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March 12, 2026

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Dominion Energy
Dominion Wins Injunction, Can Restart Offshore Wind Construction
A federal judge has granted Dominion Energy a preliminary injunction against the stop-work order the Trump administration slapped on the nation’s largest offshore wind project.
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association
Colo. Officials Push Back on Craig Coal Plant Extension
Local elected officials in Colorado are speaking out against the Trump administration’s order to keep the coal-fired Craig Generating Station Unit 1 available to operate past its planned retirement date.
ISO-NE
ISO-NE’s Proposed Capacity Market Reform Likely to Boost Reliability While Resulting in Higher Prices
ISO-NE is reforming its approach to acquiring sufficient capacity, which has shaken things up considerably, writes columnist Peter Kelly-Detwiler.
Microsoft
CPUC OKs New Tx Projects for Microsoft Data Center Despite Cost Unknowns
The California Public Utility Commission approved construction of a set of transmission infrastructure projects to support a 90-MW data center owned by Microsoft, but questions remain about whether the upgrades will increase or decrease ratepayer costs.
Meta
Earthjustice Says Change to Louisiana Meta Data Center Funding Fishy, Asks PSC to Investigate
Earthjustice accused Meta of deliberately executing an unsanctioned financial arrangement to underwrite its planned, multibillion-dollar data center in northern Louisiana and asked the Public Service Commission to investigate.
Washington Dept. of Ecology
Wash. AG, Environmental Groups Challenge DOE’s Centralia Coal Plant Order
Washington’s attorney general and a coalition of environmental groups have mounted separate challenges to DOE's December decision to order TransAlta to continue operating the state’s last coal-fired plant for three months beyond its scheduled retirement.
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Resetting the Reset: Demand Curve Reform Discussions Begin
NYISO kicked off the demand curve reset reform process with a discussion of how to improve the overall process and what could be done to strengthen the definition of the proxy unit.
BOEM
Judge Allows Construction to Resume on Empire Wind
Equinor won a temporary injunction against the Trump administration’s stop-work order on U.S. offshore wind projects, allowing it to resume work on Empire Wind.
PJM
Pessimistic PJM Slightly Decreases Load Forecast
PJM's 2026 load forecast has decreased the amount of growth expected for the following six years owing to a more pessimistic view of the volume of large loads, economic growth and electric vehicles.
Brattle
EnergyHub and Brattle Study Finds Big Savings from Managed EV Charging
EnergyHub and Brattle Group released a study based on a real-world test of different strategies for managing charges on distribution circuits, which found significant benefits from managed charging once EVs become more common in a neighborhood.

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