Demand Response

In a May 23 opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Electric Power Supply Association v. FERC found that FERC has no jurisdiction to establish rules for providing compensation to retail customers that reduce their demand in organized wholesale electricity markets.  Over the past decade,…
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FERC on December 2 filed two suits in the District of Massachusetts to affirm orders alleging market manipulation in the ISO New England demand response market in 2007 and 2008.

In the first case (docket number 13-13054), the Commission seeks to affirm its August 29, 2013 order finding that Competitive…
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