Consistently cold weather drove record-high December energy market costs for ISO-NE and caused the region to rely heavily on stored oil and LNG injections.

Ontario approved IESO’s proposed $1.5 billion HVDC line under Lake Ontario, which planners say is needed to meet a potential doubling of Toronto’s electricity demand by 2050.

Illinois became the 13th state to adopt a procurement target for storage after Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new bill aimed at shoring up reliability and affordability.

SPP says it is pursuing inter-market optimization of energy transfers between its two Western Interconnection markets, mirroring a process it has developed in its current RTO footprint.

Just days into 2026, MISO already has approved or recommended dozens of expedited transmission projects for the 2026 cycle, including a substation project in Indiana that spawned several hundred million dollars in corrective action upgrades.

The Bonneville Power Administration outlined suggested modifications to its commercial business model as the agency explores updating transmission processes.

At an oversight hearing on new nuclear capacity, the two parties touted recent bipartisan legislation as helping move things forward, but Democrats said Trump administration cuts and moves to curb the NRC's independence creates crosswinds.

The renewable energy industry and its advocates have initiated two more lawsuits against the Trump administration over its continuing campaign against wind and solar energy development.

Earthjustice has warned Northern Indiana Public Service Co. against making costly repairs to its R.M. Schahfer Generating Station to keep it running through spring in accordance with a federal emergency order.

California’s electricity consumption is projected to increase dramatically over the coming decades due in large part to planned artificial intelligence data centers, although questions remain about how many of those data centers actually will be built.