With four vacancies coming in the next two years, ISO-NE board Chair Kathleen Abernathy briefed NEPOOL on the RTO’s “roadmap” for future appointments.

MISO plans to subdivide its annual capacity auction by seasons to better manage reliability risks caused by renewables’ growing share of the resource mix.

BPA acting administrator and CEO John Hairston will officially assume the top job at the federal power marketing agency, the DOE said.

FERC approved a penalty of $1 million against Algonquin Power’s Windsor Locks plant for mishandling generators when offering into the ISO-NE markets.

NYISO petitioned the D.C. Circuit to review FERC’s rejection of the ISO’s proposal to exempt public policy resources from its buyer-side mitigation rules.

Stakeholders asked MISO for simpler interconnection studies during the inaugural meeting of The Distributed Energy Resources Task Force.

Tensions between New England states and ISO-NE came to a head last year when five governors issued a joint statement calling for reforms to the RTO.

COVID-19 was the defining problem of 2020 as PJM worked to overcome difficulties in coordinating deliberations on a host of issues, including the MOPR.

With almost 31 GW of wind capacity, Texas has more wind resources than any other state and is on track to stake out similar leadership in solar energy.

CAISO’s top priority in 2021 will be making sure there is enough generating capacity for summer after last year’s shortfalls.