The Southwest Power Pool Exit Study Task Force, formed to provide technical support and advice regarding the Lubbock Power & Light move to ERCOT, conducted its first meeting last week.

The Clean Power Plan poses no threat to reliability in PJM, but compliance costs are highly sensitive to gas prices and whether states go it alone or combine efforts with a regional approach, according to a study released by the RTO.

SPP’s transmission buildout, interregional processes, new generation resources and cyber threats highlighted the Gulf Coast Power Association 3rd annual SPP Regional Conference.

FirstEnergy posted a $1.1 billion second-quarter loss, much of it related to the pending closure of five coal-fired units.

FirstEnergy will retire four units at its Sammis coal-powered power plant and sell or deactivate its Bay Shore plant by 2020.

The dash for gas shows no sign of abating, speakers said at the Energy Bar Association (EBA) Northeast Chapter’s 2016 Annual Meeting.

MISO proposed the adoption of three new future scenarios intended to inform the development of MTEP 17.

With the spring season underway, the MISO Markets Committee of the Board of Directors reviewed this past winter and the upcoming summer.

ISO-NE market rules favoring natural gas clash with renewable energy goals, speakers at the EUCI US/Canada Cross-Border Power Summit said.

The increase in wind generation under the Clean Power Plan would likely exceed MISO’s previous assumptions, according to a new study.