Amid increasing concern over threats to the nation’s power grid, NERC ran GridEx III, a rigorous, two-day drill that simulated terrorist attacks.

A collection of news from FERC's open meeting, including this year's annual report and new NERC reliability rules.

FERC rejected a request by consumer advocates that it force PJM to update its 2015 peak load forecast using recent modeling enhancements to prevent over-procurement of resources in this year’s capacity auctions.

A summary of measures approved by the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee on Nov. 19, 2015

An initiative that would allow generators to avoid underperformance penalties in PJM's capacity performance product was met by pushback from members who said it was premature.

PJM expects 177,628 MW of generation this winter, a 35% margin over the projected peak demand of 131,720 MW.

The report concluded that PJM's energy, capacity and regulation markets were competitive for the first nine months of the year.

PJM asked FERC to approve cost responsibilities for $687 million in transmission upgrades included in a revised RTEP.

Our summary of the issues scheduled for votes at the PJM MRC and MC on 11/19/15.

A roundup of news from the PJM Operating Committee on Nov. 3, 2015.