Public Policy

BPA
BPA to Revamp Public Involvement Policy
Forty years after adopting a public involvement policy, the Bonneville Power Administration is reviewing the document with an eye toward bringing it into modern times.
OpenAI
Wis. PSC Staff: We Energies’ Data Center Rate Plan Lacks Consumer Safeguards
Analysts with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin said ratepayers are at risk of subsidizing data centers if We Energies’ proposed rate framework for data centers is given the go-ahead as proposed.
ACEG
ACEG Transmission Planning Report Card Gives Higher Grades for RTO Reforms
Americans for a Clean Energy Grid released an updated version of its report card, which generally shows improved scores as regions have implemented changes in the last couple of years.
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CAISO Issues 1st Report Under Independent Governance Law
CAISO released its first mandatory report under the California assembly bill that paves the way for an independent regional organization to assume responsibility over the ISO’s energy markets.
Shutterstock
NYISO Reliability Planning Under the Microscope
NYISO began what is expected to be a yearlong effort of revising its Reliability Planning Process at a Transmission Planning Advisory Subcommittee meeting.
NYSERDA
With Sunrise Wind Ruling, OSW Industry now 5-0 Against Trump Admin.
Four judges have granted all five projects under construction in U.S. waters permission to resume construction.
Meta
MISO Suggests Reliability Requirements, Partial Supply Deals to Handle Large Loads
MISO said it likely will create interconnection reliability requirements and explore new rules that could bring large customers online in stages, as capacity becomes available, to get a handle on large loads eyeing MISO locales.
AdminMonitor
ERCOT Leaned on Mobile Gens, RMR Unit During Storm
ERCOT says it leaned on Texas’ 15 mobile generating units and an RMR unit during the state’s first major cold-weather event since 2021’s disastrous Winter Storm Uri.
IESO
IESO Seeks Input on RFP for 3rd Toronto Transmission Line
IESO is seeking stakeholder input on its first competitive transmission solicitation: a $1.5 billion HVDC line under Lake Ontario that will become the third major supply line for Toronto.
EPRI
EPRI Suggests Path to Limit Grid Costs of Data Center Surge
If the incremental costs of serving the new loads are below the current average costs, new demand can actually lower average retail rates as the system costs are spread across a wider base, the report concludes.

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