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Don Moul to Retire After 1 Year as CEO of TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority CEO Don Moul has announced his retirement effective July 1, 2026.
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Tennessee Valley Authority CEO Don Moul will retire July 1 amid continuing criticism by President Donald Trump.
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Editor’s Note: What Do You Make of Large Load Tariffs?
Energy policy and regulatory news in 2026 has been all data centers, all the time. We want to hear your take on large load tariffs and other related news.
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New England TOs Seek Stay of ‘Astonishing’ Refund Obligations
Eversource Energy and Avangrid asked FERC to pause refund obligations stemming from the commission’s recent order cutting the return on equity for New England transmission owners and requiring the companies to issue extensive refunds.
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When Electricity Becomes Variable: The Q1 Electric Flexibility Report
The electric power system can be built around variability. That could provide flexibility and affordability in the production and consumption of electricity. And the technologies are available now, writes columnist K Kaufmann.
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Draft NYISO Study Finds $1.1B in Tx Upgrades Needed Before Changes to Methodology
The results of NYISO’s 2024 transitional cluster deliverability study show that more than $1.1 billion of high-voltage transmission upgrades would be required to accommodate 48 projects in the batch of generation projects.
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BPA’s Draft Markets+ Decision Reignites Day-ahead Debate
The Bonneville Power Administration’s draft decision “solidifying” its day-ahead market choice in favor of SPP’s Markets+ has reignited a yearslong debate over the agency’s direction.
ERCOT Batch Process Rules Headed to Stakeholders
ERCOT staff say they are about to transfer work on the transitional batch study process to streamline the interconnection of large loads, as most of the rule is laid out in a Planning Guide revision request.
WEIM Intermountain West Exports Increase 780% in Q4 2025
The Western Energy Imbalance Market’s Intermountain West region saw its hourly exports increase by an average of 780% — or 680 MW — in Q4 2025 versus the same period a year earlier.
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CIP Specialists Warn Compliance not Enough for Security
Speakers at a workshop hosted by Texas RE reminded attendees that compliance with NERC's Critical Infrastructure Protection standards is not enough to ensure security.
NERC Pushes Back on GIC Complaint
NERC asked FERC to deny a request to mandate studies on the grid's vulnerability to electromagnetic pulses and solar storms, saying its current reliability standards are sufficient.
Georgia Power to Pay $175K in NERC Penalties
FERC approved a settlement between Georgia Power and SERC Reliability that will see the utility pay $175,000 for violating NERC's reliability standards.
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Mass. Gas Utilities Say Everett LNG Terminal Needed Beyond 2030
The Everett Marine Terminal will be needed to preserve the reliability of the Boston-area gas system beyond the 2030 expiration date of the facility’s current utility contracts, gas companies told regulators in recent filings.
Texas Offers $350M in Grants for Advanced Nuclear Projects
Texas opened applications for $350 million in advanced nuclear grants through the Texas Advanced Nuclear Development Fund to support the state's nuclear energy industry.
Spanberger Highlights Affordability in Newly Enacted Laws
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed the first set of bills of her tenure, including a number of energy provisions passed at the recent legislative session.
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After receiving approval from Nevada regulators to join EDAM, NV Energy is poised to fill in a key piece of the day-ahead market's footprint.
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Nevada Regulators Approve NV Energy’s EDAM Entry
The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada voted to approve NV Energy’s application to join CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market — a move that some stakeholders view as a pivotal moment for Western electricity markets.
California Snowpack Near Record Lows as Summer Approaches
Despite a few large storms in January and February, California snowpack levels are near record lows due to a heat dome that settled over the state in March.
Utilities, Lawmakers Push for ‘Bold’ Leader to Guide BPA Through Tx Challenges
Utilities and lawmakers in the Northwest agree the Bonneville Power Administration’s next administrator must focus on building transmission and take risks to make that happen.
Data Center Interest, Opposition on the Rise in New England
Increased interest in data center development in New England has led to growing concern about potential negative effects on energy affordability and long-term resource adequacy.
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NRC Renews Diablo Canyon License for 20 Years
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a 20-year license renewal for the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, a nuclear facility seen as key to California grid reliability as the state transitions to clean energy.
A map LBNL produced showing how average power prices were up in 43 states and Washington, D.C., between 2024 and 2025.
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LBNL Study Finds Power Prices Rose in 2025 Due to Multiple Factors
LBNL released an update to its retail price study, which showed power prices rose for most states between 2024 and 2025, after a half decade of mostly declining prices.
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NextEra Energy’s new NERC Information Command Center includes an Advanced Virtual Auditing tool, referred to as “Ava” by FPL representatives, that constantly monitors CIP compliance. It can recognize voice commands and speak.
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SERC Members/Board Meeting Briefs: March 25, 2026
Representatives of Florida Power & Light urged fellow SERC Reliability members to start using artificial intelligence tools, even in their own personal lives, warning that its use on the grid is spreading too rapidly to not understand how it works.
Report: Poor Voltage Control, Lack of Regs Drove Iberian Grid Collapse
ENTSO-E's final report on the Iberian Peninsula blackout of April 2025 lays out the root causes and chain of events that led to the collapse of the grid, providing critiques of the numerous points of failure.
MISO: NERC to Dial Down RTO’s Risk Level; Members Create Large Load Working Group
In a case of déjà vu, MISO announced that NERC is poised to issue a follow-up to its Long-Term Reliability Assessment that stands to lower the RTO’s reliability vulnerability from “high risk” to “elevated.”
NERC: Cyber Event Reports Continued Decline in 2025
NERC told FERC it only received a single report of a qualifying cybersecurity incident under reliability standard CIP-008-6.
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FERC Approves Multiple Cyber Standards
FERC approved a slate of updates to NERC's Critical Infrastructure Protection standards intended to improve grid security while enabling the use of new technologies.
NERC's Standards Committee held its monthly meeting in Juno Beach, Fla., on March 18.
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NERC to Trial MSPPTF Recommendations in Large Loads Project
A new standards development project will be a testbed for some of the proposals by NERC's Modernization of Standards Processes and Procedures Task Force.
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As Public Data Shrinks, Private Climate Models will Shape the Grid’s Future
At the very moment grid operators are being asked to plan for unprecedented complexity, the public data infrastructure that underpins those decisions is becoming less reliable, writes columnist Dej Knuckey.
Generation Industry Calls for Repowering at IPPNY Conference
Generation industry representatives and their allies united behind a call to loosen New York’s climate law to allow the repowering of old fossil fuel plants with new natural gas turbines at the Independent Power Producers of New York’s 40th annual Spring Conference.
ISO-NE CLG Speakers Stress Grid Resilience amid Climate Damage
The spring quarterly meeting of the ISO-NE Consumer Liaison Group revolved around the growing risks of climate-driven extreme weather events in Vermont and across the broader New England region.
PacifiCorp on Track to Meet Wash. 2030 Clean Energy Targets
PacifiCorp is preparing to bring online enough long-term clean energy resources to help the utility meet Washington's strict greenhouse gas targets by 2030.
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Wash. Utilities Race to Break Ground Before Renewable Tax Credits Expire
Puget Sound Energy and Avista told the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission they have taken steps to build clean energy resources quickly to qualify for expiring federal tax credits, while voicing concern that limited transmission capacity and the state’s greenhouse gas targets pose challenges.
TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné (left), Interior Secretary Doug Burgum during a signing ceremony on the sidelines of CERAWeek by S&P Global that gives the French company $928 million to give up offshore wind leases and invest in U.S. fossil fuels.
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Interior Department to Reimburse Nearly $1B to Stop 2 Offshore Wind Projects
The Department of the Interior announced an agreement with TotalEnergies for the company to give up offshore wind leases.