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December 5, 2025

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FERC: New England TOs Must Disclose More Info on Asset Upgrades
Eight New England transmission companies must provide the Maine Office of Public Advocate with more information on asset condition projects placed in service in 2022, FERC has ruled.
California Governor's Office
Newsom Signs Calif. Pathways Bill into Law
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law the bill that will allow CAISO to transition the governance of its markets to an independent “regional organization,” along with five other bills related to energy and emissions.
Western Maine Energy Storage
Renewables Creating Opportunities for Pumped Hydro in New England
A developer in Maine is evaluating whether pumped storage – one of the oldest generation technologies still used on the New England grid – could play an increased role in the grid of the future.
MISO
MISO Kicks off South’s Long-range Tx Plan with More Restrained Approach
MISO will start evaluating its South region for long-term transmission needs in 2026, beginning with Louisiana, the RTO announced before its Board of Directors.
GE Hitachi and Ontario Power Generation
Ontario Environmentalists Slam New Nuclear Units

Ontario environmental groups panned the Canadian government’s inclusion of small modular reactors among infrastructure projects selected to receive fast-track regulatory treatment, saying renewables would be a far cheaper way to expand generation capacity.

Western Energy
New Challenges Await Pathways After Success in Calif. Legislature
With California passing the bill designed to transition the governance of CAISO’s markets to an independent regional organization, new challenges await the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative as the coalition seeks to turn a once-elusive goal into reality.
California Senate
Calif. Lawmakers Pass Bill to Accelerate Transmission Development
The California legislature passed a bill that would create a “transmission accelerator” to develop low-cost public financing programs for certain transmission projects. 
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PJM MIC Endorses 2 Quadrennial Review Proposals
The PJM Market Implementation Committee voted to endorse two packages of revisions to key parameters of the capacity market out of six offered by PJM and stakeholders that resulted from the Quadrennial Review.
Exelon
PJM TEAC Briefs: Sept. 9, 2025
PJM and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities are in discussions on how the transmission and interconnection facilities planned for the state’s offshore wind aspirations can be put on ice in the wake of all the generation developers pulling out of their projects.
Office of Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris
Pathways Bill Passes Calif. Legislature in Lopsided Votes
California lawmakers have passed a landmark bill that will allow CAISO to transition the governance of its markets to the independent “regional organization” envisioned by the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative.

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