The Efficient Grid Interconnection Act would require FERC to revise rules on cost allocation and push RTOs and ISOs to consider grid-enhancing technologies.

A growing interest in grid flexibility looks beyond demand management to accommodate and balance distributed generation and loads.

SPP CEO Barbara Sugg briefed WECC’s Board of Directors last week on the RTO’s efforts in the Western Interconnection and potential benefits for stakeholders there, including full membership in SPP’s proposed RTO West. SPP operates as a reliability coordinator in parts of the West and is helping the Northwest Power Pool develop a multistate resource …

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An appellate court rejected FERC's approval of a natural gas pipeline, saying the commission ignored its own rules on determining the need for the facility.

The Nevada governor’s office will soon be inviting interested parties to apply for a seat on a new task force that will advise the governor and lawmakers on bringing the state into an RTO. The Regional Transmission Coordination Task Force is the product of Senate Bill 448, a wide ranging energy bill that Gov. Steve …

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CAISO issued a grid warning Thursday after generators tripped offline during a record-breaking heat wave across the Southwest and much of California.  “CAISO is forecasting a resources deficiency with all available resources in use or forecasted to be in use for the specified time period,” the ISO said in its warning notice.  The warning was …

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FERC will create a task force with state regulators to spur increased transmission, a recognition of Order 1000's failure to produce any interregional projects.

Five of Duke Energy’s seven coal-fired plants in North Carolina would be replaced by energy storage and natural gas under a bill before the state House.

FERC accepted a ROE settlement between LS Power Grid, NYPA and others on the 93-mile public policy transmission need Marcy-New Scotland upgrade project.

Con Edison is staking its future on clean, emissions-free energy, going “all-in” on electric vehicles, energy efficiency and storage, CEO Tim Cawley said.