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December 20, 2025

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BPA Triggers $40M Surcharge Following Low Water Years

The Bonneville Power Administration announced it has triggered a $40 million surcharge to rebuild financial reserves depleted after three years of low water, saying the move could lead to an annual average effective rate increase of 2.2% for most power sales.

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Maryland Governor Issues Executive Order on Affordability and Reliability
Gov. Wes Moore issued an executive order calling for reforms to boost electricity supply and ensure affordability, which will be implemented in part by the new executive director at the Maryland Energy Administration- Kelly Speakes-Backman.
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Maine Public Advocate Asks FERC for Hearing on Asset Condition Costs
The Maine Office of the Public Advocate has asked FERC to initiate evidentiary hearing procedures to answer questions about the prudency of investments by New England transmission owners in asset condition projects placed in service in 2022.
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House Passes SPEED Act to Quicken Infrastructure Permitting
The House passed the SPEED Act, which aims to cut the timelines and litigation around NEPA reviews, but Democrats urged their Senate colleagues to improve the bill in a chamber where their votes are needed for passage.
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FERC Directs PJM to Issue Rules for Co-locating Generation and Load
FERC told PJM to change its rules to allow for co-located load at generators, with new transmission services and other tweaks.
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ISO-NE Discusses Final Sensitivities for Economic Study
ISO-NE presented the final stakeholder-requested sensitivities for its 2024 Economic Study, discussing the potential effects of adding 3.9 GW of hydropower to the Hydro-Québec system.
MISO
Can Expanding Transmission Reduce Electricity Costs?
Expanding transmission can reduce electricity costs for consumers, but only if the buildout uses consumer welfare as the North Star and ignores narrow political or business interests, say Travis Fisher and Nick Loris.
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Permitting Bill Runs into Difficulty Involving Offshore Wind
House Republicans amended the SPEED Act on its way to a floor vote, in order to allow the Trump administration to keep repealing Biden-era permits for offshore wind, which led renewable energy groups to drop support for the bill.
NYISO
NYISO Meeting Briefs: Dec. 10-11, 2025
NYISO's Business Issues Committee and Operating Committee both endorsed tariff changes ahead of the completion of the Champlain Hudson Power Express.
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Texas PUC Approves 2 Energy Fund Completion Bonuses
Texas regulators have approved two more applications under the Texas Energy Fund’s completion-bonus program, making the generation resources eligible for more than $100 million in grants.

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