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President Donald Trump’s policies and the growth in demand from data centers and other new customers have changed the trajectory of the power system, speakers said at the Energy Future Forum.
Spearmint Energy
Rapid growth in battery energy storage systems in ERCOT has resulted in a “significantly lower” probability for an energy emergency alert this summer, according to the Texas Reliability Entity.
Lyons Falls Hydro
New York has executed renewable energy certificate contracts for 26 solar, wind and hydro projects to help meet its clean energy goals.
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MISO generation developers pushed back on MISO’s cost allocation of the $1.65 billion Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue, reportedly saying MISO’s late-stage alterations have eroded the value of the seams planning.
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Calpine proposed that NYISO split its 24-hour-only transmission congestion contracts into on-peak and off-peak products, arguing it would reduce the cost of congestion hedging by better aligning it with load and generation behavior.
Sif Group
BOEM lifted a stop-work order on the Empire Wind 1 project in a deal that will have New York work on expanding pipelines into the Northeast, a goal the White House has publicly sought since shortly after President Trump took office.
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The California Public Utilities Commission has proposed a new framework that would take a “more programmatic approach” to load-serving entities’ resource procurement requirements compared with the agency’s recent practice of issuing procurement orders as needed.
EIA
Federal analysts expect U.S. hydropower generation to increase 7.5% over 2024 totals, which were the lowest in at least 14 years.
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California-based Turlock Irrigation District has agreed to join CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market in 2027.
GE Vernova
The Tennessee Valley Authority crossed a milestone May 20, becoming the first U.S. utility to request a construction permit for a small modular nuclear reactor.
