The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved $250 million in fines for FirstEnergy, which comes after a federal investigation in 2020 found the utility had bribed lawmakers to secure a bailout for its nuclear plants.

The CEC approved a request to increase the output of a Burbank gas-fired power plant to address grid reliability issues, prompting some organizations and locals to protest out of concerns about the facility's emissions and costs.

SPP said it expects as a “high likelihood” of meeting demand during the upcoming winter season and that it will be prepared in case of an unexpected event.

The buildout of new resources in the Western Interconnection over the next 20 years is “remarkably similar” across a variety of scenarios tested by NWPCC’s market availability study.

Voltus and Mission:data continued to make their case that data access is preventing PJM from tapping into residential demand response, which is just a fraction of the market now.

Environmental groups are further pressing their opposition to MISO's and SPP’s fast-track studies for primarily fossil fuel projects, challenging both at the D.C. Circuit in a pair of lawsuits.

FERC greenlit MISO’s plan to require its demand response to make real-world demand reductions to fulfill the RTO’s testing requirements.

The U.S. Department of Energy has reupped a coal-fired power plant in Michigan for another 90-day operations period, preventing its planned retirement for a third time.