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December 6, 2025

Transmission

SPP
FERC Approves SPP’s ERAS Process, Accreditation
SPP is celebrating several recent FERC orders that have strengthened its resource adequacy framework that it says will secure a “reliable energy future” for its region.
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Trump Administration Offers Action Plan and Federal Lands for Data Centers
The Trump administration released an artificial intelligence action plan and announced the availability of four federal sites to build new data centers and generation to serve them as part of an effort to "win the AI race."
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NYISO Cancels Offshore Transmission Studies
In the wake of the New York Public Service Commission’s decision to cease planning its offshore wind underwater transmission network, NYISO has followed suit, tossing two years of planning studies.
EEI
EEI: Electric Companies Invested $178B in 2024
U.S. investor-owned electric companies invested $178 billion in 2024 and are projected to invest more than $1.1 trillion through 2029, their trade organization reported.
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SPP Strategic Planning Committee Briefs: July 17, 2025
SPP's Strategic Planning Committee has unanimously endorsed staff’s comprehensive approach to accelerate transmission capability, directing them and the RTO's working groups to prioritize the development of policies for all short-, mid- and long-term initiatives.
Senate ENR Committee
Senate Hearing Examines Return of Electricity Demand Growth
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the growing demand for power and how to address it.
ISO-NE
ISO-NE Analysis Details Benefits of Demand Flexibility
Increased demand flexibility could significantly reduce production costs, capital costs, and transmission costs in New England by better-aligning load with generation and reducing peak loads, ISO-NE said.
Invenergy
DOE Pulls $4.9B in Funding for Grain Belt Express
DOE has terminated its $4.9 billion conditional loan commitment for the long-delayed Grain Belt Express project, saying it is “not critical” for the federal government to support the project.
NextEra Energy Transmission
NextEra Energizes 2nd Competitive Project in SPP
NextEra Energy Transmission completed the second of its three competitive projects in SPP’s footprint, the 92-mile, 345-kV Wolf Creek-Blackberry project in Kansas and Missouri.
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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