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December 11, 2025

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N.J. Lawmakers Bless Wide-ranging Energy Options

New Jersey legislators have pushed ahead with a series of energy proposals, among them plans to harness wave, nuclear and storage.

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D.C. Circuit Rejects Kimball Wind’s Bid for Substation Reimbursement

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Kimball Wind LLC’s petition to overturn a FERC decision rejecting the wind developer’s bid for $5.9 million in reimbursement from WAPA for contributing to a substation expansion in Nebraska.

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NYISO Stakeholders Propose Capacity Retention Market

Central Hudson, Con Edison, National Grid and the Natural Resources Defense Council have co-submitted a proposal to the NYISO project prioritization process asking the ISO consider developing a capacity market based around retaining existing resources.

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Trump Directs Feds to Withdraw from Deal on Snake River Dams

President Trump issued a memo directing the federal government to withdraw from a deal with four tribes and two states that considered the future operation of four dams on the Lower Snake River and eventually could have led to their breach.

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CEC Approves Massive Solar-plus-storage Project

California regulators approved Intersect Power’s Darden Clean Energy Project, which is expected to be the largest battery energy storage system in the world when completed.

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N.Y. OKs 642 MW of Urgent Infrastructure Upgrades

New York authorized its first tranche of projects under a 2024 order that sought to address urgent existing and anticipated electric infrastructure needs as the state pushes to decarbonize transportation and buildings. 

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MISO Says Public Communication Needs Work After NOLA Load Shed

MISO conceded to its Board of Directors that it should have done more to convey the danger it perceived ahead of the late spring load-shedding event in Greater New Orleans.

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EPA Proposes Repealing Limits on Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Emissions

EPA proposed repealing rules passed by previous administrations that impose carbon limits on existing and new power plants and the 2024 updates to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard.

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Analysts to Western Regulators: Wildfire Risk is Issue du Jour

Western states must deal with the high risk wildfires pose to the financial health of the region’s utility sector, investment analysts told regulators at the annual meeting of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners.

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Expanded EDAM Would Reduce Curtailment, Costs, Study Finds

California Energy Commission staff presented a study on the size of CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market, finding more benefits as the market’s footprint increases.


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