SPP issued a resource advisory, a frequent occurrence during shoulder months, for its West balancing authority area less one week after successfully expanding into the Western Interconnection.

We Energies announced it will extend the operating lives of coal-fired Units 7 and 8 at its Oak Creek Power Plant through the end of 2027.

CAISO’s draft 2025/26 transmission plan proposes more than $1 billion for an infrastructure project that would power new data centers and other large loads in Silicon Valley.

States and environmentalists told an appeals court that DOE is trying to usurp authority over planning for the bulk power system via its use of the Federal Power Act Section 202(c) to keep the Campbell coal plant and other generators open past planned retirement dates.

A new report quantifies what has been stated widely in general terms: The federal permitting process is delaying, downsizing and deterring clean energy projects.

The electric power system can be built around variability. That could provide flexibility and affordability in the production and consumption of electricity. And the technologies are available now, writes columnist K Kaufmann.

Energy policy and regulatory news in 2026 has been all data centers, all the time. We want to hear your take on large load tariffs and other related news.

The results of NYISO’s 2024 transitional cluster deliverability study show that more than $1.1 billion of high-voltage transmission upgrades would be required to accommodate 48 projects in the batch of generation projects.

Despite a few large storms in January and February, California snowpack levels are near record lows due to a heat dome that settled over the state in March.

Utilities and lawmakers in the Northwest agree the Bonneville Power Administration’s next administrator must focus on building transmission and take risks to make that happen.