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December 10, 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
Supreme Court Justices Seem Skeptical on Agency Independence
Supreme Court justices appeared ready to overturn a 90-year precedent that has limited presidents' authority to fire members of independent regulatory agencies like FERC.
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Grid Strategies: Pace of Load Growth Continues to Speed up
The power industry’s own demand forecasts expect national summer peak to swell by 166 GW by 2030, Grid Strategies said in its latest load growth report.
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DOE’s National Petroleum Council Releases Report on Gas-electric Coordination
The National Petroleum Council is the latest group urging reforms to address gas-electric coordination including pipeline expansion, and reforms to organized power markets and pipeline tariffs.
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U.S. Solicitor General Sides Against Duke Energy in Antitrust Case
The Supreme Court should reject an appeal from Duke Energy of an antitrust case it lost in lower courts, the Office of the Solicitor General said.
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Power Industry Asks Congress to Authorize Cyber Defense Programs
Electricity sector participants urged Congress to support cyber security programs as the House E&C Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy heard testimony on the efforts of nation-states and other actors to hack the bulk power system.
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