FERC on Thursday approved a rule to improve coordination of the natural gas and electric markets, adopting two gas scheduling changes but declining to move the start of the gas day to 4 a.m. CT from 9 a.m.

A round-up of news from the PJM Operating Committee on April 7, 2015.

About 500 organizations will be relieved of some grid reliability regulations and another 200 exempted entirely under a new NERC method for classifying entities under its jurisdiction.

FERC said it is trying to craft the its role in administering a “safety valve” to ensure reliability is not threatened by the EPA's Clean Power Plan.

MISO stakeholders indicated widespread support for moving to a seasonal measurement of resource adequacy; supporters say it would improve reliability.

PJM CEO Terry Boston has announced he will retire by the end of the year. He leaves behind a legacy of building stakeholder consensus and steady leadership.

Generators would be permitted to sell frequency response services at market-based rates under a rule proposed by FERC last week.

FERC last week approved NERC's new risk-based approach to reliability compliance monitoring and enforcement, the Reliability Assurance Initiative (RAI).

A summary of measures and issues discussed by the MISO Reliability Subcommittee on Jan. 27, 2015.

FERC approved a revised reliability standard proposed by NERC that requires testing and maintenance of auto-reclosing relays.