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October 31, 2024
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California Labor, (Possibly) Public Power to Sponsor Pathways Legislation
Randy Howard of NCPA (left) and IBEW attorney Marc Joseph during an Oct. 30 panel discussion at the CAISO Stakeholder Symposium in Sacramento, Calif.
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A representative of one of the staunchest opponents of past efforts to transform CAISO into an RTO said his labor union plans to sponsor the legislation needed to implement the “Step 2” proposal of the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative.
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CISA Releases International Strategic Plan
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said building international partnerships is key to combating global cyber threats.
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A portion of the Cardinal-Hickory Creek line passing the Badger solar fields in Grant County, Wis.
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MISO IMM Makes Closing Arguments Against $21.8B Long-range Tx Plan
MISO Independent Market Monitor David Patton has made a final stand against the RTO’s $21.8 billion long-range transmission plan, while members are advising the MISO Board of Directors that the IMM's opinions on transmission shouldn't hold water.
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FERC headquarters in D.C.
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FERC Grants ODEC Complaint on $18M Mischarge from FirstEnergy
FERC approved a complaint from Old Dominion Electric Cooperative over mischarges from FirstEnergy, ordering the utility to start paying back the co-op after they were in a dispute over how that should happen.
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Gulf of Maine final lease areas
BOEM
Gulf of Maine OSW Auction Results in Four Leases Worth $21.9M
The first-ever offshore wind lease auction for the Gulf of Maine resulted in the sale of four offshore lease areas to two developers, bringing in a total of about $21.9 million.
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WAPA's Shasta Dam in Northern California
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WAPA Sierra Nevada Region to Advance with EDAM
The Western Area Power Administration said its Sierra Nevada region will pursue “final negotiations” to join CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market, notching another — if expected — victory for the ISO in its competition with SPP’s Markets+.  
Federal Judge Tosses Out Texas’ ROFR Law in Non-ERCOT Regions
A federal judge has blocked implementation of Texas' right-of-first-refusal law in the parts of the state overseen by FERC.
MISO and TVA Strike Emergency Energy Purchase Agreement, Request FERC OK
MISO and the Tennessee Valley Authority hope to implement an emergency energy purchase framework by Christmas Eve.
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From left: Matt Duncan, E-ISAC; Timothy Davis, EI-ISAC; Brandi Martin, DOE; Spencer Wood, CISA; and Kathleen Miller, Natural Resources Canada
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Panelists Discuss Electric, Election Security Intersections
Panelists at GridSecCon agreed that keeping the electric grid secure and reliable is a top priority to ensuring the safety of the upcoming elections.
Weather-security Connections Highlighted at GridSecCon
Speakers at this week's GridSecCon conference discussed the sometimes overlooked connections between weather and grid security.
GridSecCon Speakers Cite Threats, Opportunities of AI
Speakers at NERC's annual grid security conference noted that new technology provides opportunities both for threats to the grid as well as for its defenders.
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Assistant Defense Secretary Brendan Owens and BOEM Director Elizabeth Klein speak at American Clean Power's Offshore Windpower conference Oct. 29 in Atlantic City, N.J.
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BOEM, DOD to Coordinate on Offshore Wind
The U.S. Department of Defense and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management have reached a memorandum of understanding intended to improve the collaboration of offshore wind power development proposals. 
EPA Announces Nearly $3B for Clean Port Equipment
EPA announced it will disburse $2.9 billion in grants to U.S. port authorities to purchase zero-emission equipment, vehicles and on-site electricity generators through its Clean Ports Program.
NJ BPU Approves EV Charging Station Rules for MHD Vehicles
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities adopted minimum filing requirements that allow utilities to propose programs to promote the development of medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicle chargers.
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Exelon
Exelon Reports 80% Increase in Data Center Forecasts in 3rd-Quarter Earnings
Exelon CEO Calvin Butler told investors the utility's data center forecast has increased about 80% during an earnings call.
Xcel Welcomes Load Growth from Data Centers
Xcel Energy is welcoming the coming wave of data centers despite the increased demand they will place on the grid, saying it will accelerate transmission and generation build.
Rosner Hopeful for Consensus on Order 1920 Rehearing
FERC Commissioner David Rosner talked about his hope for more consensus on rehearing for Order 1920, and a panel of experts discussed supply chain issues at the WIRES fall meeting.
ISO-NE Study Lays Out Challenges of Deep Decarbonization
Deep decarbonization of the New England grid will pose major challenges related to resource adequacy and market administration, ISO-NE concluded in the final report of its Economic Planning for the Clean Energy Transition study.
SPP's progress in clearing its backlog of GI requests.
SPP
FERC Grants SPP Waiver for GI Queue Backlog
FERC approved SPP’s waiver request to delay processing its 2024 generator interconnection study cluster as the RTO works to clear a backlog of GI requests dating back to 2018.
An NV Energy official said the company would gain “extensive benefits” from joining CAISO’s EDAM, even if the footprint includes only the balancing areas depicted by the dark blue circles in this diagram.
CAISO
NV Energy Explains EDAM Choice
NV Energy’s decision to join CAISO's Extended Day-Ahead Market rather than SPP's Markets+ was based partly on concerns that participation in the latter would “lead to substantial expenditures with limited results,” a representative of the Nevada utility said.
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Entergy services parts of Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana.
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Entergy to Pay SERC $141K for Standard Violations
FERC approved a settlement between Entergy and SERC Reliability that will see the utility pay $141,000 for violating NERC's reliability standards.
Agencies Describe a Year of Iran Cyber Attacks
Multiple security agencies in the U.S. and overseas said Iran has been actively targeting U.S. critical infrastructure, including the energy sector, for more than a year.
New IIJA Funding Targets Grid Resilience and Demand Growth
The U.S. Department of Energy announced almost $2 billion in new funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act aimed at improving grid reliability and resilience.
FERC Approves NERC, RE Budgets for 2025
NERC’s 2025 budget is set to rise 8.2% over the previous year to $123 million.
Todd Bennett, AEC
NERC
NERC Standards Committee Briefs: Oct. 16, 2024
NERC's Standards Committee approved several standards actions at its monthly conference call.
Attendees at FERC's Reliability Technical Conference
FERC
FERC Grills Grid Stakeholders on Reliability
Grid stakeholders joined commissioners in Washington, D.C., for FERC's annual Reliability Technical Conference.
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From left: BOEM Director Elizabeth Klein, Permitting Council Director Eric Beightel, NOAA Fisheries Assistant Administrator Janet Coit and Patty DiOrio of Ørsted hold an Offshore WINDPOWER panel discussion on lessons learned from early offshore wind projects.
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WINDPOWER: Lessons Learned from Early Offshore Efforts
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has decreased its offshore wind permitting times 20% as it gains experience and works to expedite development of the clean energy sector. 
WINDPOWER: Industry Puts on Game Face as Election Nears
The 2024 edition of the American Clean Power Association’s WINDPOWER conference was a celebration of achievement by the U.S. offshore wind industry and a recognition of the hurdles it still must cross.
EPRI Launches DCFlex Initiative to Help Integrate Data Centers on the Grid
EPRI launched its DCFlex initiative, which is meant to maximize demand flexibility from data centers to help them more quickly plug into the grid and provide demand response for emergencies.
Changing Dynamics of Clean Energy Transition Debated at Aurora Energy Conference
Despite some recent hiccups with supply chains and higher interest rates, the clean energy transition is set to accelerate with long-term policy support, panelists said at the Aurora Energy Transition Forum. 
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Mass. Clean Energy Permitting, Gas Reform Bill Back on Track
After negotiations extending well past the end of the formal legislative session, Massachusetts lawmakers are nearing passage of a wide-ranging climate and energy bill.
Dual-use solar, also known as agrivoltaics, is meant to generate electricity and support farmers.
New Jersey Farm Bureau
NJ Enacts 200-MW Dual-solar Pilot Program
New Jersey approved a three-year pilot program to create 200 MW of dual-use solar capacity that puts solar panels on functioning farmland in a precursor to a permanent program.