SPP's footprint may be expanding with the potential addition of the Mountain West Transmission Group, which would help the RTO offload excess wind energy.

Some RTOs are not using the vast amount of data they collect as well as they could, speakers said at the RTO Insider/SAS ISO Summit at SAS headquarters.

Distributed energy resources (DER) such as rooftop solar and home batteries are forcing RTOs to rethink how they aggregate and process data.

Former FERC Commissioner Tony Clark said zero-emission credits (ZECs) may be rejected because of their impact on wholesale market prices.

PJM CEO Andy Ott and SPP CEO Nick Brown said that FERC Order 1000 is causing headaches while doing little to encourage transmission development.

About 200 people attended the snow-delayed Northeast Energy and Commerce Association (NECA) Renewable Energy Conference on March 6.

At the ERCOT Market Summit, a Mexican energy official described the benefits and challenges of energy trading with the U.S. under President Trump.

Six panelists shared their stories during a discussion convened by MISO on increasing diversity in the energy industry.

A record 1,600 people attended the NARUC winter meetings. Exelon's CEO pressed the case for nuclear and uncertainty over the Clean Power Plan remains.