Secretaries Chris Wright and Doug Burgum plugged the need for natural gas as the answer to the U.S.' energy needs during CERAWeek.

PJM presented the Planning Committee with a draft amendment to the Deactivation Enhancement Senior Task Force’s issue charge to add a key work activity focused on creating pro forma language for reliability-must-run agreements with generation owners seeking to deactivate a unit identified as being necessary for reliability.

Attendees at Yes Energy's annual summit, EMPOWER 25, discussed the Trump administration, pending ERCOT market changes, the future of wind power generation and uses for artificial intelligence, among other topics.

Prospects of load growth driven by electrification and artificial intelligence have buoyed utility stocks in recent months, but attendees at Yes Energy’s annual summit questioned how much of the load will materialize and warned of the potential for stranded assets.

Uncertainty around federal funding, permitting approvals and tariffs is creating major challenges for clean energy development in the Northeast, industry representatives said at NECA’s annual Renewable Energy Conference.

MISO hopes to become the next RTO with a limited express lane in its interconnection queue to help get badly needed generation online faster.

Facing a 40% hike in electricity demand by 2030, New Jersey needs to rapidly craft a plan on how to boost generation and develop its transmission and distribution system, speakers at a conference on the state’s energy future said.

The PJM Planning Committee endorsed by acclamation revisions to Manual 14H to conform with changes to the RTO’s surplus interconnection service process FERC approved in February.