Growing power demand from data centers dominated conversations at the NARUC Summer Policy Summit, where industry members and Trump administration officials advocated for the rapid addition of fossil fuel resources and infrastructure to meet load growth.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin proudly told NARUC attendees the agency’s proposed rescission of the 2009 endangerment finding would be the “largest deregulatory action in the history of the country.”

FERC and state regulators examined issues around ISO/RTO governance during a meeting of the Federal-State Current Issues Collaborative in Boston, with members from PJM pushing for the biggest changes.

NARUC's annual Summer Policy Summit attracted more than 1,000 attendees for discussions on understanding and preparing for the challenges that lie ahead.

Hydrogen will be as important as electrification in achieving a cost-effective clean energy mix, NARUC panelists said.

Pro-nuclear panelists at NARUC's Summer Policy Summit said small, advanced reactors are needed to offset the increase in weather-dependent renewables.

“Public purpose” microgrids are struggling because of high costs and the lack of a widely accepted resilience metric, speakers told NARUC.

More than 600 people attended the NARUC Summer Policy Summit in person and hundreds more watched via livestream.

State regulators must change their thinking about the value of energy efficiency to meet net-zero goals, speakers told the NARUC Summer Policy Summit.