SPP's MOPC endorsed a revision request that would eliminate Z2 revenue credits for sponsored transmission upgrades despite concerns of a regulatory defeat.

The winter of 2019/20 saw PJM with the lowest peak loads of the last seven years, as above-average temperatures kept energy consumption down.

NYISO’s Management Committee saw graphic evidence of how the COVID-19 pandemic response is impacting power demand in New York.

ERCOT's Board of Directors met briefly by conference call to discuss the grid operator’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and approve revision requests.

While COVID-19 has dampened industrial output and electricity load in much of the nation, ERCOT continues to set the pace for increases in demand.

The MISO footprint sank deeper into the COVID-19 twilight zone in early April, with demand flattening further and some maintenance outages frozen.

No PJM dispatchers have yet tested positive for COVID-19, according to officials from the RTO, while planning to deal with the pandemic continues.

MISO is gradually improving its ability to forecast load in the face of widespread community measures to halt the COVID-19 pandemic.

The pandemic was such an unprecedented shock to the system that PJM is trying to stop its near-term load forecasting algorithm from using it in modeling.

The tamest winter in recent memory brought no emergencies for MISO, though the RTO’s South region was the subject of three weather-related alerts.