NERC has joined EPRI for a two-year effort aimed at updating the electric industry's resource adequacy infrastructure in response to a changing power grid.

Presenters at a webinar shared details about the proposed organizational structure for the Northwest Power Pool's proposed resource adequacy program.

The California PUC ordered an additional 11.5 GW of procurement by mid-decade but backpedaled on a plan to include up to 1,500 MW of fossil fuel generation in the mix.

FERC Chairman Richard Glick says "the time is right for the states, the region’s utilities and other key stakeholders" to form one or more Western RTOs.

The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada said a Western market would help alleviate supply shortfalls like those that occurred last August.

MISO and the Organization of MISO States said things are looking up in their annual resource adequacy assessment.

During a meeting of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners, regulators shared strategies for dealing with heat waves, cold snaps and wildfires.