The 160th New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable focused on solar power as well as the ways in which energy storage can support it on the grid.

Offshore wind in the U.S. hit a new milestone when the eighth BOEM lease auction brought in $405 million for three sites off the Massachusetts coast.

RTOs and ISOs filed tariff revisions to provide energy storage resources more opportunities to participate in markets in compliance with FERC Order 841.

Fuel security and market design topped the agenda at the quarterly meeting of ISO-NE’s Consumer Liaison Group on Dec. 6.

ISO-NE’s interim proposal to use an out-of-market mechanism to address concerns about fuel security was approved by FERC.

ISO-NE said it expects to have sufficient capacity on hand this winter to meet load, which it forecasts will peak at 20,357 MW in normal conditions.

FERC granted ISO-NE’s request to terminate the capacity supply obligation (CSO) for Invenergy’s delayed 485-MW Clear River Energy Center Unit 1.

Dominion Energy has inched closer to winning state-subsidized energy contracts for its Millstone nuclear plant in Connecticut.

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.

ISO-NE kicked off its formal annual review of the transmission system to delineate zones for Forward Capacity Auction 14.