FERC has issued an order setting aside in part its prior order on New York Independent System Operator, Inc.’s (NYISO’s) buyer-side market power mitigation rules by reversing its decision not to exempt payments received under the Commercial System Distribution Load Relief Programs (CSRPs) submitted for consideration from the calculation of Special Case Resource (SCR) offer floors. In its October 2020 order in Docket Nos. EL16-92 and EL17-996 (2020 Order), FERC had concluded that payments received under the Distribution Load Relief Programs under consideration qualified for exclusion from the calculation of SCR offer floors, but not permanents received under CSRPs. FERC’s order responded to arguments that the 2020 Order may have a chilling effect on the development of demand response resources, increase costs to consumers, impede the functioning of distribution-level demand response programs, and intrude on state authority over retail sales.