The PJM Market Implementation Committee endorsed an RTO proposal to establish penalties for load management and price-responsive demand resources that underperform during pre-emergency deployments.

The PJM Planning Committee endorsed a quick-fix proposal to include battery storage dispatch in the RTO’s planning models.

PJM updated stakeholders on how it plans to act on a FERC order requiring it to rework how it determines transmission rates and recalculate rates going back to June 2015.

Constellation deferred on asking the Market Implementation Committee to vote on a quick-fix proposal to account for any downtime dual-fuel gas generators may require when switching fuels.

PJM, Constellation and the Independent Market Monitor plan to bring competing proposals to define rules for operating battery storage as a transmission asset.

FERC conditionally approved SPP’s streamlined generator interconnection and long-term planning processes in what commissioners said is a “bold step” in addressing the needs of the electric system.

Amid uncertainty about how New England will meet rising demand in the coming decades, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey issued an executive order to procure 10 GW of new power and 5 GW of energy storage by 2035.

One New England offshore wind farm has completed construction, and another has begun sending electricity ashore as it finishes construction.

Arizona Public Service notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission it plans to seek operating license renewals for all three units at Palo Verde Generating Station, potentially extending operations through the mid-2060s.

California’s historic battery storage boom over the past five years has not kept up with EV capacity growth in the state — and now officials want to send idle electrons back to buildings, homes and the grid through new bidirectional chargers.