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ERCOT’s Revised CDR Report Met with Doubts
ERCOT released its semiannual but delayed Capacity, Demand and Reserves report that provides potential future planning reserve margins five years into the future that some say are "scary."
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Utilities Pushing for Return to Owning Generation in Pennsylvania
Spiking capacity prices in PJM have PPL and Exelon pushing for a potential return to utility-owned generation in Pennsylvania, which three former PUC chairs warned would be harmful to consumers.
Commonwealth LNG
DOE Conditionally Approves Commonwealth LNG to Export
DOE announced the first approval for LNG exports from a domestic facility, the normal resumption of which is a key policy goal of the administration.
Tacoma Public Utilities
Tacoma Power to Join SPP’s Markets+
Tacoma Power has signed an agreement to join SPP’s Markets+, making the Washington utility the second Pacific Northwest entity to commit to participating in the market in the past month.
Barton Malow
DTE Energy Ups 5-Year Plan to $30B
DTE Energy’s five-year capital expenditure plan now calls for $30 billion in investment, up $5 billion.
Duke Energy
Duke Spending Big to Meet Increasing Load Growth in the Late 2020s
Duke Energy’s leadership changed the guard during its first-quarter earnings call as retiring CEO Lynn Good and her replacement, Harry Sideris, split the presentation. 
Dominion Energy
Dominion Sees Sharp Rise in Forecast for New Data Center Load
Dominion Energy CEO Bob Blue discussed continued growth in data center demand, offshore wind and the firm's Connecticut nuclear plant during the company's Q4 earnings call.
Eversource Energy
Eversource to Boost Grid Investments by $1.9B After Exiting Wind, Water
Eversource Energy executives announced during the company’s year-end earnings call its plan to increase investments in its “core electric and natural gas operations” by $1.9 billion in 2025-2028.
ITC Midwest
Incumbent Utilities Make Case for ROFR Laws in New Report
A band of incumbent utilities has collected case studies that they say demonstrate the need to instate or maintain the right of first refusal for the good of grid expansion.
NYISO
NYISO Liaison Subcommittee Briefs: Feb. 11, 2025
NYISO still is looking for clarification on President Donald Trump’s pending 10% tariff on energy imports, Mark Seibert, manager of ISO member relations, told the Liaison Subcommittee 

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