Reliability
PJM officials said Wednesday they are amending their proposed capacity overhaul in response to dozens of mostly critical stakeholder comments.
Virtually all of the stakeholders who commented on PJM's proposed Capacity Performance product agreed that it goes too far, creates too much risk and is being rushed through the stakeholder process too quickly.
PJM’s Market Monitor has weighed in on a MISO dispute over whether generation owners can be compensated for their plants’ sunk costs when the plants are prevented from retiring in order to maintain grid reliability.
PJM’s plans to conduct winter tests of infrequently used generators could cost as much as $15.9 million, officials told the Operating Committee last week.
The NYISO Management Committee approved a mandatory black start requirement in the Consolidated Edison territory, despite opposition by generators.
At FERC's uplift hearing, PJM was a target for criticism from market participants smarting over the $600 million uplift bill from January’s polar vortex.
Some areas of New York could face transmission violations as soon as next year and capacity shortages are likely by 2019, according to NYISO.
PJM yesterday proposed sweeping changes to the capacity market, including a new product, to address winter reliability concerns.
PJM last week proposed eliminating some generators from the calculation of Tier 1 synchronized reserves.
PJM has created a new emergency procedure and is testing a software fix following poor generator response to a minimum generation event July 5, officials told the OC last week.
Want more? Advanced Search