An emergency alert urging the public to conserve energy helped the Alberta Electric System Operator narrowly avert rolling blackouts during January’s extreme cold snap.

WECC gathered leaders from the Western Interconnection’s four reliability coordinators to ask what keeps them up at night.

Ontario and Alberta are developing capacity markets as those in the U.S. face stress from subsidized resources and growing resistance from states and public power.

The Association of Power Producers of Ontario’s annual conference attracted about 300 people, a sharp drop from past years, when more than 500 attended.

Canadian Electricity Association CEO Marchi complained to NERC that he and other Canadian stakeholders have been excluded from DHS cybersecurity briefings.

Canadian Electricity Association CEO Sergio Marchi complained that he and other Canadian stakeholders have been excluded from cybersecurity briefings.

FERC called a technical conference to mark the 10 years since Congress gave the commission the power to impose mandatory grid reliability standards.