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December 24, 2024

Welp, here we are. Christmas Eve. It feels like just yesterday I told my third-grade daughter we had to grind out just three more school weeks to get to Christmas. Whereas it used to feel like an eternity between Thanksgiving and Christmas as a kid, time certainly moves a lot quicker as an adult and a parent.

Hopefully time passed favorably for you, as we finally near the end of the “Holiday Gauntlet.” Now is the time to celebrate everything you might have gone through and finally have it all be worth it. From the entire RTO Insider team, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays. 

We’ll be taking a break ourselves, but on New Year’s Eve, we will revisit the Top 10 most-read stories of 2024 from RTO Insider; the Top 5 from ERO Insider; and the Top 5 from NetZero Insider. We will be back to posting stories, including our annual looks ahead at what’s in store for the new year, on Jan. 2. 

Before we depart, here is RTO Insider’s last bit of news of 2024.

Be safe and be merry. 

Shawn McFarland 

The latest from RTO Insider:

• CEC Ups Data Center Demand Forecast on PG&E Revisions
  
• Feds Sue PacifiCorp Over 2020 Oregon Wildfire
  
• NY Well Positioned to Push Forward on Climate Goals Under Trump
  
• NYISO MC Approves Dynamic Reserves, Regulation Multiplier Proposals
• PJM MRC/MC Briefs: Dec. 18, 2024
  
• SPP Briefs: Week of Dec. 16, 2024
• Texas PUC Shelves PCM Design Over Lack of Benefits
• Winter of NYISO Stakeholders’ Discontent over ‘Complete’ Projects
  

The latest from NetZero Insider:

• Connecticut Closes the Door on 2024 OSW Procurement
  
• Study Calculates Trillions in Economic Benefits from IRA

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Upcoming Stakeholder Meetings:

• 1/6/25: NYISO Transmission Planning Advisory Subcommittee and Electric System Planning Working Group Meeting
• 1/7/25: PJM Planning Committee Meeting
• 1/7/25: NYISO Installed Capacity/Market Issues/Price-Responsive Load Working Groups Meeting
• 1/7/25: PJM Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee Meeting
• 1/8/25: New York State Reliability Council Installed Capacity Subcommittee Meeting
• 1/8/25: PJM Market Implementation Committee Meeting
• 1/9/25: SPP REAL Team Meeting
• 1/9/25: PJM Operating Committee Meeting
• 1/9/25: NYISO Communication & Data Advisory Subcommittee Meeting
• 1/9/25: NEPOOL Participants Committee Meeting
• 1/9/25: NYISO System Operations Advisory Subcommittee Meeting
• 1/14/25: NEPOOL Markets Committee Meeting
• 1/15/25: NEPOOL Markets Committee Meeting
• 1/15/25: MISO Resource Adequacy Subcommittee Meeting
• 1/15/25: CAISO Interconnection Process Enhancements Meeting
• 1/16/25: PJM Market Implementation Committee Special Session
• 1/16/25: MISO Market Subcommittee Meeting
• 1/16/25: NYISO Operating Committee Meeting
• 1/16/25: FERC Open Meeting
  
• 1/17/25: NYISO Billing, Accounting & Credit Policy Working Group Meeting
  
• 1/21/25: NYISO Transmission Planning Advisory Subcommittee and Electric System Planning Working Group Meeting
  
• 1/21/25: MISO Regional Expansion Criteria and Benefits Working Group Meeting
  
• 1/22/25: NEPOOL Reliability Committee Meeting
  
• 1/22/25: MISO Planning Advisory Committee Meeting
  
• 1/22/25: NYISO Installed Capacity/Market Issues/Price-Responsive Load Working Groups Meeting
  
• 1/22/25: ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
  
• 1/22/25: PJM Risk Management Committee Meeting
  
• 1/23/25: ISO-NE Planning Advisory Committee Meeting
  
• 1/23/25: PJM Markets and Reliability Committee Meeting
  
• 1/23/25: MISO Reliability Subcommittee Meeting
  
• 1/23/25: PJM Members Committee Meeting
  
• 1/25/25: NEPOOL Transmission Committee Meeting

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT

RioSol Capacity Allocation

On January 6, 2025, El Rio Sol Transmission, LLC (“RioSol”) will commence an open solicitation process to award up to 1,600 MW of bi-directional, point-to-point, firm transmission capacity.  RioSol is holding this open solicitation process pursuant to its FERC authorization issued in Docket No. ER24-1726-000, dated July 5, 2024.

The RioSol Transmission Project consists of a proposed single-circuit, 500 kV alternating current electric transmission line and several substations that will transport energy from Arizona and New Mexico to customers and markets across the Desert Southwest.  RioSol is seeking parties that can meet our criteria and work with us to enable the transmission project to commence construction by the end of 2026 and commence operating by the end of 2028.  More information about the project can be found at www.riosol.energy.

RioSol has engaged Energy Strategies to manage the open solicitation process.  Specific information about the forthcoming open solicitation process and timing can be found at www.riosol-os.com.  On 12/18/2024, RioSol will host a webinar to review the project and Open Solicitation process and to answer questions from prospective customers.  To sign up for the webinar, email RioSol-OS@energystrat.com. 

Starting on January 6, 2025, interested entities may obtain a request for participation form and a confidentiality agreement via www.riosol-os.com and submit them to RioSol-OS@energystrat.com.  Subsequently, interested entities deemed to have a legitimate interest in obtaining transmission capacity on RioSol will be provided with a confidential information memorandum and the expression of interest form.  Completed expression of interest forms will be due no later than February 7, 2025.

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