Higher-than-average temperatures in the U.S. could reduce electricity and natural gas demand and help prevent shortfalls this winter, FERC staff said in the commission's Winter Energy Market and Electric Reliability Assessment.

ERCOT canceled its effort to procure 3,000 MW of additional capacity this winter after “limited response” resulted in 11.1 MW of offers.

Battery storage that charges from the grid should be able to use non-firm transmission service, MISO has decided.

DOE proposed expanding exclusions for NEPA reviews for clean energy, storage, and transmission projects that are built on previously developed land, in a move welcomed by the renewable energy industry.

FERC's latest enforcement report detailed one closed investigation into manipulation during Winter Storm Uri, but other nonpublic probes continue.

MISO has put before FERC its package of changes meant to downsize its crammed interconnection queue.

SPP says it has not identified any concerns within its 14-state footprint this winter that it is not capable of resolving.

As part of its efforts to lease land for renewable energy production, the Bureau of Land Management auctioned leases for 33 geothermal parcels in Nevada.

NYISO members approved new rules for ambient line ratings and HVDC lines.