FERC set hearing and settlement proceedings for the 747-MW combined cycle Carroll County Energy plant in Ohio, questioning its revenue requirements.

NERC released its annual Long-Term Reliability Assessment, urging preservation of “essential reliability services.”

ERCOT’s Technical Advisory Committee endorsed two previously tabled nodal protocol revision requests following lengthy discussions.

The PJM IMM is opposing the RTO and resource owners over generators receiving compensation for providing FERC-mandated primary frequency response.

PJM presented the Operating Committee with a proposed solution to address FERC’s proposed primary frequency response rule.

FERC opened a fresh settlement proceeding to determine the fairness of DTE’s decreased revenue requirement for reactive power services.

FERC approved SPP’s operating reserves proposal but said the RTO should respond to criticism about scarcity pricing avoidance.

The NYISO Management Committee approved proposed Tariff changes to define the role of inverter-based energy storage in providing synchronized reserves.

NYISO year-to-date monthly energy prices averaged $35.34/MWh in September, a 3% increase from a year earlier.

FERC approved Dynegy's request for a waiver of a change-in-ownership notice of its Lee plant, but the request has prompted an investigation into the plant's reactive power rates.