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July 23, 2024

David Patton

EBA Panelists Talk ‘Wacky’ NOPR, ‘Modest’ ZECs, ‘Rent Seeking’
The Energy Bar Association Mid-Year Forum included discussions of subsidies and the Energy Department's proposed grid resiliency pricing rule.
RTOs Reject NOPR; Say Fuel Risks Exaggerated
RTO officials and their Market Monitors unilaterally rejected Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s proposal to provide price supports to coal and nuclear plants.
MISO in Harmony with IMM State of the Market Report
MISO “generally” agrees with all nine market improvement recommendations raised by its Independent Market Monitor in its 2016 State of the Market report.
MISO, IMM Report Efficient Summer Months
MISO’s staff and Independent Market Monitor convened to commend RTO operations personnel for a successful season.
Critics Protest PJM Dynamic Transfers Plan
PJM’s proposal to create standardized contracts for establishing dynamic transfers with other balancing authority areas has provoked opposition.
ERCOT, Regulators Discuss Need for Pricing Rule Changes
ERCOT stakeholders jammed the Public Utility Commission of Texas' (PUCT's) hearing room for the first of several discussions on price-formation issues.
MISO Board Hears State of the Market Recommendations
The MISO IMM gave board members an explanation of the most pressing of the nine new recommendations contained in this year’s State of the Market report.
ERCOT Monitor: Optimizing Energy, A/S Top Priority
Potomac Economics’ David Patton told ERCOT’s Board of Directors that there’s still room to optimize energy and ancillary services.
MISO Embraces Monitor’s New Constrained Area Category
MISO proposed creating a new category of narrowly constrained areas (NCAs) identified by momentary congestion and associated market power.
Pseudo-Tie Feud Rises as Patton, NYISO Protest PJM Proposal
Potomac Economics filed a complaint over the PJM pseudo-tie procedure, the latest volley in a complex debate over the future of the pseudo-tie concept.

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