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March 10, 2026

Special Reports & Commentary

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New England Energy Experts Talk Renewable Development Under Trump
Energy experts and officials stressed the importance of proactive transmission planning, interconnection reform and increased demand-side flexibility at Raab Associates’ New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable.
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Livewire: Renewables Ready to Out-innovate, Outlast Trump
If the U.S. clean energy industry had to lose the federal incentives, it could not have happened at a better time, says columnist K Kaufmann.
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Monroe’s Western Outreach Pays Dividends for SPP
Former SPP COO Carl Monroe's decades of outreach to Western Interconnection entities are evident in the RTO's various markets and service offerings in the West.
Western Maine Energy Storage
Renewables Creating Opportunities for Pumped Hydro in New England
A developer in Maine is evaluating whether pumped storage – one of the oldest generation technologies still used on the New England grid – could play an increased role in the grid of the future.
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Clean Energy Sector in Texas Grapples with New Legislation, Large Loads
ERCOT stakeholders at the Infocast Texas Clean Energy Summit discussed tariff trade wars, supply chain issues, data centers and the latest biennial legislative session in Texas that concluded with Senate Bill 6.
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Federal Volatility, MISO Tx Complaint Rattle Midcontinent Energy Summit
The tone of Infocast’s 2025 Midcontinent Energy Summit was noticeably apprehensive compared with last year, owing to political and regulatory uncertainty, load growth ambiguity, fluctuating tariffs and a pending complaint against MISO’s long-range transmission plan.
The White House
Chatterjee, Bush Expect Sharp Changes in Response to OBBBA
Former FERC Chair Neil Chatterjee and former Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush offered their thoughts on the impact of OBBBA on the energy sector during a webinar. 
PJM
Counterflow: Have You Heard the One About New Jersey Leaving PJM?
Columnist Steve Huntoon provides "reality checks" on the notion that New Jersey is better off leaving PJM.
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CPower Conference Highlights DR’s Opportunity from Data Centers
The growing number of data centers offers a major growth opportunity for demand response, as it can help get the energy-hungry facilities online quicker than new generation, speakers said at CPower Energy’s GridFuture 2025 conference.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Stakeholder Forum: Will Christie’s FERC Tenure End in a Bang or a Whimper?
FERC Chair Mark Christie, a vocal critic of high transmission costs and transmission incentives “candy” that impact every consumer in the nation, has only a couple of weeks to act to reduce consumer costs, says Paul Cicio.

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