PJM stakeholders approved tighter rules on generator lost opportunity costs but rejected a proposal to limit eligibility to the most flexible combustion units.

A summary of measures approved by the PJM Markets and Reliability and Members Committees on March 31, 2015.

PJM members were asked last week to consider allowing generators to revise their offers hourly in the energy market to reflect changes in gas prices.

Last winter’s cold raised concerns about economic withholding, the PJM Independent Market Monitor said in its annual State of the Market report.

FERC increased its pressure on PJM and MISO to resolve their longstanding boundary disputes, saying it was considering taking action “to improve the efficiency of operations” at the RTOs’ seam.

PJM CEO Terry Boston has announced he will retire by the end of the year. He leaves behind a legacy of building stakeholder consensus and steady leadership.

Attorneys for Powhatan Energy Fund and Kevin Gates accused FERC's Office of Enforcement of withholding information that could exonerate their clients in a high-profile market manipulation case.

MISO’s Market Monitor urged FERC last week to resolve a standoff between MISO and PJM over interface pricing that he said is costing consumers millions.

The RTO stakeholder process came under fire last week at a FERC technical conference on the treatment of financial transactions in PJM.

PJM’s request to raise the cost-based energy offer cap to $1,800/MWh through March drew a flurry of comments and protests in the days before Christmas.