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PJM endorses plan to evaluate pricing carbon emissions into its wholesale power markets

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S&P Global Platts

Author Jared Anderson

New York — PJM Interconnection initiated a process Thursday to explore the feasibility of developing a regional or sub-regional approach to pricing carbon emissions into its wholesale power markets, with members and stakeholders endorsing the plan by a wide margin.

A group of utilities and power generators proposed a broad plan that would first analyze various approaches to pricing carbon into PJM’s power markets and then work towards developing a …

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Cal-ISO applies to tweak rules on demand response, availability penalties

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Washington — The California Independent System Operator has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to approve two rule changes so it can call on demand response sooner during emergencies and limit certain availability penalties during outages.

The demand response changes could affect the order in which the ISO dispatches resources when prices are high. And while the other proposal would exempt more resources from …