Inflation and higher borrowing costs pushed MISO’s cost of new entry up by about 5% heading into the 2026/27 planning year, but stakeholders are questioning MISO’s use of 2020 data in calculations in order to keep prices lower.

Stakeholders told MISO they need a better explanation of the every-other-day capacity advisories issued for MISO South, which have become customary since the beginning of summer.

CEBA put out a study quantifying how its members' offtake agreements with clean energy have helped grow the sector, which will be a major factor going forward regardless of federal policy changes.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a FERC order allowing MISO to end reactive power compensation, though the decision has no bearing on the nationwide discontinuation of payments for reactive power in Order 904.

ERCOT’s Board of Directors approved staff’s recommended methodologies for acquiring minimum ancillary service requirements in 2026, despite concerns over conservative operations and target procurement levels.

IESO’s plan to give its staff authority to set market parameters without approval by the Board of Directors has sparked a debate over the ISO’s governance and the role of stakeholders.

The West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative soon will begin the nomination process to select the initial board of the independent regional organization that will govern CAISO’s energy markets.

A wide variety of stakeholders — including representatives of the DER sector — will serve as advisers to the Pathways Initiative as it enters its next phases.

CAISO’s Market Monitor cautioned that a new resource adequacy proposal could lead to strategic gaming in the ISO’s market when capacity supplies are tight on the grid.

Democrats introduced a FERC-heavy bill to control electricity costs, House Energy & Commerce Committee Republicans tout bills passed out of committee, DOE returns $13 billion and some details from the Dallas Fed survey.