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The Pacific Northwest is on track to meet energy efficiency goals set in the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s 2021 power plan after having saved 160 aMW through improvements in 2024, the council said in a news release.
PJM
PJM's Operating Committee heard an update on the Aug. 11 load-shedding event in Baltimore, which brought 20 MW offline for about half an hour following equipment failures at the Brandon Shores substation
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PJM plans to modify and refile a proposal to revise how capacity interconnection rights can be transferred from a deactivating resource to a new unit.
SPP
SPP says it has cleared its backlog of generator interconnection requests that date back to 2018, paving the way for a transition to its “first-in-the-country” Consolidated Planning Process.
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The Planning Committee voted to endorse a PJM quick fix proposal to expand provisional interconnection service to allow resources that are not fully deliverable to enter service as energy-only resources.
ISO-NE
Several panelists and public commenters at the quarterly meeting of the ISO-NE Consumer Liaison Group criticized the RTO over its record on accountability and accessibility, as well as its policy related to distributed energy resources.
Entergy Corp.
Texas regulators have approved Entergy Texas’ request to build two natural gas-powered units in MISO’s portion of the state, but they have limited the construction costs eligible for recovery to a combined $2.4 billion.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Utilities at a customer-led workshop voiced support for Bonneville Power Administration’s shift toward proactive transmission planning, though some expressed reservations about the agency’s proposed commercial readiness criteria.
CAISO
Western Energy Imbalance Market prices increased sharply in the second quarter of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024, mostly due to higher natural gas prices at Western hubs.
Rystad Energy, IGU
A report from the International Gas Union argued that the U.S. and other nations can do more to ensure natural gas is properly used as a resource for grid stability.
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