Annual Meeting

The GT Power Hour: Episode 21 (Bowring 2: The Monitor Is Always Watching)

The GT Power Hour: Episode 21 (Bowring 2: The Monitor Is Always Watching)

In which we welcome PJM Independent Market Monitor Joe Bowring into the illustrious GT Power Hour Two-Timers Club to continue discussion of the compelling comments fellow club-member FERC Chairman Glick made on the previous episode, and the Monitor - as he is wont to do - happily (and ably) complies. Brace for a deep dive on the minimum offer-price rule (MOPR) in the capacity market, why FERC wants it pared back, how PJM appears likely to respond, the interaction of capacity and energy markets and what can be done to transfer generators’ reliance on capacity-market payments to actual performance in energy and ancillary-services markets. Let’s just say the Monitor and the Chairman don’t see eye to eye on several things.

It’s a pretty meaty talk that doesn’t stray far from the issues at hand, but there is some ranting and commiseration on the misery of driving the I-76 Schuylkill Expressway. Better buckle up!

The GT Power Hour: Episode 8 (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to PJM’s Annual Meeting…)

The GT Power Hour: Episode 8 (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to PJM’s Annual Meeting…)

In which we discuss how the Annual Meeting was done – for the first time – all by conference call; the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic – including estimates on how it will impact PJM’s bottom line; the unsung heroes of the energy business; a fond farewell to two big names at PJM; Michael Moore’s new documentary “Planet of the Humans” and a cameo by a previous guest of the podcast; Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; the horse latitudes; the Washington Redskins; and PJM CEO/President Manu Asthana’s first five months on the job.