Stakeholders urged FERC to consider reliability and consumer costs when weighing approaches to co-located large loads.

FERC approved a PJM proposal to limit capacity prices to between $175 and $325/MW-day for the next two Base Residual Auctions, resolving a complaint from Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.

MISO and PJM will not take on customary interregional planning studies this year, deciding they have enough on their plates with a new and in-progress joint transfer study.

A panel of storage developers, regulators and RTO representatives discussed the roadblocks holding back the growth of battery storage installations in PJM.

Columnist Peter Kelly-Detwiler writes about the explosion of data center load requests and the enormous risks to utilities and ratepayers of overbuilding assets.

The committees are expected to vote on manual revisions and hear a proposal to rework how resources providing black start service are compensated.

FERC Chair Mark Christie criticized PJM for continuing to consider proceeding with Transource Energy’s Independence Energy Connection transmission project years after Pennsylvania regulators denied it a certificate of public convenience and need.

The Evergreen Collaborative and consultant Synapse Energy Economics of Massachusetts released a report that predicts a 60% hike in residential bills will be reached by 2036 to 2040 if PJM continues on its current path.