ISO-NE
ISO-NE declared a capacity deficiency after an unexpected loss of generation left the region short of its operating reserve requirements.
ERCOT
ERCOT stakeholders endorsed a 1,109-mile, single-circuit 765-kV backbone project that is projected to cost nearly $9.4 billion in capital costs, making it the largest initiative in decades.
IESO
IESO proposed rule changes to eliminate unwarranted make-whole payments to operating reserve providers under Ontario’s nearly eight-month-old Market Renewal Program.
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NERC and other commenters on two NOPRs supported the ERO's proposed changes to the critical infrastructure protection standards.
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The U.S. is facing an unprecedented wave of demand growth. Competition between states and FERC is not the answer. Cooperation is, says Nick Myers of the Arizona Corporation Commission.
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FERC granted CAISO's request to remove the sunset date on the Western Energy Imbalance Market Assistance Energy Transfer feature, which has been used by more than 10 of the market’s balancing area authorities in recent years.
The PJM Markets and Reliability Committee endorsed by acclamation an issue charge to explore how the performance of demand response and price-responsive demand resources can be improved.
The Texas Public Utility Commission signed a sixth loan agreement through the Texas Energy Fund’s in-ERCOT loan program, up to $370 million for a new 455-MW gas-fired plant in the Houston area.
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FERC staff warned that severe weather events "could create tight supply conditions" in some areas during the coming winter months.
FERC has closed its enforcement investigations into possible unlawful activity related to 2021’s Winter Storm Uri, just a few months before the statute of limitations on the issue is to expire.
Rising electricity demand is adding to seasonal reliability risks this winter as supply has not kept pace with consumption in many regions, NERC reported in its Winter Reliability Assessment.
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Energy affordability and regional collaboration dominated talks at the New England-Canada Business Council's annual Executive Energy Conference.
The California PUC approved a request to cancel Pacific Gas and Electric’s contract with California State University, Monterey Bay to convert hundreds of the university’s residential units from gas and electric service to all-electric service.
The House Natural Resources Committee advanced a package of permitting bills, headlined by the SPEED Act that seeks to speed up permit processing and limit litigation.
