A new, “expedited” CAISO initiative seeks to establish a process for selecting and procuring black start resources.

FERC approved a final rule on recovering from balancing contingency events and proposed another to ensure that remedial action schemes do not compromise reliability.

FERC approved CAISO's agreements to procure frequency response from the Bonneville Power Administration and Seattle City Light.

PJM has developed a load forecasting process that has improved the grid operator’s prediction accuracy.

The second Quadrennial Energy Review from the Department of Energy turned its attention to cybersecurity risks facing the nation’s electric grid.

MISO told stakeholders that its own data set might have been partly to blame for generators not responding efficiently to dispatch instructions.

MISO is seeking stakeholder input on how to address declining frequency response capability within the RTO.

CAISO has kicked off an initiative to explore how it can procure resources equipped to automatically respond to disturbances in grid frequency.

The MISO Planning Advisory Committee discussed making retirement notices public, including energy storage in interconnection rules and charging for Quarterly Operating Limit studies.

MISO has FERC’s permission to end a system support resource agreement in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula effective Nov. 26, 2016.