The New England Power Pool Markets Committee voted to amend Market Rule 1 to limit the retention of resources for fuel security to a two-year maximum.

NEPOOL's Markets Committee met to discuss ISO-NE’s proposed Energy Security Improvements, but the sense of urgency lifted after FERC extended its deadline.

Both ISO-NE's external and internal market monitors endorsed major portions of the RTO’s Energy Security Improvements plan.

FERC granted ISO-NE another six months to file a long-term fuel security mechanism, the second extension since its original order last July.

The NEPOOL Reliability Committee indicated its displeasure with the re-evaluation of the fuel-security reliability review for Mystic Units 8 and 9.

The PJM Markets and Reliability Committee discussed the work of the Financial Risk Mitigation Senior Task Force and approved several manual changes.

The New England Power Pool Markets Committee met for three days in Meredith, N.H., last week to discuss ISO-NE’s proposed energy security improvements.

The New England Power Pool Markets Committee continued to discuss impact assessments of ISO-NE’s proposed energy security improvements.

New England regulators and stakeholders told FERC they fear ISO-NE’s fuel security proposal could increase costs without solving winter supply concerns.

ISO-NE advised FERC that it is revising its fuel security analysis for FCA 14 to assume more natural gas use and bigger contributions from renewables.