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Speaking generally, FERC Chair Laura Swett said that federal jurisdiction over the interconnection of large loads is very clear.
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Generation industry representatives and their allies united behind a call to loosen New York’s climate law to allow the repowering of old fossil fuel plants with new natural gas turbines at the Independent Power Producers of New York’s 40th annual Spring Conference.
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FERC Commissioner David LaCerte encouraged MISO players to bring their boldest ideas forward that could help return the electric industry to a more humdrum reliability baseline.
ISO-NE
The spring quarterly meeting of the ISO-NE Consumer Liaison Group revolved around the growing risks of climate-driven extreme weather events in Vermont and across the broader New England region.
ENTSO-E
ENTSO-E's final report on the Iberian Peninsula blackout of April 2025 lays out the root causes and chain of events that led to the collapse of the grid, providing critiques of the numerous points of failure.
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Xcel Energy
A delay in the repair of Unit 3 of Xcel Energy’s coal-fired Comanche Generating Station has sparked questions among Colorado regulators about the utility’s ability to meet summer peak demand in 2026.
Data center load growth in California could turn out to be “lumpy,” with sudden, large increases in specific regions of the state, rather than smooth growth over time.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee heard about the state of the bulk power system as it continues to work on permitting legislation.
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MISO
In a case of déjà vu, MISO announced that NERC is poised to issue a follow-up to its Long-Term Reliability Assessment that stands to lower the RTO’s reliability vulnerability from “high risk” to “elevated.”
NERC told FERC it only received a single report of a qualifying cybersecurity incident under reliability standard CIP-008-6.
FERC approved a slate of updates to NERC's Critical Infrastructure Protection standards intended to improve grid security while enabling the use of new technologies.
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PacifiCorp is preparing to bring online enough long-term clean energy resources to help the utility meet Washington's strict greenhouse gas targets by 2030.
The Department of the Interior announced an agreement with TotalEnergies for the company to give up offshore wind leases.
Puget Sound Energy and Avista told the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission they have taken steps to build clean energy resources quickly to qualify for expiring federal tax credits, while voicing concern that limited transmission capacity and the state’s greenhouse gas targets pose challenges.
