Generation reserve margins might drop if coal and nuclear units retire sooner than anticipated, according to the preliminary findings of a NERC study.

NERC CEO Jim Robb said his organization is sidestepping politics and striving to maintain its independence from industry.

The three-day NAES-NERC conference touched on EPA’s replacement for the Clean Power Plan, the debate over grid resilience and cybersecurity.

Eversource Energy is increasing its capital spending over the next three years by $600 million, bringing the total to $7.1 billion through 2021.

Cheryl LaFleur, who has been attending the FERC reliability technical conference since her appointment, always opens the meeting by citing something special about each year’s gathering.

Infocast’s first SPP and MISO Markets Summit attracted participants and industry representatives from the RTOs’ footprints for panel discussions.

The natural gas industry found itself on the defensive at the NARUC Summer Policy Summit as panelists debated pipelines’ resilience and cybersecurity.

Panels at the MACRUC annual summer education session focused on nuclear subsidies and the impact of state policy initiatives on power markets.

Most seem unhappy with the scope and assumptions of PJM's fuel security study, which RTO officials outlined during a special MRC conference call.

The bulk power system showed improved ability to rebound from severe storms last year while continuing to improve on most other reliability metrics, NERC said.