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December 5, 2025

Transmission Operations

WECC
WECC Report Highlights Larger Loads, Longer Emergencies
Peak demand in the Western Interconnection hit a record high of 168.2 GW in 2024, reflecting “early effects” of the growth in large loads such as data centers, according to a new WECC report.
Entergy
MISO Requires Load Shed in New Orleans to Avoid Grid Instability
Entergy and Cleco were told to shed load in Louisiana in an attempt to avoid a bigger outage that could affect the stability of the grid.
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PJM MRC Briefs: May 21, 2025

The PJM Markets and Reliability Committee endorsed a proposal intended to add transparency to the RTO’s effective load-carrying capability process.

NextEra Energy
NYISO Outlines Storage as Transmission Proposal

NYISO presented an outline of how it plans to implement storage-as-transmission assets, drawing critiques from stakeholders representing end-use customers and generators.

PJM
PJM MRC Preview: May 21, 2025
PJM will present a proposal aiming to make the RTO’s effective load-carrying capability (ELCC) process more transparent.
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CAISO, PacifiCorp, PSCo All Close on Order 2023 Compliance

FERC partially approved three entities' Order 2023 compliance filings, directing them to address mostly minor — but a few substantive — issues in their submissions.

FERC
FERC Summer Assessment Shows Risks from Growing Demand, Extreme Weather
FERC's summer assessment shows rising demand and prompted Chair Mark Christie to discuss recent developments in PJM.
KSLA News 12
SPP Addresses 3rd Load Shed Since March 31
SPP told its state regulators and board members that it will do better after three local load sheds since March 31, affecting a combined 54,000 customers.
KFYR-TV
MISO Petitions 8th Circuit in Dispute with SPP over Data Center-strained Flowgate

MISO is seeking judicial review of two FERC decisions preventing the RTO from recouping costs or revising a joint procedure with SPP over a shared North Dakota transmission line that has become congested by a new cryptocurrency mining facility.

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FERC Accepts ISO-NE Compliance Filing on Interconnection O&M Costs
FERC has accepted a compliance filing by ISO-NE and the New England transmission owners eliminating interconnection customers’ responsibility to pay for operations and maintenance costs on interconnection network upgrades.

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