Ted Caddell, RTO Insider’s second employee and first full-timer, passed away overnight Tuesday, hours after helping to cover the ISO Summit in Cary, N.C.

A panel of experts discussing New Jersey’s energy future agreed that the Garden State has made great strides on installing renewable generation resources.

Choices made by customers could rank alongside decisions made by policymakers in shaping the future of the electric grid, RTO officials said.

Upstate New York nuclear power plants will start earning additional revenue for their carbon-free attributes as the state offers the industry a lifeline.

After its first full year under new CEO Andy Ott, and the last year of its transition to 100% Capacity Performance, PJM heads into 2017.

ERCOT 2017 goals include accomodating distributed generation, enhanced ancillary services and improved reliability-must-run practices.

For MISO, 2017 will likely be filled with capacity auction changes, cost allocation debates, an updated interconnection queue and transmission studies.

SPP and its stakeholders enter 2017 seeking ways to integrate massive amounts of wind power into the RTO’s interconnection queue.

New England policymakers hope to reach agreement in 2017 on revised market rules to accommodate state clean energy policies.

While President Obama’s energy legacy is uncertain, there appears no reversing the generation shift to renewable power that started when he took office..