The CEC has taken a step toward making millions of households part of demand response efforts designed to avoid blackouts.

FERC approved changes to ISO-NE’s tariff eliminating capacity performance payments for energy efficiency resources.

Biden’s infrastructure plan includes a 10-year extension of the ITC for solar and storage, a new Grid Deployment Authority at DOE.

The CPUC and CAISO instituted new resource adequacy requirements and conservation programs in preparation for the coming summer.

FERC reversed its ruling giving state regulators power to prevent demand response from participating in DER aggregations.

FERC reversed its decision not to exempt commercial demand response programs from NYISO’s BSM rules.

The NYISO Business Issues Committee approved revisions to its Installed Capacity and Transmission and Dispatch Operations Manuals.

FERC allowed MISO to edit its tariff to clear up performance rules for load-modifying resources. Its new ruleset clarifies how performance is evaluated.

PJM stakeholders at the MRC rejected two proposals aimed at addressing a dispute over black start units' capital recovery factor.

The Northwest Power Pool is moving to wrap up the design phase of its regional resource adequacy program, stakeholders heard.