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December 5, 2025

Ancillary Services

CAISO
CAISO Ponders DER Market Participation in New Paper
A new CAISO paper lays out a series of challenges around how to improve participation of demand response and distributed energy resources in the ISO's day-ahead and real-time markets.
ERCOT
ERCOT Stakeholders Endorse $9.4B 765-kV Build
ERCOT stakeholders endorsed a 1,109-mile, single-circuit 765-kV backbone project that is projected to cost nearly $9.4 billion in capital costs, making it the largest initiative in decades.
AdminMonitor
Texas PUC Hints at Revisiting ERCOT Conservative Operations
Texas regulators approved ERCOT’s methodologies for determining minimum ancillary services for 2026 while hinting at the same time that they are considering discontinuing the use of conservative operations.
IESO
IESO Implementing ‘True-up’ on Renewed Market Rules
After more than six months of operations under its Market Renewal Program, IESO is implementing “non-substantive” rule changes it says will improve clarity and alignment.
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NYISO Meeting Briefs: Nov. 3-4, 2025
NYISO presented the results of Phase 1 of the 2024 Cluster Study process at a special Operating Committee meeting.
Nvidia
Nvidia, Emerald AI, EPRI and PJM Announce Flexible Data Center Project
The artificial intelligence industry and power industry are working together to develop the first “power-flexible AI factory” at a 96-MW facility in Manassas, Va.
MISO
MISO Predicts 103-GW Peak for Winter
MISO said even a 109-GW peak this winter shouldn’t prove problematic, though a more probable scenario would deliver a 103-GW peak in January.
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Patton Calls on ERCOT to Operate its System Less Conservatively
ERCOT can ensure long-term reliability with its energy-only market, but it must operate its grid less conservatively for that to happen, said Potomac Economics President David Patton.
ERCOT
Large Loads Slow to Interconnect in ERCOT
ERCOT's Technical Advisory Committee discussed the grid operator's approach to large loads, as staff said they are tracking over 200 GW in large-load interconnection requests.
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PJM MIC Briefs: Oct. 9, 2025
The PJM Market Implementation Committee endorsed a package of revisions to Manual 18.

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