Capacity performance and policy may conflict

摘要

Evolving domestic energy policies and a shift in the generation mixrntoward more clean resources could conflict with pay for performancernreforms already incorporated into some organized wholesale markets and being considered by others, an attorney for industrial energyrnconsumers said Wednesday.rnThe so-called capacity performance resources offered duringrnPJM Interconnection and ISO-New England’s last auctions carryrnwith them more stringent requirements to be available anytimernand when needed most in exchange for higher compensation. Atrnthe same time, generators face steep penalties if they fail torndeliver when called upon.