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MI NS II1M E NS NM 111111 5 — MI NU EN NM MN NE ir E <br /> Electric prices high in region-Is MISO a solution or part of the problem? <br /> by Steve Downer level is widespread throughout - , Ontario $115.16 IMP (USD) <br /> Regional transmission organi- the nation. __..... ...... _.__.._._ ss 80.00..200.00 <br /> zations(RTOs)were supposed to The American Public Power ' FE.HUB $111.14 7 <br /> save electric customers billions Association board of directors, i `' ;,; re ® 6d 400 <br /> '`� gNERGY.HUB: ',107.46 0 68: :: 71.00 <br /> of dollars a year. Six months into citing "concernalarm) 0 <br /> (indeed o „Q.' pi <br /> the Midwest Independent System with the dysfunctional nature of MNN.HUB:$111.12 _,-- -- - .�`"' �p <br /> Operator(MISO)electric market RTO power supply pricing," has �`� G �' o :: <br /> ILLN�OISHUB $10555 c.'i <br /> operation, it appears just as like- moved to intervene in a corn- ;�" o ��� :. SQ.00 <br /> ly that RTOs may cost consumers plaint by Connecticut parties . . .. . ,./ -- ,; . 0 46.x,: ;: 41, <br /> billions. against the independent system ;..... a -Ai4 y: .. <br /> A September swing through operator in New England. N�bnnlca ,., Yoac m '�'f ;; ; <br /> south central Minnesota saw APPA said it "has become in- 2y <br /> Pennsylvania �3 <br /> manager after manager of munic- creasingly concerned over the - -- - -- : .; - �' so 0: :: 20: <br /> over skyrocketing wholesale pricing regimes prevailig in az <br /> ., � ; �"�. - 10.00 <br /> ipal utilities gravely concerned course of 2005 that the power ♦ -t + CPNode <br /> • rado •- <br /> electric costs under the MISO RTOs with`Day Two'market de- Kansas 'y s' .:- i, <br /> ;'• : , <br /> regime. signs. . .have become in practice "L4' Witinia <br /> As one municipal utility man- a No Generator Left Behind' -.,-, <br /> ager said, "It's a great market to pricing regime." 3"0C -2005 09:2 <br /> sell into; it's not the hottest thing Generators with low operating Red means danger:Prices for electricity last October were in the $35 to $40 per megawatt-hour range <br /> to be buying from." for a small on-peak block of power.On Oct. 13 of this year, prices fluctuated widely but were generally <br /> That alarm at the grassroots MISO:see page 8 please very high.This slide was captured from the MISO market monitor website. <br /> The lb <br /> Volume 24,No.9 Official Publication of the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association October 2005 <br />