PJM
PJM staff plan to recommend an $11.6 billion package of transmission projects intended to address rising load growth in the east of the RTO’s footprint.
West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative
The West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative’s Launch Committee approved the bylaws and incorporation documents for the organization that will govern CAISO’s energy markets.
Solar Energy Industries Association
A new report estimates that solar and battery storage growth in New England between 2025 and 2030 could reduce wholesale energy costs across the region by about $684 million annually by 2030.
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MISO has trimmed its annual budget, now expecting to spend a little less than $431 million in 2026, down from nearly $450 million.
SERC
SERC's Winter Reliability Assessment found that two subregions faced elevated risk of energy shortfalls in extreme weather.
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MISO
MISO members don’t doubt that large loads will turn up at the beginning of the next decade and are occupied with how the industry can make sure ratepayers don’t subsidize supersized customers.
MISO and its Monitor tracked a rise in energy consumption in fall 2025 and reviewed some operational rough patches, while the RTO explained why its machine-learning risk predictor remains a work in progress.
PJM's Markets and Reliability Committee will be asked to endorse a slew of manual revisions during its next meeting.
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NERC
NERC's Reliability and Security Technical Committee approved a new chair and vice chair to manage the committee for the next two years.
NERC's Standards Committee wrapped up 2025 by advancing several standards projects, though one item had to be delayed until the next meeting.
NERC's Board of Trustees agreed to a significant committee restructuring during its final meeting of 2025.
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Attendees at the gridCONNEXT conference, including the acting under secretary of energy and U.S. representatives, debated federal energy policy.
For the first time in PJM history, the market signal for flexible capability such as battery storage is strong, consistent and grounded in clear system need, says Ali Karimian of GridBeyond.
A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s executive order halting onshore and offshore wind power leasing and permitting was unlawful, finding that it violated the Administrative Procedure Act.
