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December 14, 2025

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NWPCC Updates Power Plan Model in Light of Trump
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council provided additional details on how its ninth power plan will consider new federal policies that could impact the buildout of new resources and transmission.
Office of Sen. Josh Becker
Calif. Pathways Legislation Poised for Passage After Being Shifted into New Bill
California lawmakers have shifted the legislation designed to transition governance of CAISO’s markets to an independent “regional organization” into a different bill — AB 825.
Shutterstock
Permitting Legislation Effort Picks up Steam, but Passage Remains Difficult
Permitting reform legislation is starting to move through Congress, with a key House committee holding a hearing and supporters lobbying legislators, though actually passing a bill is tough in any political climate.
Combined Thermal Resource
CTR Plans 500-MW Geothermal Project in Lithium Valley
Controlled Thermal Resources has a new collaborator for its 500-MW geothermal energy plant in California’s Lithium Valley, where it is eyeing co-location of manufacturing or data centers.
EMC Engineering Services
D.C. Circuit Upholds FERC PURPA Decision Without Chevron Deference
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an earlier decision that sided with FERC on a PURPA case without using Chevron deference, agreeing with the commission's statutory interpretation.
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FERC Commissioners Debate 60/40 Capital Structure for Transmission
An apparently routine rate incentive request from a MISO transmission developer who has yet to be assigned a project turned into a debate between FERC commissioners over capital structures in ratemaking.
Consumers Energy
Consumers Energy to Offload 13 Michigan Hydro Dams to Investment Firm for $1 Each
After years of looking for a buyer, Consumers Energy announced it struck a $13 deal to sell its fleet of 13 hydroelectric dams in Michigan to a Bethesda, Md., private equity firm.
Georgia Power
EPRI, NEI Update Roadmap for Advanced Nuclear Buildout
The Electric Policy Research Institute and Nuclear Energy Institute have issued an update to the Advanced Reactor Roadmap they launched in 2023.
Transource
Third Circuit Reaffirms Ruling in Favor of Transource 9A Project
The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission violated the Constitution in denying Transource Energy permits necessary to construct the Independence Energy Connection transmission project.
NYISO
NYISO Increases Budget for 2026
NYISO expects its 2026 budget to be $210 million, $8 million more than the 2025 budget, its CFO told the Budget and Priorities Working Group.

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