The NYISO Business Issues Committee approved several manual and Tariff revisions, and received the monthly Broader Regional Markets and operations reports.

The ISO-NE Consumer Liaison Group met in Portland, Maine, to hear from the region’s residents and share with them the latest activities at the RTO.

NEPOOL's Markets Committee met to discuss ISO-NE’s proposed Energy Security Improvements, but the sense of urgency lifted after FERC extended its deadline.

Both ISO-NE's external and internal market monitors endorsed major portions of the RTO’s Energy Security Improvements plan.

FERC granted ISO-NE another six months to file a long-term fuel security mechanism, the second extension since its original order last July.

NYISO congestion costs surged in the second quarter despite lower electricity prices, gas price spreads and load levels, the Market Monitoring Unit said.

FERC ordered paper hearings in disputes over the criteria PJM used to reject several hydroelectric resources from pseudo-tying into the RTO’s grid.

The NEPOOL Reliability Committee indicated its displeasure with the re-evaluation of the fuel-security reliability review for Mystic Units 8 and 9.

NYISO said several of its market design projects are behind schedule, leading some to question whether it has taken on more initiatives than it can handle.

The New England Power Pool Markets Committee met for three days in Meredith, N.H., last week to discuss ISO-NE’s proposed energy security improvements.