The Energy Bar Association annual meeting included discussions on climate change, FERC hearing processes, resources and transmission rates.

MISO is seeking to fine-tune its forecasting of wind generation as it faces the prospect of immense volumes of new capacity coming onto its system by 2023.

The New York PSC modified its VDER compensation policy and authorized $43 million in state funding for solar and community distributed generation projects.

NYISO reported that it confronted minimal operating challenges this past winter as New York enjoyed relatively mild weather for most of the season.

MISO’s most recent maximum generation emergency is yet another portent of its increasing need to rethink grid operations, execs told the Board of Directors.

In the wake of its Jan. grid emergency, MISO pledged to further study generation cutoffs in extreme temperatures and improvements to its load forecasting.

MISO managed its eighth maximum generation event in six years last month despite the difficulty of pulling together the forecast leading up to the episode.

PJM survived last week’s arctic blast with slightly elevated outages and two periods of shortage pricing, officials said.

NYISO last month incorporated additional 115-kV transmission facilities in its energy market model, COO Rick Gonzales told the Management Committee.

A dangerous cold snap spurred a maximum generation event and knocked out power to MISO’s Carmel, Ind., offices on Wednesday.