NERC, FERC, DOE and the North American Transmission Forum have created a resource to help entities develop response plans for pandemics and epidemics.

ERCOT said it still expects record demand this summer and the potential need for emergency measures, despite a drop in load from the COVID-19 pandemic.

SPP is extending its suspension of business travel and face-to-face meetings until at least Aug. 1, which may ensure longer beards seen in RTO webinars.

Exelon said its Illinois nuclear plants are “up against a clock,” with the legislature unable to meet to consider withdrawing from PJM’s capacity market.

ISO-NE plans to bring staff back to its Holyoke, Mass., headquarters in phases over the summer, CEO Gordon van Welie told the NEPOOL Participants Committee.

SERC has seen no “significant issues” among its registered entities related to the COVID-19 pandemic, attendees of the entity’s Q2 Open Forum heard.

Entergy reported “solid” earnings in the first quarter, saying it has taken quick action to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

PPL executives told investors in a first-quarter earnings call that the utility is continuing to meet its 2020 financial results amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Con Ed’s profits fell nearly 12% in the first quarter and attributed the decline to the effects of the economic shutdown and unusually warm weather.

NPCC does not anticipate any major reliability issues this summer, in part because of depressed demand resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.