January 27, 2025

State and Local Policy

Shutterstock
FHWA Awards $635M for EV Chargers, Hydrogen Fueling Stations
The grants represent the second round of funding from the IIJA’s $2.5 billion Charging and Fueling Infrastructure program.
Hydrostor
LPO Offers $1.76B Loan Guarantee for Compressed Air Energy Storage
The Willow Rock Energy Storage Center is expected to bolster reliability of the California grid with 500 MW/4,000-MWh of long-duration storage. 
Shutterstock
Delaware, US Wind Finalize $100M+ in Community Benefits
Delaware has finalized a benefit agreement with US Wind for allowing the developer to use a state park to run export cables from the offshore wind farms it hopes to build.
Consumers Energy
DC Circuit Rejects Challenge to FERC Approval of Indiana Pipeline
The D.C. Circuit found the commission appropriately approved a new pipeline in Indiana meant to serve new natural gas generation that the state approved.
Shutterstock
After Budget, Energy Could be a Top Priority for Md. Lawmakers
The rising opposition to the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project, a 67-mile, 500-kV transmission line, and general dissatisfaction with PJM and utility grid planning and interconnection policies, are driving new bills in the General Assembly.
Clean Path New York
NYPA Files Petition with New York PSC to Save Clean Path Project
The New York Power Authority has filed a petition with the Public Service Commission asking it to designate Clean Path NY as a Priority Transmission Project under the Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and Community Benefit Act.
Massachusetts Interagency Rates Working Group
Mass. Electricity Rates Working Group Issues Recommendations
The adoption of simple near-term rate reforms could help Massachusetts achieve its electrification goals while minimizing effects on ratepayers, an interagency working group concluded.
Shutterstock
Uncertainty Clouds NJ Clean Energy in 2025
New Jersey in 2025 faces the added uncertainty of a likely contentious governor’s race to replace clean energy champion Gov. Phil Murphy and his release of a new energy master plan.
NRC
SMR Manufacturer, Texas and Utah Sue NRC Over Licensing Requirements
SMR manufacturer Last Energy and the attorneys general of Texas and Utah sued the NRC alleging it did not need to license smaller reactors and asking the court to remove that requirement so small reactors can expand around the country.
© RTO Insider LLC 
How FERC Under Trump Might Advance Energy Affordability in 2025
The direction FERC takes during President-elect Donald Trump’s second term is up in the air, but the commission may spend some of its time attempting to cut costs to consumers.

Want more? Advanced Search