposed locality exchange factor for its capacity market. NYISO's plan protects consumers from rising capacity prices.

Despite the impending resignation of Norman Bay, Cheryl Lafleur assured that FERC can issue routine decisions under authority delegated to office directors.

The MISO Steering Committee allocated the RTO’s settlement with SPP, a potential cost recovery defect and cost-sharing for customer-funded upgrades.

The FERC decision dealt with companies implicated in manipulating prices during the initial "Summer Period" of the Western Energy Crisis.

PJM stakeholders agreed to update pseudo-tie rules, move quickly on efforts to reduce uplift and create a new Security & Resiliency Committee.

MISO officials and stakeholders discussed December's record output for wind power, IT improvements and transmission cost allocation.

NextEra boosted its adjusted earnings by 5% in the fourth quarter and 11% for all of 2016, despite falling short of investor expectations on both measures.