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December 2024

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PJM MRC/MC Briefs: Dec. 18, 2024
PJM stakeholders have endorsed changes to accounting of demand response in load forecasts, among other actions.
U.S. Attorney for Oregon
Feds Sue PacifiCorp over 2020 Oregon Wildfire
The U.S. government alleges that PacifiCorp's failure to maintain its power line equipment caused the 2020 Archie Creek Fire that burned over 131,000 acres and resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to federal lands.
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NY Well Positioned to Push Forward on Climate Goals Under Trump
Renewable energy industry analysts, representatives and environmental advocates say New York is in a better position than many others to make progress on its renewable energy goals during a second Trump administration.
California Energy Commission
CEC Ups Data Center Demand Forecast After PG&E Revisions
The California Energy Commission has updated its energy demand forecast for data centers after receiving revised figures from Pacific Gas and Electric about data center growth.
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SPP Briefs: Week of Dec. 16, 2024
SPP’s Resource and Energy Adequacy Leadership Team has closed out 2024 by taking two actions related to the long-term planning reserve margin.
Admin Monitor
Texas PUC Shelves PCM Design Over Lack of Benefits
Texas regulators shelved the market design they once favored, agreeing with staff's recommendation that the performance credit mechanism results in “minimal” additional resource adequacy value.
ICF
Study Calculates Trillions in Economic Benefits from IRA
A new report on the Inflation Reduction Act finds that the IRA could boost the U.S. GDP by $1.9 trillion over the next decade. 
NYISO
Winter of NYISO Stakeholders’ Discontent over ‘Complete’ Projects
Two initiatives that have bedeviled discussion at NYISO committees in the last few weeks of the year reared their heads again at the final Budget Priorities Working Group meeting of the year 
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Connecticut Closes the Door on 2024 OSW Procurement
Vineyard Offshore no longer plans to proceed with its bid for the 1,200-MW Vineyard Wind 2 project following Connecticut’s decision not to buy power from the project.
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NYISO MC Approves Dynamic Reserves, Regulation Multiplier Proposals
During its last meeting of the year, the NYISO Management Committee approved two proposals that would institute a new design for the reserve market and alter a calculation used in the regulation service market. 

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