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December 5, 2025

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SPP Board Sets Aside 765-kV Costs, Large Load Policy
SPP’s Board of Directors agreed to defer action on a 765-kV transmission project with a ballooning cost estimate and staff’s large load integration policy, both the source of much stakeholder discussion.
Southern Co.
Southern Expects Large Load Growth to Continue
Southern Co.'s second-quarter earnings were down slightly from the prior year, but executives said they expect healthy growth from the continued addition of large loads such as data centers.
PJM
PJM MRC/MC Briefs: July 23, 2025
PJM's Markets and Reliability Committee endorsed by acclamation an issue charge by Constellation Energy focused on how storage as a transmission asset could be implemented in the RTO.
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SPP MOPC Briefs: July 15-16, 2025
SPP stakeholders resoundingly rejected a proposed tariff change to integrate large loads, pushing back against what some say is a rushed process outside of the normal stakeholder structure.
AdminMonitor
Texas Public Utility Commission Briefs: July 10, 2025
Texas regulators have approved two more system resiliency plans for state utilities with a focus on wildfire mitigation, following up on a requirement from the 2023 legislative session.
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Texas Bills Targeting Renewables Come up Short
Another Texas legislative session has ended with renewable resources and batteries having survived potentially damaging legislation that did not make it to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk.  
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Growing Clean Energy Sector in Texas May Avoid Damaging Legislation

ERCOT's blossoming clean energy sector has been threatened by bills that would dampen its growth and future investment, but many of those laws appear to have fallen by the wayside in the Texas legislature's closing days.

Constellation Energy
As it Pursues Deals, Constellation Says Data Center Load Growth Overstated
Constellation Energy said it is closing in on new power purchase agreements and is in a good position to help meet projected data center load demand — whether in front of the meter or behind.
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Stakeholders, NERC Respond to FERC Large Loads Investigation
Stakeholders urged FERC to consider reliability and consumer costs when weighing approaches to co-located large loads.
NYISO
NYISO Reaffirms Need for NYC Peakers in Summer
NYISO continues to find a reliability need for New York City this summer and two peaker plants in the city should be allowed to continue operations into 2027 if necessary, according to sensitivity results for the first-quarter Short Term Assessment of Reliability.

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