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February 28, 2025

Commentary

Stakeholder Soapbox: Is MISO Really an ‘Independent’ System Operator?
Mark Volpe, CEO of the Coalition of Midwest Power Producers, argues MISO's deference to incumbent transmission operators is driving merchant generation out.
Counterflow – Fuel Security: PJM Does ‘Seinfeld’
Columnist Steve Huntoon argues that PJM's worst-case scenarios are extremely unlikely, meaning consumers paying for more “fuel security” makes no sense.
Stakeholder Soapbox: PJM Slowing Change to Clean Grid
Jennifer Chen of Duke University's Nicholas Institute, argues that PJM's proposed revisions would increase carbon emissions and costs to consumers.
Counterflow: The Test of Time
Steve Huntoon revists his skeptical analyses of Big Transmission, microgrids and grid batteries, with a note about New York energy policy.
Counterflow: Electric Cars – Once More With Feeling
Columnist Steve Huntoon reiterates his argument that EVs are uneconomic relative to gasoline cars and rebuts a recent Wall Street Journal column.
Counterflow: Reliability Costs, Fox-Henhouse Regulation
Steve Huntoon, our Counteflow columnist, looks back at 4 years of his "scribblings" to see what he got right, what he got wrong, and what’s happened since.
Soapbox: Large Buyers – Don’t Stop Our Renewable Purchases
Representatives of the Advanced Energy Buyers Group argue that PJM's capacity market revisions threaten companies' bilateral renewable energy contracts.
Energy Innovation Policy & Technology
Soapbox: PJM Doubling Down on the Wrong Capacity Solution
Eric Gimon, senior fellow with Energy Innovation Policy & Technology, argues against PJM's extended Resource Carve-Out capacity market proposal.
Kavanaugh on FERC: Keg Half Full
Columnist Steve Huntoon dispels the notion that recently confirmed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is against independent agencies such as FERC.
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The Slow Death of Merchant Generation in MISO
Mark J. Volpe, president and CEO of the Coalition of Midwest Power Producers (COMPP), recounts the migration of merchant generators from MISO to PJM.

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