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Attendees at the gridCONNEXT conference, including the acting under secretary of energy and U.S. representatives, debated federal energy policy.
SERC
SERC's Winter Reliability Assessment found that two subregions faced elevated risk of energy shortfalls in extreme weather.
ISO-NE
ISO-NE’s new day-ahead ancillary services market added about $258 million in incremental costs between March and August, equal to 7.6% of total energy market costs.
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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.
Google
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.
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Minnesota Power
MISO opened another review of a second project from its first long-range transmission plan portfolio, prompted again by construction cost overruns.
ISO-NE continued work on the second phase of its Capacity Auction Reform project, discussing modeling of the region’s gas constraints, seasonal auction design and its approach to evaluating the impacts of the auction changes.
Louisiana-based power generator Pelican Power is the first to register a complaint over MISO’s yearslong miscalculation in its capacity auctions in an effort to stop the RTO’s retroactive pricing corrections.
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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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Vineyard Wind
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.
The California Energy Commission granted about $15 million to private companies to install more than 100 electric vehicle fast chargers in the Golden State.
New solar, battery storage and onshore wind power generation totaled 11.7 GW in the third quarter of 2025, the American Clean Power Association reported.
