The Texas Public Utility Commission’s staff has recommended the commission approve the construction of three 765-kV transmission lines, rather than 345-kV, into the petroleum-rich Permian Basin to improve the region’s reliability.

FERC and NERC's report on the January winter storms indicated the gas and electric industries are improving their communication and coordination, staff said at the commission's April meeting.

Two power industry CEOs at the Gulf Coast Power Association’s spring conference offered two different takes on ERCOT load growth over the rest of the decade — and how the sector should deal with a potential doubling of peak demand by 2031.

FERC Chair Mark Christie criticized PJM for continuing to consider proceeding with Transource Energy’s Independence Energy Connection transmission project years after Pennsylvania regulators denied it a certificate of public convenience and need.

FERC approved the non-rate terms of SunZia Transmission’s proposed transmission owner tariff but sent the tariff’s non-subscriber usage rate to a settlement process and potential hearing.

The NEPOOL Transmission and Markets Committees voted to support an ISO-NE proposal to adjust several key dates and deadlines in its compliance proposal for FERC Order 2023.

FERC heard details about recent reliability incidents caused by data centers tripping offline in Virginia and Texas and NERC's efforts to address them.