Avangrid on Monday said its first quarter (Q1 2018) earnings rose slightly on new rate plans and rising output from its wind fleet, and the company highlighted its growing opportunities in renewable energy — particularly offshore wind.

When stakeholders begin considering potential changes to PJM’s demand curve next month, one of the main debates will likely center on whether combustion turbines should remain the reference technology for estimating the cost of new entry be replaced by combined-cycle gas turbines.

Steve Huntoon wants to apologize -- on behalf of FirstEnergy.

SPP CEO Nick Brown said the grid operator remains committed to making their membership proposal to Mountain West Transmission Group work, despite Xcel Energy’s surprise decision to pull out of the group and its pending integration into the RTO.

At the Gulf Coast Power Association’s annual spring conference, ERCOT CEO Bill Magness once again moderated a panel of his counterparts from around the country.

PJM members at last week’s MRC meeting endorsed revisions to an initiative examining the calculation of the balancing ratio used in setting capacity offer caps.

CAISO provided details on its plans for major changes to improve the alignment of its day-ahead market with real-time demand.

Grid Operators for the three RTOs vying to organize Western electricity markets faced off before an audience of utility regulators in what one state commissioner billed a “beauty pageant.”

FERC ordered RTOs and ISOs to submit monthly reports detailing their uplift payments and operator-initiated commitments.

The West’s utility regulators took a crash course on the legal implications of their utilities joining organized electric markets (RTOs)at the spring 2018 joint CREPC-WIRAB meeting.