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FERC Accepts SPP’s Revisions to Its Western Energy Imbalance Tariff Incorporating a Reliability-Based Market Hold Settlement...

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On June 20, 2025, FERC approved Southwest Power Pool, Inc.’s (SPP) revisions to its Western Energy Imbalance Service (WEIS) tariff to allow a participating balancing authority to initiate a market hold due to reliability...more

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FERC Staff Releases 2025 Summer Energy Market and Electric Reliability Assessment

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On May 15, 2025, the FERC’s Office of Energy Policy and Innovation, in coordination with the Office of Electric Reliability, released their 2025 Summer Energy Market and Electric Reliability Assessment, highlighting key...more

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FERC Approves Extreme Cold Weather Reliability Standards EOP-011-4 and TOP-002-5

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On February 15, 2024, FERC approved two new extreme cold weather Reliability Standards EOP-011-4 (Emergency Operations) and TOP-002-5 (Operations Planning)....more

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FERC Staff Issues Winter Reliability Assessment Report

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On November 16, 2023, FERC staff issued the 2023-2024 Winter Energy Market and Electric Reliability Assessment report, projecting trends and identifying considerations for energy markets and electric reliability for the...more

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PJM Files Capacity Market Overhaul for Resource Adequacy and Grid Reliability

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On October 13, 2023, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (“PJM”) submitted two filings with FERC proposing revisions to its Open Access Transmission Tariff (“Tariff”) and its “Reliability Assurance Agreement” (“RAA”) designed to...more

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U.S. Department of Energy Releases “Staff Report to the Secretary on Electricity Markets and Reliability”

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On August 23, 2017, the Department of Energy (DOE) released its “Staff Report to the Secretary on Electricity Markets and Reliability,” which was commissioned by U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry in April to provide an...more

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European Commission’s First State Aid Sector Inquiry Identifies Preliminary Concerns with Capacity Mechanisms

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The European Commission's Interim Report is critical of price-based mechanisms and calls for harmonized methods to determine generation adequacy levels and reliability standards. The European Commission (Commission)...more

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In First Step to Address Essential Reliability Services, FERC Launches Inquiry Into Provision and Compensation of Primary...

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At its February Open Meeting, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced a new inquiry into the provision and compensation of primary frequency response, an “essential reliability service” that is needed to...more

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