Peak demand in the Western Interconnection hit a record high of 168.2 GW in 2024, reflecting “early effects” of the growth in large loads such as data centers, according to a new WECC report.

Speakers at a SERC-hosted webinar discussed the challenges presented by gas-electric interdependency and what state regulators and policymakers can do to help.

A NERC manager emphasized that the ERO's new compliance abeyance policy is meant to be used only in rare circumstances.

NERC submitted the penalties against the two utilities for violating the ERO's facility ratings standards in its monthly spreadsheet notice of penalty.

NERC CEO Jim Robb said political and economic "uncertainty" led the ERO to delay work on a new three-year plan until 2026.

Rapid growth in battery energy storage systems in ERCOT has resulted in a “significantly lower” probability for an energy emergency alert this summer, according to the Texas Reliability Entity.

Texas Reliability Entity CEO Jim Albright sees similarities between the issues facing the U.S. and European grid and hopes to learn from the recent Iberian Peninsula outage.

The Texas Public Utility Commission’s staff are drafting a rule codifying a process for exemption requests from ERCOT reliability requirements.