RTOs joined a chorus of critics last week in warning that the EPA's proposed Clean Power Plan threatens grid reliability, saying the agency should provide more time for compliance.

PJM should change its rules on pricing and scheduling of interface transactions to reflect changes in system conditions, the RTO’s Market Monitor says.

FERC has ordered settlement procedures on MISO’s proposed cost allocation for the Presque Isle Power Plant, which would cause steep rate increases for residents in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

A round-up of news from the PJM Planning Committee on Nov. 4, 2014.

FERC denied Consumers Energy’s request for a waiver from MISO’s must-offer requirement, three weeks after approving a similar request by IPL.

ISO-NE released its annual report, highlighting the challenges related to plant retirements, inadequate gas infrastructure and initiatives in transmission planning, renewables and distributed resource integration.

PJM stakeholders representing supply and load accused each other of refusing to compromise on changes to the $1,000 offer cap Thursday in one of the most acrimonious debates in the last year.

FERC said PJM should not have included a 10% adder in its calculation of make-whole payments to generators whose costs exceeded the offer cap last winter.

State officials and generation owners promised last week to challenge the assumptions the EPA used in its proposed carbon rule.

The EPA’s proposed regulations on carbon emissions would increase electric bills and harm reliability, Virginia SCC staff members said.