energy emergency alert (EEA)
CAISO issued a grid warning as a wildfire in Oregon threatened one of the major transmission pathways between California and the Pacific Northwest.
The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada said a Western market would help alleviate supply shortfalls like those that occurred last August.
ERCOT’s Board of Directors approved staff recommendation to reprice some market transactions stemming from a software error on Feb. 15.
ERCOT called for conservation measures as grid conditions approached the criteria for a 1st-level energy emergency alert, an unwelcome reminder of February.
ERCOT said it will seek board approval for a potential price correction needed because of software errors that occurred on Feb. 15 during a winter storm.
SPP is reviewing its response to the recent winter storm that swept through its footprint, leading to the RTO's first rolling blackouts.
ERCOT CEO Bill Magness detailed for the Board of Directors the events that led up to last week’s near collapse of the grid during a severe winter storm.
ERCOT said reserves had been restored and declared a return to normal conditions, ending an emergency that had left more than 4 million without power.
ERCOT said that enough generation had returned to service to stop the rotating outages that began Feb. 15.
The inability of Midwestern grid operators to recover quickly from extreme winter weather drew customer anger, along with scrutiny from regulators.
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