April 2023

Ballard Power Systems Inc.
CARB Approves Clean Locomotives Regulation
The California Air Resources Board approved groundbreaking rules requiring passenger, freight and switcher locomotives to decarbonize in the next three decades.
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MISO Releases JTIQ Portfolio Cost-allocation Details
MISO released details about how it will administer cost allocation on the $1 billion Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue portfolio of 345 kV projects.
ACORE
ACORE: MISO Should Retool Market for Resources’ Transition
A new report from the American Council on Renewable Energy recommends MISO make multiple edits to its markets to take advantage of a shifting resource mix.
Library of Congress
FirstEnergy Pressured to Acquire W.Va. Coal Plant
Pressure to purchase and run a West Virginia coal-fired power plant poses financial and political complications for Ohio-based FirstEnergy.
CARB
CARB Adopts Clean Fleets Rule Despite Broad Skepticism
California regulators approved a rule that will ban the sale of diesel trucks in the state starting in 2036, requiring all new trucks sold to be zero-emission.
CenterPoint Energy
CenterPoint’s $43B Capex Plan on Track
CenterPoint Energy navigated high interest rates and mild winter weather for a "tremendous start" to 2023 and is on its way to deploying $43 billion in capital.
MISO
MISO: Long-range Tx Needed for 369 GW in Interconnections
MISO laid out why it needs a 2nd LRTP portfolio, saying it will connect hundreds of gigawatts of new resources in the next 20 years to avoid reliability crises.
California Assembly
Committee Gives CAISO RTO Bill a Cool Reception
Members of the California Assembly Utilities & Energy passed a bill to give CAISO independent governance but uniformly expressed their dislike of it as written.
Texas RE
Texas RE Sees Opportunity in Cold Weather Standards
NERC’s new cold weather standards give utilities considerable freedom in implementation, which is both an opportunity and a danger, Texas RE heard.
ISO-NE
ISO-NE Stakeholders OK DER Aggregation Plans, Generator Relief
ISO-NE stakeholders approved a proposed filing on DERs but rejected the RTO’s concerns in backing Ocean State Power's bid to remain a capacity resource.

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