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Washington’s Ecology Department clarified that cap-and-invest rules that apply to CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market also will cover the ISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market when it begins operations in 2026.
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The Ontario Energy Board plans a 22% increase in its 2025/26 budget with the addition of 32 employees, its biggest hiring surge in at least five years.
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The California Public Utilities Commission approved guidelines for utilities to use to design dynamic electricity rates, with one commissioner asking for more research on whether implementing such rates will leave some customers further behind financially.
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ERCOT stakeholders at the Infocast Texas Clean Energy Summit discussed tariff trade wars, supply chain issues, data centers and the latest biennial legislative session in Texas that concluded with Senate Bill 6.
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Parties filed their first briefs in the appeal of FERC Order 1920, which mandated changes to regional transmission planning and cost-allocation rules.
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Though progress on legislative action has stalled, permitting reform remains a vital step forward — one where policymakers can make a meaningful difference. As Congress reconvenes, this critical issue is back on the table, says Todd Snitchler.
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The California Public Utilities Commission approved a decision to significantly increase to Pacific Gas & Electric’s cost cap for customer energization projects in 2025 and 2026.
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Oregon regulators have approved PacifiCorp's request for proposals for renewable resources, saying the utility must accept bids for resources with conditional firm transmission.
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After months of negotiations, the author of the California legislation needed to transform CAISO’s market into an independent regional energy market for the West is confident the state legislature will have a bill to vote on before the session wraps up
Lawrence Berkley National Lab
Two new data sets show the industry has started to cut back on record high interconnection queue levels from last year as reforms have started to take hold.
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