March 13, 2025

Public Policy

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Eversource Calls on Feds to Prepare Emergency Actions for New England
Eversource Energy, New England’s largest utility, is piling on to calls for winter help from the federal government.
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Maine Voters to Decide on Upending Utility Landscape in 2023
Maine voters may have the chance to upend the state’s utility landscape and send its two biggest players packing in November 2023.
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Transmission Conference Focuses on Reliability, Interconnection
Stakeholders and regulators concerned about extreme weather and clogged interconnection queues are also encouraged by FERC’s proposed rulemakings on the issues.
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PG&E to Offer Nation’s First V2G Export Rate
Pacific Gas and Electric received regulatory approval to establish the nation’s first vehicle-to-grid export rates for commercial EVs, including school buses.
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NYISO RNA Raises Concerns over Timing of Peaker Unit Retirements
NYISO’s draft Reliability Needs Assessment found no reliability issues until 2032 but identified tightening transmission security and resource adequacy margins.
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SPP Board Bypasses Stakeholders on PRM Obligation Exemptions
SPP’s board gave its state regulators the go-ahead to file a tariff change allowing LREs to receive exemptions for not meeting their PRM obligation.
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Effective Transmission Planning Requires Western RTO, Panelists Say
A Western RTO will be necessary to build the kind of grid needed to meet states' GHG goals, according to speakers on a panel hosted by ACEG.
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MISO Members Revisit Possibility of Resilience Obligations
MISO members reopened the idea that the grid operator enact resilience criteria within its footprint.
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ESSC To-do List: Labor Shortage, Forest Management, Transformers
The Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council is discussing how the industry can deploy newfound federal funding to accelerate the energy transition.
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NJ BPU OKs $1.07B OSW Transmission Expansion
New Jersey regulators voted to spend $1.07 billion on transmission upgrades to deliver 6,400 MW of offshore wind generation to the PJM grid.

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