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December 16, 2025

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WRA
WRA Data Center Report Proposes Mandatory Clean Transition Tariffs
With data centers contributing to surging load growth, a new report suggests that more Western utilities should adopt clean transition tariffs or even make the tariffs mandatory for certain large customers.
The Brattle Group
CATF Report Argues for ‘No-regrets’ Approaches to Meet Demand Growth
A CATF report argues that planners need to use demand-side resources, grid-enhancing technologies and other quick-to-deploy resources as part of a "least-regrets" effort to meet growing demand.
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SPP MOPC Briefs: July 15-16, 2025
SPP stakeholders resoundingly rejected a proposed tariff change to integrate large loads, pushing back against what some say is a rushed process outside of the normal stakeholder structure.
APS
Large-scale Solar and Wind Hit with One-two Punch
Large-scale solar and wind projects are facing growing local resistance along with federal policy changes.
TVA
Stakeholder Forum: Rubber Stamp? Has the NRC Lost Its Independence?
The pace of undermining the statutory authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to serve as the cornerstone of nuclear safety is accelerating, says Stephen A. Smith.
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Retiring ISO-NE CEO van Welie Reflects on 25 Years at the RTO

Retiring ISO-NE CEO Gordon van Welie discussed the changes he helped oversee during his time at the RTO, including the rise of gas generation and major investments in transmission infrastructure.

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SPP ‘Blazes Trail’ with Consolidated Planning Process
SPP stakeholders unanimously approved a tariff change that replaces current planning processes with an integrated three-year cycle composed of long-term and annual studies.
NYSERDA
NY Steps Back from OSW, Halts Offshore Tx Planning Process
The PSC shut down the process to build an underwater transmission network to bring electricity to shore from the hundreds of wind turbines the state hopes to see spinning off its coastline. 
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CAISO Suggests CPUC Consider New Procurement Order for 2028

CAISO is asking the California Public Utilities Commission to consider issuing a new procurement order to meet the region’s electricity reliability needs from 2028-2032, citing significant forecasted load growth in those years.

IESO
IESO Planners Using ‘Adaptive Pathways’ to Address Load Growth Uncertainty
IESO transmission planners are using “adaptive pathways” to account for uncertainty over future load growth.

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