State Regulation

Each state and province maintains a public utilities commission or other body to regulate utilities within its jurisdiction. Commissions typically oversee utilities' rates and services, and mediate disputes between utilities and ratepayers.
NYISO
NY State Reliability Council Executive Committee Briefs: Jan. 12, 2024
NYISO briefed the committee on an upcoming white paper to propose updates to the ISO’s resource adequacy modeling.
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NY Reliability Council Approves 22% IRM for 2024/25
After four rounds of voting, the New York State Reliability Council Executive Committee approved a 22% IRM for 2024/25, up from 20% for the previous year.
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RTO Officials Warn of ‘Messy Transition’ at NARUC Annual Meeting
MISO CEO John Bear and PJM CEO Manu Asthana expressed concerns about gas-fired resources retiring prematurely at NARUC's Annual Meeting in California.
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NY Reliability Council OKs Interconnection Standards for Large IBRs
The New York State Reliability Council OK'd interconnection standards for inverter-based resources larger than 20 MW.  
FERC
FERC Dives into Reliability Implications of EPA’s Power Plant Rule
FERC hosted a senior EPA staffer and heard from the industry and states on how the environmental regulator's latest proposal to cut carbon emissions from  power plants will impact grid reliability as it is implemented.
NYISO
NY State Reliability Council Executive Committee Briefs: Oct. 13, 2023
The NYSRC Executive Committee approved the modeling assumptions for its 2024/25 installed reserve margin requirement study base case and discussed potential cap-and-invest updates.
Green Mountain Power
Green Mountain Power Seeks to Equip Some Homes with Batteries
Green Mountain Power proposes to move some power lines underground and give customers in certain areas battery systems for storm resilience.
Shutterstock
NARUC, NASEO Release Solar Cyber Toolkit
The new toolkit helps state energy officials and utility commissions build programs for cybersecurity in distributed solar resources.
U.S. Coast Guard
House E&C Members Grill HECO CEO About Maui Fires
Subcommittee members had pointed questions for Hawaiian Electric's CEO over the company's role in the Maui wildfires in August.
Moody's
Moody’s: Permitting Process Holding Transmission Back, Risking Reliability
A report from Moody's Investors Service asserted that, despite a need for transmission investment, regulatory bottlenecking is causing significant delay for utilities.

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