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February 27, 2025

Special Reports

Mountain West, SPP Tout RTO Membership to Colo. PUC
SPP and the Mountain West Transmission Group pitched the benefits of RTO membership in an open forum before Colorado’s Public Utilities Commission.
Renewables Win Some, Lose Some in State Election Results
Renewable energy made gains in some states, but other state election results were not as favorable or as expected.
CPP, FERC’s Bay, Honorable Among Losers in Trump Win
What does a Donald Trump energy policy look like? Count the Clean Power Plan, DOE's R&D budget and FERC's Norman Bay among the losers.
Role, Value of Financial Trading Debated by OPSI Panel
PJM Market Monitor Joe Bowring and others debated the role and value of the RTO's financial transmission rights market at OPSI's annual meeting last week.
FERC Ended Audit Without Talking to Key Witness
FERC effectively ended their 13-month inquiry of the SPP audit of MMU's independence without interviewing Oversight Committee Joshua W. Martin III.
Independent Market Monitors Wouldn’t Have It Any Other Way
Joe Bowring and David Patton often disagree, but they are 100% in agreement on the need for independence in market monitoring.
SPP MMU Struggles to Find its Voice
The record shows that until the last 18 months, the SPP Market Monitoring Unit generally filed only testimony packaged with RTO filings.
SPP Squelching MMU Independence, Former Monitors Say
SPP has interfered with the autonomy of its internal MMU, according to two former monitors who say they were fired for voicing their concerns.
Order 719: FERC Balanced MMU Independence Against RTO Autonomy
The independence concerns raised by former SPP market monitors resulted in part from FERC’s compromises in Order 719.
PJM States Seek ‘First Mover’ Status
PJM's Atlantic states are ideally located to pursue offshore wind, with shallow coasts similar to Europe, where utility-scale offshore wind is 10+ years old

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