MISO staff said the footprint is in for more extreme ramping events after a late April drop in wind output. 

The Texas Legislature has adjourned, having passed just enough reforms in the wake of February's arctic event to protect the ERCOT grid this summer.

Panelists told FERC at a virtual technical conference that considering how climate change may affect the future grid is especially challenging.

MISO said it will pause its long-range transmission modeling and correct errors so it has the clearest picture of future grid performance.

The Texas Reliability Entity’s director of reliability services said that renewable energy will be crucial if the state is to survive another brutal summer.

A FERC technical conference brought together a group of New England regulators, ISO-NE executives and the chair of the NEPOOL Participants Committee.

MISO has expanded its availability-based capacity accreditation proposal for generation resources by including hours that aren’t so risky.

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.

Extreme heat and drought conditions are a major cause for concern in the Western Interconnection, according to FERC’s summer assessment.

Utility wildfire experts told WECC that another expected year of hot, dry weather will increase the danger of major fires in the West.