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March 13, 2026

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FERC Oversight Hearing Focuses on Affordability and Reliability
All five FERC commissioners faced questions from the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy on how to balance reliability and affordability as demand grows.
ACEG
ACEG Transmission Planning Report Card Gives Higher Grades for RTO Reforms
Americans for a Clean Energy Grid released an updated version of its report card, which generally shows improved scores as regions have implemented changes in the last couple of years.
Yes Energy
Can Restructured Markets Meet the Challenge of Data Center Demand Growth?
FERC and the organized power markets it oversees are facing huge challenges in trying to meet rising demand reliably and affordably.
ICF EnergyInsite
ICF Paper Shows Where New Data Centers Can be Sited Quickly
ICF International has released a new paper discussing where data centers could be sited.
xAI
NAACP Event Examines Data Center Impact on Environmental Justice
Data center developers’ imperative of speed to market not only stresses the power grid but also is felt on the ground as the giant facilities — often paired with onsite generation — spring up in neighborhoods overburdened by pollution.
Google
ANOPR Reply Comments Offer Differing Paths for FERC Action on Large Loads
Reply comments to the Department of Energy’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to FERC on large loads offered differing paths for the commission to potentially take.
Dominion Energy
Virginia SCC Approves Rate Increase, New Large Customer Class for Dominion
The Virginia SCC approved a smaller rate request than Dominion Energy asked for, but it also approved its plan to set up a new rate class for large customers and new natural gas units to meet rising demand.
Northwest Power and Conservation Council
NWPCC Study Finds Market Availability Steady Across Different Scenarios
The buildout of new resources in the Western Interconnection over the next 20 years is “remarkably similar” across a variety of scenarios tested by NWPCC’s market availability study.
Grid Strategies
Transmission Delays Mean Higher Costs for Customers, Study Finds
A new report WIRES commissioned from Grid Strategies quantifies the costs consumers face from delayed transmission projects based on analysis of eight major portfolios from four different markets around the country.
IEA
IEA World Energy Outlook 2025 Quantifies Rising Global Power Demand
IEA released its 2025 World Energy Outlook, which shows the growing importance of electricity as residents start to adopt air conditioning and data centers and other large loads drive demand growth in rich countries.

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