At a recent Budget and Priorities Working Group meeting, NYISO presented its final recommendations for 2026, which will define where the ISO puts its market design resources.

Though progress on legislative action has stalled, permitting reform remains a vital step forward — one where policymakers can make a meaningful difference. As Congress reconvenes, this critical issue is back on the table, says Todd Snitchler.

MISO said its set of 20-year transmission planning futures must be further fine-tuned after the Trump administration’s repeal of tax credits for renewable generation.

ERCOT stakeholders, while raising concerns over the grid operator’s use of conservative operations, have endorsed staff’s recommendations for computing minimum ancillary service quantities for 2026.

Two new data sets show the industry has started to cut back on record high interconnection queue levels from last year as reforms have started to take hold.

PJM’s Markets and Reliability Committee endorsed by acclamation a PJM proposal to rework how the RTO determines whether a new generation point-of-interconnection falls under federal or state jurisdiction.

An Aug. 11 load-shedding event in Baltimore was caused by equipment failure at the Brandon Shores substation, causing all breakers to open and cutting the city off from a major transmission feeder.