WECC should zero in on issues specific to the Western system when it sets near-term priorities for 2021 and 2022, stakeholders said at a workshop.

Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Joe Manchin unveiled their long-awaited American Energy Innovation Act, incorporating some 50 bills previously approved.

The SDT working on options for entities to manage BES cyber information is resolving overlaps within the affected standards and ongoing projects.

NRG reported a 2019 operating income of $4.1 billion, compared to $460 million last year, driven by the release of a $3.5 billion tax valuation allowance.

PSEG CEO Ralph Izzo expressed skepticism that New Jersey utilities will abandon the PJM capacity market over the expanded minimum offer price rule.

Avangrid expects to begin construction this year on the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission project despite a potential referendum in Maine.

Energy Sec. Dan Brouillette named Alexander Gates to head the Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response.

Two MISO groups will discuss what the RTO can do to break down walls between the MTEP and network upgrade planning for the generator interconnections.

PJM stakeholders appear to favor the RTO’s efforts to improve its risk evaluations of market participants, but some of its new procedures face challenges.

The growth of DER means the MISO grid will become increasingly fraught with planning challenges that require target responses, stakeholders heard.