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California Lawmakers to Discuss Amendment Requests to Pathways Bill
TURN is finding some success in getting California state lawmakers to address the group’s concerns about what the Trump administration might do if the state moves forward with plans to hand over control of CAISO’s energy markets to an independent regional organization.
Xcel Energy
Xcel ‘Optimistic’ It Will Handle Tariffs, Trade War
Xcel CEO Bob Frenzel tried to reassure the investment community that the company is better prepared for a trade war and President Trump's tariffs during a first-quarter earnings call.
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Texas PUC Approves 765-kV Transmission Option for Permian Basin
The Texas Public Utility Commission approved a plan that allows ERCOT to authorize the region’s first extra-high-voltage transmission lines and meet the petroleum-rich Permian Basin’s rapidly growing power needs. 
ITC Midwest
Consumer Groups Invoke DOJ Stance in Stalled Complaint on ROFRs in MISO Planning
A collective of consumer groups has invoked a recent letter from the U.S. Department of Justice in an attempt to get FERC to act on its three-year-old complaint against MISO deferring to state right of first refusal laws in regional planning.
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Oregon House Passes Bill to Shift Energy Costs onto Data Centers
The Oregon House of Representatives voted in favor of a bill that would require data center developers to shoulder a larger share of their own energy costs in an effort to mitigate risk to smaller consumers.
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Maine PUC Seeking Feedback on Transmission, Generation Procurement
The Maine PUC is seeking feedback and indications of interest for a procurement of generation and transmission capacity to connect at least 1,200 MW of clean energy in Northern Maine to ISO-NE.
ACORE
ACORE Report Explains How to Get Advanced Transmission in Regional Plans
ACORE released a report arguing that transmission planners need to take advantage of advanced technologies and can do so as they implement FERC Order 1920.
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FERC Approves PJM-Pa. Agreement on Capacity Price Cap, Floor
FERC approved a PJM proposal to limit capacity prices to between $175 and $325/MW-day for the next two Base Residual Auctions, resolving a complaint from Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.
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Calif. Senate Committee Backs Pathways Initiative Bill
A California senate committee voted unanimously in favor of the Pathways bill, bringing the Golden State closer to allowing CAISO to cede oversight of its energy markets to an independent RO.
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Load Growth Dominates Discussions at GCPA’s Spring Conference
Rapid demand growth within ERCOT was a major point of discussion at the Gulf Coast Power Association's recent Spring Conference.

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