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.

NERC's Standards Committee moved forward with multiple standards development projects, while rejecting one standard request as proposed by a development team.

President Donald Trump’s policies and the growth in demand from data centers and other new customers have changed the trajectory of the power system, speakers said at the Energy Future Forum.

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.

Former FERC Chair Neil Chatterjee and other panelists in an ACORE-hosted webinar warned that grid stakeholders need to put aside old ways of thinking to address growing reliability challenges.