While the high load and generation outages followed the pattern of the polar vortex, MISO managed to keep prices stable and maintain better reliability.

PJM has a lot on its plate for 2018, including an ongoing effort to change its capacity market structure, the DOE NOPR and gas-electric coordination.

PJM’s initiative to internalize all generator payments moved forward at the MRC when stakeholders endorsed the RTO’s proposal to examine price formation.

FERC Chairman Kevin McIntyre announced that the commission would re-examine its 1999 policy statement on certifying natural gas pipelines.

PJM’s plan to add several gas pipeline emergency procedures to its manuals was derailed by stakeholders.

ISO-NE forecasts sufficient resources to meet demand for electricity and will implement special operating procedures to maintain winter reliability.

The loss of three natural gas pipelines is creating major concerns about Southern California’s gas and electricity supplies.

FERC approved CAISO’s request to extend temporary market measures instituted last year in response to the closure of Aliso Canyon.

Actor James Cromwell interrupted the FERC meeting Thursday over its approval of a 7.8-mile extension of the Millennium Pipeline through Orange County, N.Y.

A NERC report finds that the grid’s dependence on gas-fired generation will require pipeline outages to factor more heavily into reliability planning.