February’s winter storm, which threw Texas and much of the Midwest into a deep freeze, remains a hot topic as seen at recent industry conferences.

During a meeting of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners, regulators shared strategies for dealing with heat waves, cold snaps and wildfires.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a pair of comprehensive reform bills that he said would fix the “flaws” that lead to February’s power failure.

Five former Texas regulators have released a report with recommendations to  prevent additional weather-driven blackouts like those in February.

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.