SPP’s energy prices and average hourly load this summer were below 2018 levels, while generator outages and congestion both increased, the RTO’s MMU said.

An August energy emergency alert that had SPP one contingency away from shedding load has renewed calls for scarcity pricing to ensure adequate reserves.

ERCOT CEO Bill Magness and Texas PUC Chair DeAnn Walker will attend NERC’s Board of Trustees meeting to discuss the grid operator’s slender reserve margins.

FERC Commissioner Richard Glick gave a keynote speech at the Annual Gas and Power Institute in Houston, where he discussed the tension at the commission.

The SPP Seams Steering Committee discussed last month's level 1 energy emergency alert and, the RTO's 3rd unsuccessful attempt to partner with MISO.

ERCOT asked Texans to reduce their electricity usage Thursday and Friday, when the state is expected to see some of the highest temperatures of the year.

ERCOT CEO Bill Magness briefed the Texas Public Utility Commission on his organization’s response to the intense August heat.

ERCOT declared another energy emergency alert Thursday afternoon, its second in three days after five years without calling one.

CAISO’s RC West has been shadowing Peak Reliability as the ISO prepares to take over reliability coordinator functions by the end of this year.

ERCOT said its final summer 2019 resource adequacy assessment indicates “a potential need” to enter energy emergency alert status for system reliability.