MISO is forecasting a 35% planning reserve margin for the winter and has implemented several changes to improve coordination with pipeline operators and ensure fuel deliveries to its fleet.

SPP is confident of its preparation for winter, although it will be adding the winter-peaking Integrated System to its footprint in October.

PJM is prepared to meet this winter’s load — even if it’s a bit higher than the record peak seen last season.

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

ERCOT's seasonal assessments of resource adequacy for the fall and winter predict enough generation available to serve forecasted peaks.

This winter bumped aside last year’s peak load record, but PJM's system experienced a fraction of the stress brought on by the January 2014 polar vortex.

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.