PJM credited emergency procedures with improving generator performance during a pair of winter storms in January, including a new all-time winter peak of 145,060 MW.

While heating electrification in New England is poised to drive major increase in peak demand, electrifying about 80% of households could reduce the combined cost of the region’s electric and gas systems by 21 to 29%, according to a new study.

NYISO laid out for the Installed Capacity Working Group its proposal to remove operating reserve suppliers that consistently underperform from the market until they pass a requalification test.

MISO members teed up a discussion on the approximately 57 GW of approved but unfinished generation in the footprint that will be a focal point of MISO’s quarterly Board Week in March.

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.

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy looked into how to meet demand growth in its first hearing of the new Congress, which showed a clear partisan divide on how to meet it.

Arizona Public Service, Salt River Project and Tucson Electric Power announced they are jointly exploring the possibility of adding nuclear generation. 

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed an executive order to create a team that will explore the impact of data center growth on the Evergreen State.