The Senate ENR Committee pressed NERC CEO Jim Robb and PJM CEO Manu Asthana for an explanation of the February winter storm and resulting outages in Texas.

GAO urged FERC and the DOE to develop strategies for responding to increasing stresses on the electric grid from climate change.

The energy industry’s largest international gathering, CERAWeek by IHS Markit, was held virtually with “unprecedented” participation.

California regulators are trying to avoid a repeat of last year’s unprecedented use of PSPS to prevent utility equipment from igniting wildfires.

MISO is still collecting data and reviewing the actions it took during a massive cold spell that gripped most of the U.S. in mid-February.

American Electric Power CEO Nick Akins called for stepped-up reliability measures following a winter storm that ravaged the Texas grid.

ERCOT CEO Bill Magness detailed for the Board of Directors the events that led up to last week’s near collapse of the grid during a severe winter storm.

The NEPOOL Participants Committee’s first working session on the “Pathways to the Future Grid” effort featured ISO-NE’s proposed work on market frameworks.

MISO said its members collectively saved about $3.5 billion in 2020 for choosing RTO membership over going it alone on the grid.

ERCOT said reserves had been restored and declared a return to normal conditions, ending an emergency that had left more than 4 million without power.