Interim ERCOT CEO Brad Jones has a 100-day strategic plan to restore confidence in the grid operator’s ability to operate reliably after February's storm.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a pair of comprehensive reform bills that he said would fix the “flaws” that lead to February’s power failure.

The Texas Reliability Entity’s director of reliability services said that renewable energy will be crucial if the state is to survive another brutal summer.

ISO-NE said it should have the resources necessary this summer to meet demand during average and above-average temperatures.

SPP said it expects normal conditions and no extreme operation situations within its balancing authority and reliability coordinator footprints this summer.

ERCOT worked to ease anxieties in the Texas media after releasing a pair of resource adequacy reports that show it has healthy reserve margins this summer.

MISO says it has 146 GW of capacity to cover a projected 122 GW summer peak. However, staff said emergency declarations could be made.

Texas’ two newest utility regulators met with ERCOT staff and market participants for the first time and discussed preparations for the upcoming summer.

NYISO CEO Rich Dewey informed the Management Committee that Sept. 1 is the earliest date on which in-person stakeholder meetings could resume.

CAISO stakeholders are still wary of the new proposed wheel-through provisions the ISO has submitted to FERC for clarity on the complex issue.