MISO conceded to its Board of Directors that it should have done more to convey the danger it perceived ahead of the late spring load-shedding event in Greater New Orleans.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright talked about the process behind two recent orders mandating power plants that had planned to retire to keep running this summer at a House hearing that was focused on DOE's budget.

Panelists at the annual meeting of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners emphasized the need for innovative regulatory frameworks in order to keep up with new technology seeking interconnection.

FERC’s resource adequacy technical conference zoomed out on the second day, June 5, with several panels examining ISO-NE, MISO and NYISO.

The U.S. Department of Energy issued an emergency order to keep Constellation Energy’s Eddystone Units 3 and 4, located outside Philadelphia, online under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act.

FERC will hold a two-day technical conference June 4-5, where it will look at resource adequacy issues in the ISO/RTO markets, with most of the focus on those with capacity markets.

MISO has shed light on the reasons behind the May 25 load-shed event in southeast Louisiana, describing a system taxed by early summer heat and rife with congestion and unavailable generation.