FERC can make large load flexibility a reality through the implementation of the Department of Energy’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on large load interconnections, according to a new Nicholas Institute policy paper.

In an ongoing high-stakes analysis, CAISO has determined that transactions between PacifiCorp’s two balancing authority areas can “materially” affect parallel flows on certain CAISO transmission constraints.

ERCOT can ensure long-term reliability with its energy-only market, but it must operate its grid less conservatively for that to happen, said Potomac Economics President David Patton.

ISO NE CEO Gordon van Welie talked about the evolving grid in New England and how markets are changing and what the future holds as state policies drive higher demand and increasing decarbonization.

Golden Spread Electric Cooperative will again appeal a stakeholder group’s rejection of a proposed tariff change that would pre-emptively determine the amount of load SPP's system can handle without requiring additional network upgrades.

The North Carolina Utilities Commission spent several days diving into the issues of meeting new demand from large loads like data centers.

FERC approved PG&E’s request to recover more than $600,000 in costs for an abandoned battery plant in California.

ISO-NE received six proposals from four different companies in response to its request for proposals to address transmission constraints and interconnect onshore wind in Maine.