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March 3, 2026

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The Bonneville Power Administration
BPA Market Decision on Track Despite Calls for Delay
BPA remains on track to issue a decision on which day-ahead market to join by May 2025 despite calls to delay it until fall 2025 to give the agency more time to reconsider its leaning toward SPP’s Markets+.
NYISO
NYISO’s Busy 2025 Begins
NYISO’s early 2025 will likely be dominated by the Reliability Needs Assessment process again, but the year will also bring other issues.
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ISO-NE in 2025: Capacity Reforms, Tx Solicitation and FERC Orders
ISO-NE’s multiyear effort to overhaul its forward capacity market likely will continue to dominate ISO-NE and NEPOOL work in 2025.
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Uncertainty Clouds NJ Clean Energy in 2025
New Jersey in 2025 faces the added uncertainty of a likely contentious governor’s race to replace clean energy champion Gov. Phil Murphy and his release of a new energy master plan.
NRC
SMR Manufacturer, Texas and Utah Sue NRC Over Licensing Requirements
SMR manufacturer Last Energy and the attorneys general of Texas and Utah sued the NRC alleging it did not need to license smaller reactors and asking the court to remove that requirement so small reactors can expand around the country.
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Data Centers and Demand Growth Top 2025 Agenda
The data center dilemma centers first on a familiar mismatch of timescales. Utilities and their regulators tend to plan based on the small, incremental demand growth. But development and the power demand it generates move at ever-increasing digital speed.
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Nickell: SPP’s Culture Paves Way for its 2025 Success
New SPP CEO Lanny Nickell says the RTO's corporate culture is its "secret sauce" and the key to its success in 2025 as it tackles the grid of the future and expansion into the Western Interconnection.
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How FERC Under Trump Might Advance Energy Affordability in 2025
The direction FERC takes during President-elect Donald Trump’s second term is up in the air, but the commission may spend some of its time attempting to cut costs to consumers.
We Energies
FERC to Weigh in on Cost Recovery of Oak Creek’s Early Retirement
FERC has opened hearing and settlement procedures into the more than half-billion dollars We Energies is asking customers to foot for the early retirement of the coal-fired Oak Creek Power Plant.
Grid Status
How Much are Batteries Displacing Natural Gas on CAISO’s Grid?
Answering the question isn’t easy, according to CAISO staff and other electric industry experts, who say that while batteries are having a notable impact, several factors complicate the narrative that they’re displacing gas on the grid.

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