A new report by NYISO says energy efficiency and distributed energy resources will cut peak demand growth on New York’s bulk power system by more than 2,700 MW in 2025.

Transmission developer LS Power is protesting Order 1000 compliance filings by NYISO, SPP and ISO-NE, saying they still favor regulated incumbents over independent developers.

Returning and repowered generation resources and newly announced transmission upgrades appear to have alleviated NYISO's concerns about system reliability over the next 10 years.

PJM and the Monitor are considering the changes to reduce uplift and gaming opportunities and allow quicker solving of the day-ahead energy market.

FERC said it expects sufficient resources to meet peak electric demand this summer despite coal-fired retirements, while NERC approved its summer reliability assessment.

FERC completed its initial review of all interregional transmission planning compliance filings required under Order 1000 on Thursday.

A former Soviet spy who lived in the U.S. for more than 35 years under an assumed identity has been working since 2011 for NYISO.

Former FERC regulators who were in the middle of many of the electric industry’s watershed events of the past two decades reminisced — and expressed regrets for paths not chosen.

NYISO can force idled generators to allow use of their interconnections for reliability purposes, FERC ruled last week, saying that such actions do not constitute an unconstitutional “taking” under the Fifth Amendment.

The Champlain Hudson Power Express, a 1000-MW merchant transmission line that would deliver Canadian hydropower to New York City has completed its federal environmental review, clearing the way for construction.