Western Energy Markets
The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada voted to approve NV Energy’s application to join CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market — a move that some stakeholders view as a pivotal moment for Western electricity markets.
Yes Energy
Increased interest in data center development in New England has led to growing concern about potential negative effects on energy affordability and long-term resource adequacy.
SPP
SPP has become the first grid operator to manage markets in both the Eastern and Western interconnections with its formal expansion into the West.
Shutterstock
Speakers at a workshop hosted by Texas RE reminded attendees that compliance with NERC's Critical Infrastructure Protection standards is not enough to ensure security.
BPA
Utilities and lawmakers in the Northwest agree the Bonneville Power Administration’s next administrator must focus on building transmission and take risks to make that happen.
RTO Insider
The Breakthrough Institute
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a 20-year license renewal for the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, a nuclear facility seen as key to California grid reliability as the state transitions to clean energy.
Texas opened applications for $350 million in advanced nuclear grants through the Texas Advanced Nuclear Development Fund to support the state's nuclear energy industry.
Despite a few large storms in January and February, California snowpack levels are near record lows due to a heat dome that settled over the state in March.
ERO Insider
CSP/STG
NERC asked FERC to deny a request to mandate studies on the grid's vulnerability to electromagnetic pulses and solar storms, saying its current reliability standards are sufficient.
FERC approved a settlement between Georgia Power and SERC Reliability that will see the utility pay $175,000 for violating NERC's reliability standards.
Representatives of Florida Power & Light urged fellow SERC Reliability members to start using artificial intelligence tools, even in their own personal lives, warning that its use on the grid is spreading too rapidly to not understand how it works.
NetZero Insider
Office of the Governor of Virginia
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed the first set of bills of her tenure, including a number of energy provisions passed at the recent legislative session.
Generation industry representatives and their allies united behind a call to loosen New York’s climate law to allow the repowering of old fossil fuel plants with new natural gas turbines at the Independent Power Producers of New York’s 40th annual Spring Conference.
The spring quarterly meeting of the ISO-NE Consumer Liaison Group revolved around the growing risks of climate-driven extreme weather events in Vermont and across the broader New England region.
