MISO has expanded its availability-based capacity accreditation proposal for generation resources by including hours that aren’t so risky.

SPP COO Lanny Nickell pointed to a lack of gas generation as the culprit behind the first load sheds in the grid operator’s history.

MISO members overwhelmingly voted to require that stakeholders state their full name and their company before commenting during meetings.

FERC reduced Entergy’s base return on equity to 10.37%, applying the methodology it adopted for MISO transmission owners in Opinion 569-A a year ago.

FERC ushered through three more unexecuted facilities service agreements (FSAs) between MISO, wind developers and transmission owners.

MISO claims that Order 841 compliance would postpone the launch of a new market platform. FERC didn't buy that argument.

Columnist Steve Huntoon discusses the pitfalls of "Big Transmission" and suggests incremental expansions using existing transmission rights of way.

SPP said it expects normal conditions and no extreme operation situations within its balancing authority and reliability coordinator footprints this summer.

MISO said its markets will need renovation as it braces for systems rife with renewables and extreme weather uncertainty.

MISO said it will attempt at a long-term resource forecast, taking into account members' evolving resource mix over a 20-year timeframe.