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December 14, 2025

Generation

Georgia Power
Counterflow: Big Beautiful Expensive Uranium

The U.S. hasn’t built new nuclear plants over the past 50 years (other than the Vogtle disaster) because they haven’t made any economic sense, argues columnist Steve Huntoon.

Holtec International
Palisades Nuclear Restart Clears Environmental Review

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has determined there would be no significant environmental impact from restarting the Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan.

DOE
Energy Department Staff Cuts Just Getting Started

Government job cuts have been a major theme of the Trump administration, and while DOE has faced some cuts former officials say are already significant, many more employees are going to leave in the months to come.

CAISO
Around the Corner: The Solar Duck Has Run Amuck, But that May Change Soon

The duck curve has landed in New England, not the sunniest of places, but it and California are by no means the only grids that will be greatly affected, says columnist Peter Kelly-Detwiler.

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Growing Clean Energy Sector in Texas May Avoid Damaging Legislation

ERCOT's blossoming clean energy sector has been threatened by bills that would dampen its growth and future investment, but many of those laws appear to have fallen by the wayside in the Texas legislature's closing days.

Convergent Energy and Power
N.J. BPU Backs New Grid Modernization Rules
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has approved new grid modernization rules the agency says will make the process of launching new distributed sources easier and faster.
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FERC OKs MISO Generation Replacements Connecting at Different Points than Predecessors
FERC approved MISO’s new generation replacement provision that allows replacements to reconnect at more preferred points on the grid over clean energy groups’ concern that it plays favorites.
MISO
FERC Declines MISO Queue Cap Rehearing Requests

FERC is resolute in its support of MISO’s annual megawatt cap in its generator interconnection queue.

Yes Energy
MISO: New Orleans Area Outages Owed to Scant Gen, Congestion, Heat

MISO has shed light on the reasons behind the May 25 load-shed event in southeast Louisiana, describing a system taxed by early summer heat and rife with congestion and unavailable generation.

Cooperative Energy
MISO Going for 2nd Attempt to Fast Track Power Plants in Queue
MISO confirmed it will make a second bid to FERC to establish a temporary fast lane in its interconnection queue, this time limiting the process to 50 generation projects.

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