CAISO  provided an explanation of its decision to increase regulation requirements in response to the growing variability on its system.

Regulation costs in CAISO have quadrupled since the ISO increased requirements to help balance variable output from renewable resources in February.

ERCOT members voted down the ISO’s attempt to salvage a revision request that would have replaced several ancillary services with new products.

The ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee endorsed a recommendation to increase the fuel adder factor for coal- and lignite-fired resources.

Our summary of the issues scheduled for votes at the PJM MRC and MC on 3/31/16. Each item is listed by agenda number, description and time of discussion.

FERC declined MISO’s request to reconsider a refund order stemming from transmission pricing complaints filed by DTE Energy more than a decade ago.

FERC rejected a rehearing request on its approval of Commonwealth Edison’s wholesale distribution charge on an energy storage facility.