In New England, increasing winter reliability concerns are driving questions about how long the region’s aging fleet of oil-fired power plants can, or should, remain on the system.

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.

The Independent Market Monitor filed a complaint asking FERC to determine that PJM has the authority to hold off on large load interconnections if they would jeopardize transmission security or resource adequacy.

The West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative could lead the charge on developing an alternative to the Western Resource Adequacy Program that would integrate with CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market, according to co-Chair Pam Sporborg.

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.

The California Department of Water Resources and other parties have asked CAISO to restart a transmission access charge initiative that was put on hold in 2018 due to the development of the ISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market.

New Jersey should continue to pursue a strategy of heavy reliance on clean energy to head off the state’s looming energy shortage, with no increase in natural gas generation, says outgoing Gov. Phil Murphy.

Higher prices under Ontario’s renewed market are causing heartburn for mines and greenhouse growers, stakeholders told IESO.

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.