The CAISO Board of Governors enacted new governance policies and named Governor David Olsen as chairman.

Some energy resource developers in California say CAISO needs to change its interconnection rules to prevent financially unviable projects from lingering in the queue and affecting more sound projects.

PJM staff told Operating Committee meeting attendees that they are looking at ways to improve operations after reviewing performance during January.

California regulators approved an order bringing community choice aggregators (CCAs) into the state’s resource adequacy requirements.

MISO maintained reliable operations in its South region during a record January cold snap that saw the area’s peak loads approach summertime highs.

Preliminary estimates show that MISO’s capacity requirements and available supply for the 2018/19 capacity auction will be in line with last year’s figures.

Flashpoints over grid reliability, market outcomes and ratepayer costs were on full display at a CAISO forum to discuss its backstop procurement policies.

CAISO has kicked off an effort to implement major changes in the way it procures backstop generation needed to maintain grid reliability.

SPP’s Markets and Operations Policy Committee continued to hash through the difficulties of reporting behind-the-meter load.

FERC issued decisions related to CAISO’s resource adequacy program and transmission service in the Pacific Northwest.