Commercial demand is supplanting state policy as the driving force behind deployment of renewables, participants at NECA's Renewable Energy event heard.

Infocast’s annual ERCOT Market Summit attracted policymakers with utility, solar, wind and other energy executives to explore potential solutions and opportunities in Texas.

The growth of solar power in California will require a huge amount of new electricity storage to allow the state to meet its ambitious green energy goals.

MISO CEO John Bear opened GCPA’s MISO South Regional Conference with the RTO’s strategic initiatives and the five “500-year” storms it has experienced.

Entergy’s proposal to spend $10-12 billion to address a 7,000-MW capacity deficit Entergy Louisiana forecasts through 2038 is being challenged.

MISO is considering a fast-track process for “shovel-ready” generation projects in response to criticism its rules don’t work for renewables, which now represent almost 90% of the RTO’s interconnection queue.

The Smart Energy Summit attracted industry representatives to Austin, Texas, to participate in workshops and panel discussions on new roles for utilities.

Benjamin Sloan, a former attorney in the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office, will become the Organization of MISO States’ new director of regulatory affairs.

Declining costs and new market rules are opening opportunities for energy storage, but the technology’s operating characteristics are challenging RTOs.

Policymakers and industry officials gathered for NARUC Winter Policy Summit, where they discussed coal and nuclear power, among other topics.