Despite the Trump administration and all 13 PJM governors proposing a host of new initiatives, the RTO falling short of its reliability requirement does not constitute a crisis, writes columnist Steve Huntoon.

SPP stakeholders have overwhelmingly endorsed a conditional interconnection process for large loads that will be paired with two other FERC-approved processes.

A summary of the agenda items scheduled to be brought to a vote at the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee and Members Committee meetings.

The NYISO Operating Committee has approved the ISO’s locational capacity requirements despite multiple stakeholders abstaining from the vote in protest of the process.

After nine years, MISO will close out its multiphase market platform replacement project, leaving a bulk of unfinished work on its real-time market.

FERC approved SPP tariff additions that deploy novel study processes to quickly review requests for “high-impact” large loads seeking to interconnect to its system.

MISO is registering and accrediting resources to meet a roughly 2-GW uptick in load for the 2026/27 planning year.

The PJM Board of Managers has selected a path forward for addressing a groundswell of large load interconnections expected over the coming decade.

The White House and PJM's governors called for a special backstop capacity auction to procure $15 billion worth of new dispatchable generation, which is to be paid for by data centers.