Market-Based Solutions Can Address Reliability Challenges as Gas-Electric Demand, Interdependence Grows – EPSA

I highly recommend reading EPSA’s comments regarding NAESB’s Gas-Electric harmonization recommendations (click Read More below).

I agree with EPSA’s position regarding a markets based mechanism to acquire grid services needed to ensure grid reliability every hour of the year at every location in a Balancing Area, under all weather and atmospheric conditions.

“As electric system market participants, it is incumbent on EPSA to urge that recommendations should focus on market-based services or products in order to support continued market efficiency for energy, capacity, and ancillary services for all electric system resources. It is understood that this Forum has been convened in part to address the unexpected critical periods that truly test both systems. Within that context, however, all means should be taken to develop market-based solutions which maintain market integrity and also represents the best method to signal additional developments or reforms that can address emerging concerns impacting electric reliability.“