ERCOT said continued growth in natural gas and renewable energy capacity will help it meet its projected summer peak this year.

With its effort to convert its Oncor T&D utility into a REIT foundering, Energy Future Holdings filed a new bankruptcy plan.

At last week's ERCOT Board of Directors meeting, its Independent Market Monitor talked about negative prices and their impact on the energy market.

Almost 500 electric and gas industry participants attended the Gulf Coast Power Association’s (GCPA) 30th annual spring conference,

Sen. John Boozman introduced legislation that would force the CFTC to grant SPP the same broad regulatory exemptions the commission granted other RTOs.

GridLiance continues to gather up industry expertise, announcing that AEP's J. Calvin Crowder has joined as president of the  company's South Central region.

ERCOT’s Technical Advisory Committee agreed on a method for paying lost opportunity costs to generators ordered to ramp down for grid reliability.

ERCOT continues to creep closer to the 50% mark for wind penetration, reaching 48.28% of load on March 23. 

The ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee discussed how the ISO and its market participants exchange data and handle changes to data reports.

SPP continues to set records for wind penetration, nearing ERCOT's national record of 45.14%.