NERC staff acknowledged recent criticisms of the 2025 Long-Term Reliability Assessment while describing the challenges of performing the analysis in recent years.

With Winter Storm Fern, we learned, once again, that our nation’s power grids rely on a significant fossil mix when the weather turns nasty, writes columnist Peter Kelly-Detwiler.

After 19 months, New York has abandoned its most recent attempt to procure offshore wind power, saying it would not be prudent to proceed amid federal policy uncertainty.

New Jersey legislators advanced a bill that would protect ratepayers from rate hikes triggered by data center development, as the state looks for ways to add generation capacity, boost its infrastructure and curb energy use.

ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas said the grid operator's proposed batch process to study the 232 GW of large loads seeking interconnection will provide clarity and transparency to data center developers.

CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market surpassed $8 billion in cumulative economic benefits since its 2014 launch after providing participants with $415.65 million in gross benefits in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to an ISO report.

Former FERC Chair and Voltus executive Jon Wellinghoff discussed his career and its focus on consumers. He is a headlining speaker at the EMPOWER 2026 Conference in Boulder.

MISO’s inaugural long-term load forecasting survey among its membership uncovered the possibility of 82 GW of data center load additions by 2044.

The NYISO Operating Committee discussed the challenges it faced while successfully navigating through several events in January, including a major winter storm.

The Regional Organization of Western Energy selected Western Freedom Executive Director Kathleen Staks as its interim president, while regulatory attorney Lisa Tormoen Hickey will assume the role of interim secretary.