STATUS ALERT: MISO has proposed this change through its Planning Subcommittee process. The stakeholder process is expected to close in October 2026, with a FERC filing anticipated in Q4 2026 and an effective date targeted for year-end 2026. No tariff filing has been...
Executive Summary: Developers building generation and storage in ERCOT spend years managing construction, interconnection, and the market access work that has to be completed before the asset can earn revenue. The Qualified Scheduling Entity (QSE) arrangement is what...
FERC accepted most of PJM’s one-time RBP, but suspended it until February 28, 2027, over concerns with cost allocation, transmission owner exit rules, and load-serving entity collateral requirements. The September 30 bid window did not open as planned. The elements of...
Executive Summary: Resource owners planning to participate in PJM’s next Base Residual Auction (BRA) have a hard deadline to meet on December 1, 2026. This is the deadline to submit a Notice of Intent (NOI) to participate in the 2030/2031 BRA. If you miss this date,...
Executive Summary: On August 13, 2026, PJM filed with FERC its proposed framework for service during periods of insufficient resource adequacy, establishing a new Interim Resource Adequacy Service (IRAS) and a Bring Your Own New Capacity (BYONC) pathway. Subject to...
A one-time auction targeting >6 GW of new capacity is approaching quickly, pending FERC approval. Here’s what storage and renewable developers should know about this unique long-term revenue opportunity. Executive Summary: On July 31, PJM filed a request with...
Executive Summary: On May 29, 2026, FERC accepted a set of MISO tariff revisions that tighten how the market can penalize resources for diverging from real-time dispatch instructions. The changes, effective June 1, 2026, are aimed at Dispatchable Intermittent...
Executive Summary: The PJM 2028/29 Base Residual Auction (BRA) results were released on July 14, 2026, marking another elevated cycle for the region’s capacity markets. For the second consecutive year, the auction failed to procure sufficient resources to meet...
Executive Summary: On June 9, 2026, FERC approved PJM’s Expedited Interconnection Track, a standalone measure designed to fast-track large, shovel-ready capacity projects through PJM’s interconnection queue. Effective July 31, 2026, and sunsetting at the end of 2027,...
Executive Summary: New York’s Value of Distributed Energy Resource program (VDER) has transformed into one of the most lucrative incentive programs in the country. VDER has driven the installation of nearly 2 GW of small-scale distributed generation,...
