FERC commissioners expressed alarm over forecasts of potential supply shortfalls this summer in the West, ERCOT, MISO and SPP.

Order 2222 filings have been contentious in every region, including New England.

BOEM took comments Thursday from Gulf of Maine OSW task force members about a request for interest it plans to issue by October.

FERC denied rehearing requests from transmission providers and others on Order 881.

FERC issued PacifiCorp permits to study the feasibility of developing pumped hydro storage projects in Southern Ore., located near a major intertie with Calif.

At a California Energy Commission workshop Wednesday, advocates of offshore wind urged state officials to plan for far more wind than is currently contemplated.

Drought, wildfires, plant retirements and transmission outages have elevated the risk of supply shortfalls in the West, Texas, MISO and SPP, NERC said.

Parts of New Jersey’s electricity grid are so old and its capacity so limited that new solar projects can’t be connected in certain areas, developers said.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed adding $5 billion to his FY 2022-23 budget plan to secure 5,000 MW for grid reliability this summer and in coming years.

A Southern Co. official gamely defended the Southeast Energy Exchange Market in a debate at the RE+ Southeast conference with three RTO proponents.