Strategically placed transmission or storage devices could serve as a reliability tonic to the Midwest, panelists said during MRO’s reliability conference.

The California PUC greenlit a major expansion of the state's EV charging program and approved contracts signed by investor-owned utilities to procure 1.2 GW of battery storage.

CAISO presented its final proposal of its effort to make it easier for energy storage and distributed energy resources to participate in markets.

NYISO is nearing a vote on market participation rules for hybrid storage and generation resources, with plans to submit the proposal in 2021.

ERCOT CEO Bill Magness told the board that load has begun to return to pre-COVID-19 levels, as evidenced by energy usage in June and July.

MISO’s first rule set for storage resources functioning as transmission assets passed muster with FERC, though James Danly opposed the plan.

NY-BEST held its conference as Tropical Storm Isaias battered New York City, discussing New York's storage deployment goals and developments.

FERC on Tuesday accepted most provisions in ISO-NE’s second compliance filing for Order 841.

FERC asked MISO to remove or defend its requirement that distribution utilities and load-serving entities report real-time grid injections and withdrawals to be compliant with Order 841.

FERC accepted NYISO’s second attempt to comply with Order 841, which requires RTOs and ISOs to remove market barriers for energy storage resources.