CAISO
Local line congestion is the primary cause of renewable curtailment in California — and the amount is increasing each year, CAISO said during its second-quarter Market Performance and Planning Forum.
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The most prolific worry about large load facilities like data centers is how to power them, but the New York Power Authority raised a new concern at the NYISO Budget & Priorities Working Group’s meeting.
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The 2025 Mid-America Regulatory Conference tackled themes on meaningful public engagement, nuclear options, bill affordability and DEI programs falling out of favor.
SPP
SPP secured $150 million in financing and entered the second phase of development for its day-ahead market Markets+, the grid operator announced.
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ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas has gone public with the grid operator’s internal terminology that is shaping the market’s path forward, defining it for his Board of Directors and stakeholders.
IESO
IESO will open some transmission projects to competition, although most will continue being awarded to incumbents.
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The Oregon Public Utility Commission approved wildfire mitigation plans proposed by the state’s three investor-owned utilities and supported staff recommendations the commission said the utilities should implement.
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The current state of transmission policy was examined at an Infocast conference that went into the possibility for a permitting bill and looked at the implementation of recent FERC orders.
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FERC found that MISO and SPP’s 100% cost allocation to generation for the pair’s $1.7 billion Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue transmission portfolio remains appropriate.
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FERC told MISO it needs a few more edits to its queue rules to be compliant with the commission’s wide-ranging order to streamline generator interconnection.
