The longstanding links between U.S. and Canadian electricity grid operators won’t be easily fractured by the  tariff-driven political rift between D.C., and Ottawa, industry participants on both sides of the border say.

Planning for the grid of the future requires increasingly sophisticated prognostication, and the industry needs to look to new data sources to model the grid of tomorrow, says columnist Dej Knuckey.

Load growth beyond PJM’s ability to serve is a clear and present danger to the reliability of the grid and the functioning of PJM’s markets, says the NRDC.

PJM needs every megawatt of supply it can secure, and the last thing it should do is inadvertently force existing supply out of the market, warns Michael D. Smith, CEO of CPower.

The U.S. is facing an unprecedented wave of demand growth. Competition between states and FERC is not the answer. Cooperation is, says Nick Myers of the Arizona Corporation Commission.

Energy affordability and regional collaboration dominated talks at the New England-Canada Business Council's annual Executive Energy Conference.

There's a clear parallel between what FERC did to speed the building of new generation at the turn of the millennium and what DOE wants to do today to accelerate the growth of critical data infrastructure, says former FERC Chair Pat Wood III.

State regulators say the push to give FERC jurisdiction over large load interconnections could leave the agency biting off more than it can chew around complex state-run processes, while failing to accomplish the intended goal of speeding approvals of hyperscale data centers.

Not surprisingly, state regulators quickly made their concerns known about DOE's request for a new FERC rulemaking proceeding in order to “ensure efficient, timely and non-discriminatory load interconnections” for large loads, says columnist Peter Kelly-Detwiler.

A new report from the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners offers state regulators an extensive set of recommendations intended to address risks stemming from the ever evolving interdependence of the natural gas and electric sectors in the U.S.