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April 18, 2026

Special Reports

Moody’s: Coronavirus Recession to Cut GDP 2.3%
Moody’s Analytics expects U.S. GDP to drop by 2.3% for 2020 as a result of the “sudden stop” in the economy because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
ERCOT, SPP Adapt to ‘New Normal’ in Pandemic
When ERCOT instituted mandatory work-from-home requirements, spokesperson Leslie Sopko encountered one major distraction of working from home: children.
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ERCOT Faces Tight Summer Margins, Market Changes
ERCOT is preparing to take on the Texas heat again in 2019 with reserve margins that have shrunk even further than last summer's.
Cal Fire
Trump Administration Fiddled While California Burned
2018 brought chilling warnings about the growing dangers of climate change, but President Trump continued to question the reality of a warming planet.
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PJM Ponders New Capacity Rules — Again — in 2019
In many ways, PJM's 2018 was much like years before, with capacity and energy market rules under constant redesign. Some stakeholders have grown weary of the churn.
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SPP Still Looking West — and Inward
SPP will this year begin providing reliability coordinator services to more than a dozen entities in the Western Interconnection.
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Ailing Chair, Resilience Inquiry Topped FERC News in 2018
FERC begins 2019 with a new chairman and renewed questions about whether it will resist President Trump's efforts to deliver on his pledges to coal.
Gov. Cuomo
New York Looks to Expand Energy Programs in 2019
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s energy efforts will build on New York's progress, which included a carbon pricing proposal, energy storage programs and offshore wind.
CAISO
RC Transition, California Wildfires Will Occupy 2019
CAISO will tackle its new role as reliability coordinator in 2019, and California lawmakers will struggle with preventing wildfires sparked by power lines.
ISO-NE
ISO-NE Pulls off Fuel Security, CASPR Measures
Despite a few bumps, scrapes and scares throughout the year, ISO-NE delivered on time by dispatching key market initiatives.

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