SPP appointed former FBI agent Mark Bowling as its director of compliance and security.

The power outage that darkened the White House and much of D.C. on April 7 began with the failure of a 230-kV lightning arrester at a Pepco substation.

PJM is concerned that EPA was overly optimistic in its assumptions for how quickly it can add transmission to meet the Clean Power Plan.

EPA's final Clean Power Plan provoked outrage from coal interests, praise from environmentalists and cautious optimism from regulators and grid operators.

EPA's final Clean Power Plan relaxes some controversial proposals while increasing its target for carbon emission reductions.

PJM and nine interstate pipelines have signed an information-sharing agreement to improve the reliability and flexibility of natural gas supplies for the RTO’s generators.

The PJM Board of Managers approved staff’s recommendation for the stability fix at New Jersey’s Artificial Island, despite objections from the Delmarva Peninsula, which will be allocated nearly the full cost of the project.

FERC has conditionally granted a request by MISO to create a 10th local resource zone, in Mississippi.

Delmarva officials are lobbying the PJM board to reject planners’ recommended reliability fix for Artificial Island.

PJM will delay the transition auctions for the new Capacity Performance regime to comply with a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission order that the RTO include demand response and energy efficiency.