MISO expects to easily navigate normal winter conditions with its firm supply but said a worst-case winter storm in January could exhaust emergency reserves.

December contained unexceptional load and growing energy prices, according to MISO's monthly operations report.

MISO flirted with its first maximum generation event of the year, a month after it cautioned members that winter operations would get risky.

MISO raised alarm bells about soaring forced outages should a severe arctic blast descend on the footprint this winter.

ISO-NE stakeholders approved tariff changes that incorporate a new transmission planning process focused beyond the RTO’s current 10-year planning horizon.

Twitter users were quick to pounce on ERCOT's quiet release of its winter resource assessment and the resignation of a new board member.

NYISO on Tuesday reported sufficient capacity this winter to meet forecasted peak demand conditions, with a total of 42,415 MW of resources available.

PJM wants to modify the generator deliverability tests for light-load and winter periods as more renewable energy is set to come online.

MISO concluded that its current suite of resource adequacy tools, and the in-progress projects it is working on, enable it to cope with extreme cold snaps.

SPP COO Lanny Nickell pointed to a lack of gas generation as the culprit behind the first load sheds in the grid operator’s history.