The ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee approved staff’s recommendation to add 200 MW of responsive reserve service.

The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed its first major energy bill in almost a decade but faces a tight calendar to reach agreement with the House.

Massachusetts lawmakers approved a compromise bill that raises the net metering cap for solar energy systems.

More than 100 transmission developers, consultants, RTO officials and utility executives attended Infocast’s 19th Annual Transmission Summit.

ISO-NE CELT report study predicts that load growth will remain low in New England while solar is expected to grow faster than anticipated.

FERC gave final approval to a NERC reliability standard on protective relays and preliminary approval to one for small generators.

A new CAISO Tariff provision would enable rooftop solar and other small distributed energy resources (DER) to participate in the markets.

Much work remains to help Connecticut maintain its energy leadership position, speakers said at the annual CT Power and Energy Society’s Energy, Environment and Development Conference.

A roundup of news from the ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee meeting last week.

Investor-owned utilities will have a central role in the expansion of distributed generation and renewables, the industry’s trade group told securities analysts.