FERC has given an unconditional thumbs-up to resource-aggregation rules for PJM that staff conditionally approved last year when the commission lacked a quorum.

ERCOT CEO Bill Magness had to revise a slide of his Feb. 20 report to the ISO’s Board of Directors on the fly with the latest record for wind production.

The CAISO Board of Governors enacted new governance policies and named Governor David Olsen as chairman.

Some energy resource developers in California say CAISO needs to change its interconnection rules to prevent financially unviable projects from lingering in the queue and affecting more sound projects.

PJM staff told Operating Committee meeting attendees that they are looking at ways to improve operations after reviewing performance during January.

California regulators approved an order bringing community choice aggregators (CCAs) into the state’s resource adequacy requirements.

MISO maintained reliable operations in its South region during a record January cold snap that saw the area’s peak loads approach summertime highs.

Preliminary estimates show that MISO’s capacity requirements and available supply for the 2018/19 capacity auction will be in line with last year’s figures.

Flashpoints over grid reliability, market outcomes and ratepayer costs were on full display at a CAISO forum to discuss its backstop procurement policies.

CAISO has kicked off an effort to implement major changes in the way it procures backstop generation needed to maintain grid reliability.