The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that FERC failed to adequately explain why it approved capacity market rules for ISO-NE.

Stakeholders have responded to ISO-NE’s filing of a proposed two-stage capacity auction with a flurry of comments to FERC.

Stakeholders at the Markets and Reliability Committee meeting declined to endorse any proposals to revise PJM’s capacity model.

FERC accepted ISO-NE’s informational filing for Forward Capacity Auction 12, rejecting protests over qualification rules.

Some PJM generators will have additional time to submit unit-specific exemptions to the MOPR before the RTO’s capacity auction next month.

MISO obtained a one-time waiver of the deadline for its 2017/18 capacity auction from FERC because of technical difficulties on the RTO’s market platform.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected NEPGA's challenge to FERC orders on scarcity prices, saying the commission had properly considered its complaints.

FERC rejected the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency (IMEA) challenge to the PJM Capacity Performance rules for coal plants.

NYISO power prices jumped sharply in December on the back of sharp gains for natural gas stemming from extreme cold weather at the end of the month.

PJM staff will recommend that the RTO’s Board of Managers approve its own capacity repricing proposal next month, ignoring an endorsement vote scheduled for an alternative proposal that had garnered more stakeholder support.