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

Day two of FERC’s technical conference emphasized the need for more transmission to facilitate trading and properly compensating demand-side resources.

Extreme heat and drought conditions are a major cause for concern in the Western Interconnection, according to FERC’s summer assessment.

With another active Atlantic hurricane season expected for 2021, participants in SERC’s spring extreme weather webinar urged utilities to prepare now.

EBA marked its 75th anniversary at its virtual annual meeting, which included sessions on capacity markets and remarks by FERC Chair Richard Glick.

California could experience capacity shortfalls this summer during severe heat because of limited imports and low hydroelectric production, CAISO said.

ERCOT worked to ease anxieties in the Texas media after releasing a pair of resource adequacy reports that show it has healthy reserve margins this summer.

The Connecticut PURA proposed massive civil penalties for Eversource and United Illuminating following their inadequate response to Tropical Storm Isaias. 

Winter Storm Uri continued to command attention in the energy sector, dominating conversations at the Gulf Coast Power Association’s spring conference.

Three Democratic North Carolina senators introduced SB509, which aims to pour $4 million into community microgrids and other local resilience projects.