ERCOT has set three new hourly peaks, topping 69,000 MW in demand for the first time ever on Aug. 10.

SPP appointed former FBI agent Mark Bowling as its director of compliance and security.

The power outage that darkened the White House and much of D.C. on April 7 began with the failure of a 230-kV lightning arrester at a Pepco substation.

Talen Energy released its first earnings report as an independent company last week, reporting net income $26 million for the second quarter of 2015.

The New York Public Service Commission staff has accepted seven proposed demonstration projects for the Reforming the Energy Vision initiative.

Attorneys general from 15 states asked a federal court in D.C. to block the Clean Power Plan.

A roundup of news from the PJM Market Implementation Committee on Aug. 12, 2015.

This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Energy Department.

PJM stakeholders last week launched another bid to change the $1,000/MWh energy offer cap.

Entergy has proposed closing one of its largest Arkansas coal plants by 2028 and making modifications to another to comply with EPA’s Regional Haze rule.