The Bonneville Power Administration’s planned departure from the Western Energy Imbalance Market has prompted questions about how the agency will handle the yearlong period before it joins SPP’s Markets+.

Gaming by different stakeholders can present regulators with biased forecasts, which would require special regulatory-staff expertise to uncover, warns energy consultant Kenneth W. Costello.

The Trump administration is suing California over its mandates for electric vehicles and offering $1.9 billion for advanced transmission.

Duke Energy entered a pair of settlements in North and South Carolina on its proposal to combine Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress, which needs approval from both states’ regulators.

A new industry coalition calling itself Utilize has begun a campaign to make electricity less expensive and quicker to connect by unlocking underused grid capacity.

MISO announced a third, 8-GW cycle of generation projects to enter its fast-tracked interconnection process, its largest cluster yet.

Figures in the energy industry are casting doubt on the White House’s proposal to shield ratepayers from the costs of interconnecting large loads, saying it ignores the jurisdictional responsibility between regulatory authorities.

A new report argues for an infrastructure fund to entice data center developers to commit to modernizing the grid as they invest in upgrades required by their new demand.

“Massive change, massive challenges, massive opportunities,” SPP CEO Lanny Nickell said in kicking off the grid operator's second Energy Synergy Summit that focused on meeting data center growth.