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July 3, 2024

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TAC Cancels Meeting; Approves Measure on Reserves via Email Vote
The ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee held an email vote to unanimously approve a nodal operating guide revision request.
PJM Markets and Reliability and Members Committees Briefs
A summary of the measures approved by the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee and the Members Committee on June 30, 2016.
Five Years Later, FERC Takes Another Look at Order 1000
Nearly every participant at a FERC technical conference on Order 1000  urged the commission to improve transparency in  planners’ decision-making processes.
CAISO Regulation Costs Quadruple as Prices, Procurement Jump
Regulation costs in CAISO have quadrupled since the ISO increased requirements to help balance variable output from renewable resources in February.
Monitor’s State of the Market Report Seeks Changes to MISO ELMP
The MISO Independent Market Monitor, David Patton, added eight new recommendations in his 2015 State of the Market Report.
PJM Markets and Reliability and Members Committees Preview
Our summary of the issues scheduled for votes at the PJM Markets and Reliability committee and Members Committee on 06/30/16.
CAISO Study Would ID Gas Generators Vulnerable to Early Retirement
CAISO proposed a study to identify the natural gas-fired units most vulnerable to retirement in its balancing area.
ERCOT Board of Directors Briefs
The ERCOT Board of Directors approved extending an RMR contract with NRG Energy for its Greens Bayou Unit 5 plant in the Houston area.
Lawyers Take an Economics Class: Capacity Markets vs. Scarcity Pricing
Four Ph.Ds. joined in a tag-team debate on the virtues of scarcity pricing versus capacity markets in a panel discussion cum economics seminar at the Energy Bar Association’s Annual Meeting.
ERCOT IMM: Low Gas Prices Reduce Costs, Revenue
Cheap natural gas pushed ERCOT's energy costs and congestion revenue to record lows in 2015, the IMM reported in his state of the market report.

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