ERCOT’s Technical Advisory Committee endorsed a staff suggestion to increase by 50% the boundary thresholds used to project future loads in Far West Texas.

ERCOT CEO Bill Magness says utility-scale solar “is the next big thing coming at us from the supply side,” giving the ISO one more challenge to consider.

The Department of Energy convened to gather information for the department’s 2019 electric transmission congestion study.

ERCOT set a pair of demand records, establishing new marks for wind power and November monthly demand as temperatures dipped in much of Texas.

FERC moved to apply its proposed new methodology for calculating transmission owners’ return on equity rates to dockets in MISO and the South.

FERC would no longer review mergers valued at less than $10 million under a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

Transmission owners will be required to reduce their rates to reflect reduced corporate income taxes under a proposal issued by FERC.

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) held its annual meeting where new President Nick Wagner expressed his vision for 2019.

FERC approved NERC’s revised geomagnetic disturbance reliability standard, which requires grid operators to collect data and imposes deadlines for actions.

FERC clarified that rehearing requests on Order 845 did not delay its effective date, only the date that compliance filings are due.