The need for gas peakers and electric transmission and the increasing popularity of hybrid storage projects were recurrent topics at the ACORE Policy Forum.

An SPP committee charged with coordinating the RTO’s policy development and recommendations to integrate storage resources took its first steps.

Transmission owners defended PJM’s, ISO-NE’s and SPP’s immediate-need reliability projects while states said they are frustrating FERC Order 1000’s intent.

ISO-NE kicks off 2020 with a key deadline looming to file its Energy Security Improvements program to address winter fuel security concerns.

FERC ruled that the proposed merger of ColumbiaGrid and Northern Tier Transmission Group into NorthernGrid fell short of the requirements of Order 1000.

The PJM MRC endorsed the first round of credit policy revisions to come out of a task force formed in the wake of GreenHat Energy’s default.

FERC denied a rehearing of its acceptance of a settlement between PJM and transmission owners over cost allocation of legacy transmission projects.

NEPOOL focused on how to apply transmission charges to a storage resource when it is charging for later resale and not providing a service.

ISO-NE announced its first competitive transmission solicitation to address concerns associated with the retirement of the Mystic Generating Station.

PJM stakeholders endorsed manual language that memorializes the Monitor’s role in analyzing competitive transmission proposals, but not before protests.