GridLiance
FERC accepted SPP’s proposed tariff revisions to incorporate a mark-to-auction collateral requirement for its transmission congestion rights market but did not terminate a show-cause proceeding.
Yes Energy
RTO Insider LLC, which has been covering the U.S.’ wholesale power markets since 2013, has agreed to be acquired by Yes Energy, which provides data, tools and analysis on the same markets.
Baxtel
FERC again decided that neither MISO nor Montana-Dakota Utilities are entitled to recourse over a MISO-SPP flowgate in North Dakota strained by a cryptocurrency mining facility.
NextEra Energy, ACORE
An ACORE report says solar and wind can be deployed cheaply and quickly to meet the country’s rapidly escalating demand growth, while providing support for natural gas and nuclear plants.
Convergent Energy and Power
Despite objections from some members, NERC's Standards Committee approved adding members to several standards development projects.
RTO Insider
NYISO
While NYISO operated reliably last winter, the season provided “continued examples of limited flexibility on the gas system,” ISO staff told the Operating Committee.
FERC accepted SPP's proposed tariff revisions that will incorporate seven Western Interconnection entities as transmission-owning members of the RTO.
FERC's State of the Markets report showed lower wholesale energy prices but growing demand and higher capacity prices that signal a need to meet the coming load.
ERO Insider
FERC
Representatives of electric utilities and manufacturers provided feedback on proposed supply chain risk management standards at a workshop hosted by FERC and NERC.
NERC's Standards Committee heard an update on the progress of the ERO's cold weather standard and efforts to develop guidance for trustees' next invocation of Section 321.
A new report from cybersecurity firm Dragos describes the first known attack of the hacker group Voltzite against a U.S. electric utility and the company's response.
NetZero Insider
Wood Mackenzie
Storage set a new record of installations in 2024, but the forecasts for the rest of the decade are cloudy because of uncertainty around the future of tax credits and additional tariffs from President Trump.
As part of a major overhaul of its annual load forecasting process, ISO-NE has significantly scaled back its electrification forecast for electric vehicles and heat pumps.
A longstanding project to build a wind tower manufacturing center in the Port of Albany has become uncertain under the Trump administration.
