April 23, 2025

Midwest power producers back MISO’s demand response revisions, citing fraud, wide-spread under-performance

MISO’s proposed changes aim to enhance market protections against manipulation and fraud through stricter standards for demand response resources.

Intervention Support: The Coalition of Midwest Power Producers (COMPP) threw its support behind MISO’s proposed demand response and emergency resource program reforms, argues these draft rules are crucial for ensuring reliability during capacity emergencies and strengthening market protections against manipulation and fraud. The increasing retirement of dispatchable generation and its replacement with weather-dependent intermittent resources necessitates these standards, according to ...

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Filing Date: April 14, 2025

Docket Numbers:

ER25-1729

Short Summary:

The Coalition of Midwest Power Producers (COMPP) threw its support behind MISO’s proposed demand response and emergency resource program reforms, argues these draft rules are crucial for ensuring reliability during capacity emergencies and strengthening market protections against manipulation and fraud. The increasing retirement of dispatchable generation and its replacement with weather-dependent intermittent resources necessitates these standards, according to COMPP’s April 14 filing.

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Policies & Rulemakings

Tags: Demand Response, Grid Reliability, Intermittent Generation, Market Manipulation, Market Misconduct, Resource Adequacy

Entities: Coalition of Midwest Power Producers, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)

Markets: Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)

Regions: Central

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Regulators: FERC

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Documents:

Demand Response – Tariff Amendment – Application – Comments