PJM’s first 2016 proposal window for reliability projects opened Feb. 16 and will close March 17.

The Clean Power Plan was the hot topic at the NARUC winter meetings, but attendees also heard discussions about the growth of wind and a debate on capacity markets.

NARUC ended its winter meetings with an interview of Ted Koppel, whose 2015 book “Lights Out” alleges the U.S. is unprepared for the threat of cyberattacks on the nation’s grid.

New York regulators OK'd a contract to keep the struggling R.E. Ginna nuclear power plant operating through March 2017.

The PJM Operating Committee discussed cold-weather testing and the RTO's upcoming annual security drill.

PJM and the Independent Market Monitor asked FERC to revise Capacity Performance rules to address concerns that generators might ignore dispatch instructions to avoid penalties.

The ERCOT board remanded to the TAC a proposal to pay lost opportunity costs to generators ordered to ramp down for grid reliability.

The MISO Reliability Subcommittee discussed its priorities for 2016 and the System Operation Training Working Group.

Closure of the FitzPatrick nuclear plant will leave New York at least 325 MW short of its generation requirement by 2019, NYISO says.

The Supreme Court Tuesday blocked the EPA from implementing the Clean Power Plan pending legal challenges.