Republicans in Congress have introduced a bill that would let dispatchable generation needed for reliability cut the line in the interconnection queues, requiring FERC to draft rules to implement the proposal.

FERC Chair Mark Christie gave public remarks to NASEO's conference, laying out some of the major issues the agency will tackle under his leadership.

Consultant Terry Brinker warns about potentially hundreds of facilities being included in NERC's IBR rules, where fines and penalties can be as high as $1 million a day per violation.

The NEPOOL Reliability Committee voted to support changes to ISO-NE Planning Procedure 7 to comply with FERC Order 881.

The data center dilemma centers first on a familiar mismatch of timescales. Utilities and their regulators tend to plan based on the small, incremental demand growth. But development and the power demand it generates move at ever-increasing digital speed.

Permitting reform legislation is dead this Congress and the new Republican majority will have to work on a new bill next session. Despite the GOP's control of the Senate next session, it will need votes from Democrats to pass any reforms.

A report from the Virginia legislature released shows how quickly data centers are growing in the state and addresses how to meet that demand, with some suggestions for policymakers.

ERCOT’s Board of Directors signed off on staff’s recommendation to move forward with executing an RMR contract for CPS Energy’s Braunig Unit 3, deferring a decision on the gas plant’s other two smaller units.