Platts The California Independent System Operator will begin using a competitive solicitation process early next year to acquire backstop capacity when there are unexpected shortages or grid reliability issues under a plan approved by federal regulators. “We find that compensating…
Category: Electricity
Cheaper fuel ‘drove down’ MISO power prices this summer: monitor
Platts Significantly less expensive fuel outweighed this summer’s heavier average loads in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator footprint to keep real-time power prices substantially below last summer’s prices, a MISO panel heard Wednesday. David Patton, president of Potomac Economics, MISO’s…