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July 9, 2025
James Downing
D.C. Correspondent
James Downing has covered electricity for more than 15 years including at Restructuring Today/Power Markets Today and Congressional Quarterly. Before that he had a brief stint at a small daily newspaper in Massachusetts. He grew up in Maine. He is a Red Sox fan, pending the signing of Rafael Devers.

Recent Articles
PJM Monitor Calls for Bidding Limits on NRG Generation, DR in LS Deal
PJM's Independent Market Monitor asked FERC to impose behavioral constraints on NRG Energy's proposed purchase of power plants and demand response from LS Power.
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DOE Reliability Report Argues Changes Required to Avoid Outages Past 2030
DOE's report tries to apply one reliability metric to different markets and finds significant new capacity will be needed in some markets to avoid reliability problems by 2030.
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CESA Report Examines State Approaches to Meet Rising Power Demand
A new Clean Energy States Alliance report highlights how states are tackling the rise in electricity demand, which varies based on factors such as the scale of demand growth they face and their geography.
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Trump to Sign Big Beautiful Bill into Law on Independence Day
The House of Representatives voted to pass the Senate version of its budget reconciliation package, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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FERC Updates Environmental Review Process in Line with Trump Order
FERC changed its regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act in compliance with President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14154, “Unleashing American Energy."
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