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December 5, 2025

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PJM
PJM Presents Shortlist of RTEP Projects
PJM presented its shortlist of projects for inclusion in the first window of its 2025 Regional Transmission Expansion Plan.
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SPP Awards 8th Competitive Project, 3rd in 2025
SPP’s Board of Directors has awarded its eighth competitive project and third in 2025 under FERC Order 1000, a 345-kV upgrade in the Texas Panhandle.
PJM
PJM Winter Outlook Finds Tightening Reserve Margins
PJM’s winter outlook found the RTO should have enough resources to meet the forecast peak load of 145,700 MW, although the reserve margin continues to decline as new resource development lags.
CAISO
EDAM Intertie Scheduling Processes Raise Stakeholder Concerns
At one of the most well attended workshops of the year, CAISO staff described new processes for scheduling intertie resources and resource adequacy imports in EDAM.
Shutterstock
Former State Commissioners Form Affordability Council
The Regulatory Assistance Project has assembled nine former state utility regulators to try to make electricity more affordable for ratepayers.
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Michigan PSC Approves Special Data Center Rate Terms for Consumers Energy
The Michigan Public Service Commission has approved tailored rate provisions between Consumers Energy and energy-intensive load customers.
U.S. Forest Service / Benjamin Cossel
How Rising Wildfire Risks Are Rewiring the Future of Power Systems
Grid operators and utilities have a double exposure to the increasingly fire-prone environment: grid assets can cause fires and be damaged by them, says columnist Dej Knuckey.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Duke Paper Lays out How FERC Can Make Flexibility for Large Loads Reality
FERC can make large load flexibility a reality through the implementation of the Department of Energy’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on large load interconnections, according to a new Nicholas Institute policy paper.
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MISO Installs Former Bonneville Executive to Board
MISO will add Bonneville Power Administration’s former COO to its Board of Directors and welcome back two term-limited directors in 2026 after collecting membership votes.
NOAA
ISO-NE Forecasts Minimal Shortfall Risk for Upcoming Winter
ISO-NE’s probabilistic modeling indicates there is minimal risk of shortfall in the upcoming winter, COO Vamsi Chadalavada told the NEPOOL Participants Committee.

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