March 10, 2025

Public Policy

PJM
Policymakers Working to Meet Spiking Demand of Data Centers in Virginia
Demand growth in Northern Virginia's power-hungry Data Center Alley is accelerating, and policymakers are trying to ensure new demand can be met reliably.
California Assembly
Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Turn CAISO into RTO
A key California lawmaker introduced a bill to allow CAISO to become a Western RTO by expanding its governance to include representatives from other states.
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Dominion Energy Sees Loss in Q4; Earnings Fall for 2022
Dominion announced its 4th quarter earnings, and CEO Robert Blue discussed legislation in Virginia that would reform how the firm regulated in its main state.
Navisun
NJ Gov., Lawmakers Move Toward Updated Clean Energy Goals
New Jersey officials are updating the clean energy strategy that steered the state to becoming one of the most aggressive carbon reducers in the nation.
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WECC Panel Challenges Conventional Views on Grid Reliability
The electric sector must fundamentally reconsider how it measures and manages grid reliability, speakers on a WECC panel said.
SPP
SPP Regional State Committee Briefs: Jan. 30, 2023
SPP’s state commissioners have approved staff’s proposed cost allocation for the projects in its Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue study portfolio.
Faith Krausman
Electric MHD Truck Incentives Promoted in NJ
The state is seeking to stoke interest in EV truck purchases as it prepares to launch a $46M second phase of its incentive program for fleet chargers.
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FERC Orders Changes to PacifiCorp and NV Energy Interconnection Rules
FERC ordered show cause proceedings on PacifiCorp’s and NV Energy’s interconnection rules while approving changes to limit speculative projects in Nevada.
Austin Energy
ERCOT Briefs: Week of Jan. 30, 2023
Icy weather knocked more than 400,000 Texas customers offline last week, but all outages were at the local distribution level.
Energy Innovation
Report: IRA Makes Renewables Cheaper than Virtually All US Coal Plants
A new report found that nearly all coal plants studied “are more expensive to run than replacing their generation capacity with either new solar or wind.”

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