The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s actions around its enforcement of a $1,000/MWh soft offer cap across most of the West may lead power suppliers to withhold electricity when the grid is most strained, according to the Western Power Trading Forum, or WPTF, and the Electric Power Supply Association, known as EPSA.
The trade groups urged FERC in a Wednesday filing to harmonize the Western Electricity Coordinating Council, or WECC, soft offer cap with the California Independent System Operator’s $2,000/MWh offer cap to reduce uncertainty for market sellers.