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The New York Public Service Commission said the regulations it has approved will reduce permitting time for transmission projects by up to 50%.
Western Energy
The Regional Organization of Western Energy selected Western Freedom Executive Director Kathleen Staks as its interim president, while regulatory attorney Lisa Tormoen Hickey will assume the role of interim secretary.
MISO
MISO unveiled its $8.8 billion 2026 Transmission Expansion Plan, once again made pricier by load growth.
AEP
American Electric Power says it is “rooted deep in innovation” and “ready to meet unprecedented customer demand” that will result in “significant infrastructure investment” and continue its strong financial results.
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NERC trustees agreed to accept the recommendations of the Modernization of Standards Processes and Procedures Task Force at their first meeting of 2026.
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Eversource Energy
Eversource Energy increased its five-year capital investment plan by $2.3 billion, an increase largely driven by investments in its gas and electric distribution systems.
Faced with the same demand from data centers and crypto miners as other grid operators, SPP responded by putting together a 30-person team to come up with a process to interconnect the large loads.
Elliot Mainzer said working at BPA taught him two critical lessons that he's applied at CAISO: the importance of "robust stakeholder engagement" and "collaborative working relationships."
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Invenergy
NERC officials appeared before an Organization of MISO States board meeting in an attempt to quell regulators’ discontent with MISO’s “high-risk” label in the 2025 Long-Term Reliability Assessment.
Stakeholders mostly said the recommendations to update NERC's standards development process represented a good start but needed further development to ensure a fair process.
Members of the Organization of MISO States sent a letter to contradict aspects of NERC’s Long-Term Reliability Assessment, disputing the ERO’s label of MISO as being at “high risk.”
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PBS
EPA has rescinded its 2009 finding that greenhouse gases are air pollutants that endanger public health and thus require regulation under the Clean Air Act.
After a remarkably bad year for the U.S. offshore wind industry, the Oceantic Network’s annual conference was focused on engineering a rebound rather than licking wounds.
The Tennessee Valley Authority revoked its previous decision to wind down operations at two of its coal plants, citing upward demand and the Trump administration’s coal-friendly posture.
