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December 20, 2025

Transmission Rates

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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.
Talen Energy
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.
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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Energy Policy Debates Take Center Stage at gridCONNEXT Conference
Attendees at the gridCONNEXT conference, including the acting under secretary of energy and U.S. representatives, debated federal energy policy.
Grid Strategies
Grid Strategies: Pace of Load Growth Continues to Speed up
The power industry’s own demand forecasts expect national summer peak to swell by 166 GW by 2030, Grid Strategies said in its latest load growth report.
Grid Strategies
Transmission Delays Mean Higher Costs for Customers, Study Finds
A new report WIRES commissioned from Grid Strategies quantifies the costs consumers face from delayed transmission projects based on analysis of eight major portfolios from four different markets around the country.
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SPP State Regulators Affirm Use of Highway/Byway Cost Allocation
SPP state regulators have approved several motions related to FERC Order 1920’s mandate for long-term, scenario-based planning to ensure the system can meet future needs and be fairly compensated.
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FERC Rejects Kentucky Complaint Against AEP’s Tx Cost Allocation
FERC rejected a complaint from the Kentucky PSC against AEP, finding the utility holding company's practice of spreading supplemental projects around its PJM utilities is still just and reasonable.
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SPP Awards 8th Competitive Project, 3rd in 2025
SPP’s Board of Directors has awarded its eighth competitive project and third in 2025 under FERC Order 1000, a 345-kV upgrade in the Texas Panhandle.

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