MISO “generally” agrees with all nine market improvement recommendations raised by its Independent Market Monitor in its 2016 State of the Market report.

California’s scorching heat pushed CAISO day-ahead energy prices to record highs in the second quarter after market mitigation measures unexpectedly failed.

New York energy markets performed competitively in the second quarter, according to the NYISO Market Monitoring Unit’s State of the Market report.

MISO stakeholders laid out what they think are the top issues the RTO should tackle in the next year.

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.

The MISO Market Monitor still sees room for significant improvement after giving the RTO’s markets a passing grade.

MISO has issued its annual survey asking stakeholders to rank possible market modifications the RTO should undertake as part of its Market Roadmap process.

ERCOT’s wholesale market performed “competitively” in 2016, the ISO’s Independent Market Monitor said in its annual State of the Market report.

Natural gas price spreads between Western and Eastern New York in 2016 led to NYC generation being “more economic than in recent years,” NYISO's MMU said.

While PJM and its Independent Market Monitor agree that its markets “work” and are competitive, they disagree on what might make them better.