The continued closure of the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility remains an issue for the summer readiness of the Southern California grid.

MISO summer planning reserve margins will remain firmly above requirements even after it shaved nearly half a percentage point.

MISO expects a 19.2% planning reserve margin this summer, well above its 15.8% requirement, and a percentage point above its projection last year.

A round-up of news from the PJM Planning Committee on Sept. 10, 2015.

A round-up of news from the PJM Operating Committee on Nov. 5, 2014.

PJM will increase performance penalties and incentives and seek ways to incorporate firm gas transportation in energy prices under an initiative announced last week to reduce generator outage rates during winter.

PJM predicts summer peak loads will increase by about 1% annually over the next decade, with a 1.4% increase in 2014. But the 2014 load forecast reduces peak and energy forecasts from the 2013 report.