Competitive power generators renewed their calls for a national price on carbon emissions while complaining of a lack of market support for gas generators.

Extreme weather events have brought “extraordinary clarity” about reliability risks posed by climate change, NERC CEO Jim Robb told an EPSA conference.

PJM stakeholders in the RTO’s generator sector voiced frustration with FERC over recent decisions related to the capacity market to the Ohio Senate.

Vistra said that its board of directors has named current CFO Jim Burke as its next CEO effective Aug. 1, replacing Curt Morgan after a transition period.

AEP said it intends to sell some or all of its unregulated contracted renewable resources and redirect the proceeds to its transmission assets.

Six IPPs and electric retailers announced a new organization to promote renewable energy and lobby states for greater customer choice.

Utilities cannot recover prior costs of complying with NERC's critical infrastructure protection standards in ISO-NE, the D.C. Circuit Court said.

ISO-NE has proposed maintaining its MOPR for the next two capacity auctions and eliminating it for FCA 19, with RTR exemptions of 700 MW over that period.

Independent power producers warned that policymakers are risking reliability by attempting to transition too quickly from gas and coal to renewables.

Merchant generators joined ISO-NE’s Internal Market Monitor in warning that the RTO’s proposal to eliminate MOPR will suppress prices.