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December 18, 2025

Public Policy

ISO-NE
In Conversation with ISO-NE’s First Community Affairs Policy Adviser
As the Trump administration pulls federal support for environmental justice programs, ISO-NE’s first environmental and community affairs advisor remains optimistic about the RTO’s efforts to engage historically overlooked communities.
The Brattle Group
NM Regulators Poke Assumptions Behind EPE’s Markets+ Choice
A recent study that contributed to El Paso Electric’s decision to join SPP’s Markets+ rather than CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market has raised questions among New Mexico regulators.
Matthew T. Rader, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Experts Urge Texas Policymakers to Go Big with 765-kV Transmission
ERCOT already operates a power system as large as those in several European countries, but demand growth is expected to bring it up to the level of PJM and MISO, which has the industry considering building a new system of 765-kV lines to transmit power around Texas. 
El Paso Electric
EPE’s Markets+ Decision ‘Not Transparent,’ NM Regulators Say

A New Mexico Public Regulation Commission workshop aimed to restore trust between the commission and El Paso Electric after the utility’s surprise announcement in January that it planned to join SPP’s Markets+.

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FERC Approves New York Transco’s Formula Rate, Sets ROE for Hearing
FERC approved including additional expense accounts in New York Transco’s new company-wide formula rate over the protests of the Public Service Commission and New York City.
Moonwater Capital
Nevada Regulators Give Nod to NV Energy Clean Transition Tariff
Nevada regulators have approved NV Energy’s clean transition tariff, a framework developed in partnership with Google that will allow the utility’s existing large-load customers to receive power from new clean energy resources.
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Ontario Premier Ford Slaps 25% Tariffs on Power Exports to US
Ontario Premier Doug Ford followed through on a threat to implement a 25% tariff on electricity exports to the US, a response to President Trump's own 10% tariff that went into effect last week.
NYISO
NYISO Stakeholders Debate Purpose of Capacity Market
NYISO and its stakeholders continued their review of the capacity market’s structure with at-times philosophical debate on the market’s purpose in New York
NYISO
Moody’s Forecasts Long-term Population Downturn in NY
NYISO presented its assumptions for the economic and electrification trends that would drive load growth through the 2040s based on Moody’s Analytics data, which show statewide population to “significantly” decline.
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Report Faults Utilities on Data Center Planning
The new grid infrastructure needed for data center buildout is being unevenly subsidized by other ratepayers through minimally publicized utility agreements, a report charges. 

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