Michael Brooks

Your eyes and ears on the organized electric markets, electric reliability, and decarbonization.

FERC approved Dairyland Power Cooperative’s transmission rate incentives request for its Wilmarth-North Rochester-Tremval project investment.

NYISO stakeholders scolded the ISO for using the wrong figure in a press release on its summer capacity assessment.

Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette appeared on his way to taking over for Rick Perry after facing little questioning at his confirmation hearing.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he would suspend the 25% tariff on electricity exports to the U.S., issued the day before.

IESO plans to introduce its first electricity demand-side management program in 2026, focused on commercial HVAC systems during summer.

IESO is considering ways to grow Ontario’s economy and secure its energy supply without relying on trade with its U.S. neighbors.

IESO officials have delayed the second window of the grid operator’s second long-term resource procurement to the second quarter of 2027.

PJM’s IMM criticized the RTO for accepting the interconnection of large data center loads without enough capacity to serve them reliabily.

About 3 GW of data center load automatically switched to backup power the morning of July 22 after a transmission line fault occurred.