Chatterjee opposes MOPR as 'standard solution' for state policies

Utility Dive: FERC’s view of paragraph 22 is likely to affect how it views pending market reforms from other grid operators — not least the PJM Interconnection, which has both a MOPR proposal and two-part capacity market plan currently pending before the commission.

The paragraph would establish MOPRs as the “standard solution” in the absence of other reforms to adapt electricity markets to state energy policies like renewable portfolio standards and nuclear subsidies. MOPR rules set a minimum price under which resources may not bid into the market, limiting the price effect of subsidies.

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