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February 13, 2026

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U.S. Offshore Wind Supporters Map Path Forward
After a remarkably bad year for the U.S. offshore wind industry, the Oceantic Network’s annual conference was focused on engineering a rebound rather than licking wounds.
ISO-NE
ISO-NE Provides Updates on CAR Impact Analysis Methodology
ISO-NE updated stakeholders on its methods for assessing the impacts of its proposed capacity market overhaul as it prepares to release the initial results of the long-awaited analysis.
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NARUC Focuses on Large Loads’ Impact on Reliability and Affordability
NARUC’s Winter Policy Summit focused on the main issue facing the power industry — how to reliably and affordably interconnect new large load customers.
LoopNet
Colo. Bill Would Require Renewable Energy for New Data Centers
Colorado lawmakers have introduced a bill that would impose renewable energy requirements on data center developers and ban shifting of cost for electricity and grid investments to other utility customers.
TVA
TVA Cancels Decisions to Close 2 Coal Plants, Cites Growing Demand, Trump Tone
The Tennessee Valley Authority revoked its previous decision to wind down operations at two of its coal plants, citing upward demand and the Trump administration’s coal-friendly posture.
Google
N.Y. Pursues Large Load Interconnection Reform
New York is trying to strike a balance between economic development, grid stability and affordability as potential new large load customers look for electricity.
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EMPOWER Keynoter Jenkins Stresses Regulatory Framework to Handle Data Center Demand
Energy industry analyst Jesse Jenkins stressed that data center developers must match their demand with new clean supply to prevent negative consequences for other consumers and the climate.
ISO-NE
ISO-NE Starts Work on Day-ahead Ancillary Services Market Changes
With costs associated with ISO-NE’s new day-ahead ancillary services market far exceeding expectations, the RTO is working to fast-track changes to improve the efficiency of the market in time for next winter.
Meta
Data Centers Breeze Through PG&E’s Approval Process
California continues to go all in on data center development, with Pacific Gas and Electric playing its role in the last quarter of 2025 by pushing gigawatts of projects through the investor-owned utility’s design and approval process.
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Consumer Group Says NIPSCO Affordability Crisis Direct Result of Indiana Laws
A consumer advocate says the affordability crisis dogging Northern Indiana Public Service Co.’s ratepayers is the product of an indulgent state legislature.

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