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The Public Power Council told the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that a lower court’s order requiring increased spill at dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers would exacerbate the risk of power shortages because the Pacific Northwest faces a hotter-than-usual summer.
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FERC says it will rule in June on the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the interconnection of large loads requested by Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
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The California Public Utilities Commission is considering whether new rate tariffs are needed for data center customers and other large-load customers to prevent stranded costs and cost-shifting.
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FERC partly approved PJM’s proposed clarifications on the interconnection requirements for generators seeking to serve adjacent load, but rejected the RTO’s proposed definition of “co-located load,” finding it deviated from the commission’s directive.
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In "one of the largest and most brazen frauds in the history" of FERC, American Efficient has been ordered to pay a civil penalty of $722 million and disgorgement of unjust profits totaling about $410 million.
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Prior to the U.S. Department of Energy’s extension of emergency orders for the F.B. Culley Generating Station, owner CenterPoint Energy asked the department not to re-up the stay-open mandate.
ERCOT filed a preliminary long-term load forecast that projects 367 GW of demand by 2032, a staggering 430% increase over its current peak demand of 85.5 GW.
FERC terminated a pair of NOIs that dated back to Chair Richard Glick's curtailed tenure, one on eliminating a state opt-out for demand response and another considering new rules to track utility political spending.
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NERC plans to issue a Level 3 alert May 4 with essential actions for utilities to mitigate the reliability risk of computational large loads.
A cybersecurity expert warned listeners at an MRO-sponsored webinar that powerful quantum computers could soon make dominant security technologies obsolete.
U.S. security agencies reported an escalation of attacks against critical infrastructure by Iranian threat actors since the beginning of the war in February 2026.
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Renewable energy certificate contracts signed years ago did not contain cost adjustment mechanisms and New York is refusing to consider adding them now, after construction costs soared.
Panelists at the New York Energy Summit offered assessments and strategies for the obstacles facing the state’s continuing efforts toward decarbonization.
Panelists at the 2026 New York Energy Summit discussed the challenges facing the state's power grid amid a constantly shifting landscape.
