Eversource Energy
Weather-normalized electricity demand has increased by about 2% in Eversource Energy’s service territories in New England, in part due to heating and transportation electrification, CEO Joe Nolan said.
IESO
IESO will begin allowing corporate energy buyers to purchase power from off-site renewable generators next spring, giving loads another way to reduce their Global Adjustment charges.
Idaho Power
WECC expects two regions to be under elevated risk as the West heads into the winter, with staff saying a prolonged weather event could impact operating reserves.
GridLab
If just 10% of the land-based renewables in PJM’s generator interconnection queue had been developed, the total cost of the RTO’s 2026/27 capacity auction would have been reduced by $3.5 billion, according to an analysis GridLab commissioned by Aurora Energy Research.
PacifiCorp
NERC has filed five reliability standards to FERC, comprising the second of three sets of standards for inverter-based resources ordered by the commission.
© RTO Insider
In a rare split decision, the California Public Utilities Commission approved $51.2 million in additional funds for electrification projects for San Diego Gas & Electric customers.
New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority
The Western Resource Adequacy Program Day-Ahead Market Task Force held its first meeting after the program’s binding decision deadline, with members exploring how the new participant footprint will impact transmission connectivity and other issues.
MISO
With its 2025 cycle of transmission projects not yet final and approved, MISO already is working through 43 expedited project requests ahead of its 2026 cycle to support almost 14 GW of new load.
Mikie Sherrill for New Jersey
New Jersey voters resoundingly backed Democrat Mikie Sherrill in the state’s gubernatorial race, sweeping into power a clean energy advocate who says she will immediately freeze utility rates.
Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Democrats won elections in Virginia and Georgia that have implications for energy policy: offshore wind and data centers in Virginia and affordability in both.
