Two key Republican senators asked FERC to hold formal technical conferences on EPA's Power Plant Rule, noting the regulator did so for Obama's Clean Power Plan.

Panelists held several discussions on interregional transmission planning, resource adequacy and the risks posed by extreme weather during the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners (MACRUC) annual educational conference held from June 26 through 28.

Former EIA Administrator Linda Capuano has been appointed to ERCOT's Board of Directors.

ERCOT is setting records for peak demand in what has been described as "hellacious" temperatures, "even by Texas standards."

PJM continued its presentation of its proposal to overhaul the capacity market during a June 21 Critical Issue Fast Path process meeting.

FERC stakeholders debated winter reliability challenges in the Northeast, including the potential loss of the Everett LNG import terminal.

ERCOT officials issued their first voluntary conservation call of the year Tuesday as demand peaked within less than 1 GW of the RTO's peak-demand record during an oppressive heat wave.

A comfortable result for MISO's 2023/24 auction does not guarantee sufficient capacity during the coming summer, executives said.

MISO membership and executives last week discussed how to hasten the construction of more than 40 GW of generation projects that have permission to connect to the grid but haven’t been built.

The Western summer reliability outlook is better than in recent years, but shortfalls could arise because of supply chain problems or scarce imports, WECC says.