California’s annual wildfire season kicked off with high winds, a heat wave and precautionary power shutoffs by PG&E to thousands of customers.

Four major New York utilities will collectively see their revenues reduced by $7 million for failing to meet reliability and customer service requirements.

NYISO said it expects to have adequate resources on hand to meet slightly above-normal demand this summer, with 42,056 MW of capacity available.

CAISO's RC West operation has won NERC certification and is on track to begin serving balancing authorities in California and parts of Mexico on July 1.

Most regions will meet their summer peaks but Texas and California are at risk, NERC said in its 2019 Summer Reliability Assessment.

NERC and the regional entities are proposing almost $207 million in spending in 2020, a 3.8% increase, while assessments are projected to increase by 2.9%.

The key players in the Western reliability coordinator transition told WECC they’re on track to take over on a staggered timeline from July to December.

The key players in the Western reliability coordinator transition told WECC that they’re largely on track to take over from Peak Reliability.

ISO-NE is on its way to complying with NERC’s revised geomagnetic disturbance standard, the RTO told the NEPOOL Reliability Committee.

CAISO’s RC West has been shadowing Peak Reliability as the ISO prepares to take over reliability coordinator functions by the end of this year.