Panelists at day 2 of FERC’s technical conference on distributed energy resources (DER) focused on the role of electric distribution companies (EDCs).

MISO Chairman Michael Curran last week denied an RTO Insider story quoting him as saying that the RTO should “burn down” the 3,000-MW limit on flows between its North and South regions if necessary to prevent load shedding.

Grid operators and regulators hashed out the complexities of integrating distributed energy resources (DER) during a FERC technical conference on boosting the role of energy storage.

FERC approved SPP’s proposed Tariff revisions to eliminate a gaming opportunity related to regulation deployment adjustments.

SPP and AECI stakeholders approved a scope for a joint study to determine the existence of any mutually beneficial transmission projects.

SPP's latest wind penetration record came early on March 31, when wind energy accounted for almost 14.5 GW, or 62.13%, of its 23.3-GW total load.

Generation developers and transmission providers called for more direction from FERC to improve coordination of “affected system” studies.

Renewable developers sparred with transmission planners for MISO, SPP and PJM Tuesday over the RTOs' affected system studies.

Corporations' decarbonization efforts may be frustrated because of insufficient transmission to move Midwest wind power to load centers.

FERC accepted the recommendations of SPP’s Market Monitoring Unit to eliminate the Woodward frequently constrained area (FCA) in Northwest Oklahoma.