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March 5, 2026

Transmission Operations

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New England Power Demand Grew for 2nd Straight Year in 2025
After years of declining or stagnant power demand in New England, annual energy demand ticked up for the second straight year in 2025, potentially indicating the start of a broader upward trend.
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Customer Group Offers FERC Policies to Grow the Power System Affordably
The Electricity Customers Alliance released a paper offering some potential ideas FERC could take up to ensure affordability in a era of major load growth.
ISO-NE
New England TOs Propose Asset Condition Projects Totaling $110M
Eversource Energy and National Grid introduced asset condition projects totaling about $110 million at the ISO-NE Planning Advisory Committee.
Hydro-Québec
Hydro-Québec Halted NECEC Deliveries amid Reliability Concerns
As extreme winter weather descended on the Eastern U.S. and Canada, Hydro-Québec suspended power exports to New England on the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line because of reliability concerns in Québec.
PJM
PJM OC Briefs: Jan. 8, 2026
PJM's Operating Committee delayed a vote on Manual 1 revisions to give more time to review language changes.
ITC Midwest
UCS: Climate Change Induced Worst MISO Outages of the Decade
The Union of Concerned Scientists said MISO’s most devastating power outages in the last decade can be attributed to an increasingly unstable climate and compounding weather events.
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GOP Senator Introduces Bill to Let Large Loads Set up Consumer Regulated Utilities
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced a bill that would exempt large loads served on islanded systems from federal economic regulations for the electric industry.
Roger Merchant
NECEC Transmission Line Ready to Begin Commercial Operations
After a multiyear delay caused by intense political opposition, the New England Clean Energy Connect project is finally ready to begin commercial operations, Avangrid wrote in a filing.
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New England Betting on a Collaborative Approach in 2026
Heading into 2026, New England is counting on an increasingly collaborative approach to energy policy as federal opposition to renewable energy development threatens affordability, reliability, and decarbonization objectives in the region.
Amazon
PacifiCorp Contests Amazon Data Center Service Complaint
PacifiCorp filed a partial motion to dismiss an Oregon complaint by Amazon Data Services that alleged the utility has breached agreements to provide electric service to four data centers in the utility’s service territory.

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