New nuclear generation holds promise for the U.S. and its energy industry if its challenges first can be overcome, panelists said during a Resources for the Future webinar.

A relatively small project aiming to increase gas pipeline capacity into New England is raising larger underlying questions about how the region will balance gas reliability and affordability with longer-term efforts to transition away from natural gas.

NV Energy said it is discussing a potential new resource adequacy program with other participants in CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market.

IESO is asking generation owners what it will take to extend the lives of their units at the end of their current contracts as Ontario seeks ways to meet a projected 75% load increase by 2050.

Several stakeholders presented proposals for how PJM could address accelerating load growth as the Critical Issue Fast Path process on large load growth wraps up its second phase.

Renewable energy and associated clean technologies – like electric vehicles and heat pumps -- are two to four times more efficient than fossil fuels for generating electricity, says columnist K Kaufmann.

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

FERC sided with San Francisco in the city’s dispute with PG&E over cost allocation provisions in a wholesale distribution contract, finding PG&E improperly required the city to bear the cost of system upgrades instead of allocating costs among all beneficiaries.