The gas industry argues that the existing rules have been exploited as a tool by project opponents to unfairly delay infrastructure development.
The market monitor says the proposal would remove incentives for replacement capacity, potentially impacting reliability and raising costs for consumers.
The revised proposal includes a project cap, stricter requirements for demonstrating need, and accommodates retail choice states, aiming to accelerate generation projects to meet resource adequacy needs.
The proposed change aims to streamline the interconnection of commercially ready projects in both RTO footprints, addressing urgent capacity needs.
The change aims to streamline interconnection procedures and reduce delays for new generation projects along the MISO-SPP seam.
The new process aims to address backlog of connection requests by considering planned generation resources.
PJM must revise its interconnection agreements to explicitly assign land acquisition duties for network upgrades to transmission owners, not customers.
SPP projects a 17 GW capacity shortfall by 2030, necessitating the accelerated study and integration of new projects to meet resource adequacy and reliability needs.
The DOI argues that Order No. 871’s automatic stay provision now hinders energy infrastructure development, contradicting current federal policy.
The new rules come as PJM found that more than 20% of loss of load risk occurs in hours outside of the current demand resource availability windows.
One area where many stakeholders find agreement on co-location policies – the need for clearer rules from PJM.
The decision establishes a temporary price cap and floor for 2026/2027 and 2027/2028 delivery years, aiming to balance market stability and consumer protection amid rapid load growth and resource retirements.
Rehearing requests were denied for plan to accelerate grid connection for shovel-ready projects, despite concerns from clean energy sector.
The proposal would reduce capacity resource deficiency charges to 100% of a resource’s clearing price, shielding sellers from penalties due to lower calculated reliability benefits.
MISO’s proposed changes aim to enhance market protections against manipulation and fraud through stricter standards for demand response resources.
Exorbitant price increases in PJM’s latest capacity auction are projected to cost New Jersey ratepayers $1.7 billion, prompting calls for the investigation.
The new tariff revisions aim to address forecast errors for load and renewable generation, ensuring sufficient flexible resources.
In 2024 New York state imported 7.7 terawatt-hours of Canadian electricity – more than any other state – valued at hundreds of millions of dollars.
MISO’s proposed reforms impact an estimated 12 GW of demand response and emergency resources, most of which act as the final safeguard against involuntary load shedding.
The coalition of renewable groups contend that the grid manager’s plan will fail to resolve massive gridlocks in connecting new projects to the system, which has grown to over 300 GW.
The order approves revised interconnection procedures, timelines, cost allocation methods, and financial security requirements for generators connecting to the New England grid, aiming to streamline the process while addressing a backlog of interconnection requests.
The grid manager’s revisions aim to clarify coordination between electric distribution companies and distributed energy resource aggregators during grid reliability events.
The new process aims to accelerate the study of generation projects critical for grid reliability, as MISO faces a capacity shortfall that could grow to 4.7 GW by 2028.
Constellation argues that including reliability must-run units as price takers distorts market signals, jeopardizes grid stability and disregards commission precedent in New York and New England.
Further delays in the approval of the market reforms could leave up to 3 GW of new resources ineligible for the next capacity commitment period, according to one estimate.
FERC’s ruling affirms MISO’s discretion in how rules are set for measuring resources’ contributions to grid reliability, paving the way for implementation starting in the 2028/2029 planning year.
NYISO’s proposal aims to protect the grid operator from potential financial losses due to new import duties.
The commission rejected the rehearing request, citing lack of final agency action.
The move comes as U.S. prepares to impose new tariffs on Canadian goods, potentially including cross-border electricity trade totaling 4.6 GW of capacity.
The new rules aim to improve the scheduling of fast-start resources in the day-ahead market by accounting for the operational limits of the generators.
The proposal, the first change in PJM’s deactivation process in two decades, aims to improve grid reliability planning by updating generator deactivation processes in the face of increasing plant closures.
FERC has provided MISO with a 12-month extension for compliance with Order No. 1920 transmission planning rules, except for interregional transmission coordination.
Project proponents say the pipeline is necessary to handle the expected surge in natural gas demand during the upcoming heating season.
Potomac Economics Ltd., in comments filed with FERC on Dec. 11, urged FERC to overhaul its interconnection and rate policies as massive electricity loads increasingly cluster with power generators.
The waiver corrects for an over-procurement of an estimated 1 GW of capacity.
The tech giant is pushing for more co-location of loads with generators, arguing it’s not about cost-cutting, but faster, smarter grid integration.
The GOP representative said that co-located energy production at data centers does not have to come at the expense of grid reliability.
SPP’s proposal aimed to boost participation for the market’s ~34 gigawatts of slower starting resources.
