March 10, 2025

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CAISO
Data Centers Contribute to 60% Increase in San Jose Load Forecast
Data centers are contributing to significant load growth and project needs in Silicon Valley, according to CAISO representatives speaking at the kickoff meeting for the ISO’s 2024/25 transmission planning process. 
Western Power Pool
WPP Board Approves WRAP Transition Plan Changes
The Western Power Pool’s Board of Directors has approved changes to the Western Resource Adequacy Program’s transition plan that include postponing the program’s “binding” phase by one year and reducing penalties for participants who come up short on RA.
MISO
MISO Tries to Win over Stakeholders on New LMR Capacity Accreditation
Stakeholders appear wary of MISO’s proposed, availability-based accreditation it plans to file with FERC by the end of the year for the RTO’s approximately 12 GW of load-modifying resources.
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Northeast Utility Commissioners Talk Costs of Grid Modernization
Increasing electricity prices must be met with a greater effort to reduce peak loads and protect low- and moderate-income ratepayers, several Northeast utility regulators said at Raab Associates’ New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable.
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Dominion CEO Says Virginia Well Poised to Meet Growing Demand
A growing economy driven by new data centers has demand surging in Dominion Energy’s utility territory, CEO Robert Blue said in a speech.
ATC and ITC Midwest
ITC President Krista Tanner Pushes for Permitting Legislation
Transmission policy has made some progress lately, but ITC President Krista Tanner came to Capitol Hill to get one more item over the finish line — the permitting bill.
Idaho Power
4 Utilities Nearly Compliant on Order 2023 Rule Changes
FERC largely approved Order 2023 compliance filings for four utilities in the West and Texas, directing them to submit further compliance filings within 60 days.
DOE
Constellation to Reopen, Rename Three Mile Island Unit 1

Constellation Energy plans to reopen Three Mile Island Unit 1 under a power purchase agreement with Microsoft to sell about 835 MW to serve the company’s data centers.

Goldman-Sachs Renewables
Berkeley Lab: Solar-storage Hybrids Reshaping the Grid
Hybrid power plants, especially projects combining solar and storage, represent a growing amount of new generation online and in interconnection queues across the U.S., signaling a shift in how renewable power can be integrated into electric power markets, according to a new report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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MISO Board Week Covers Supply Worry, SoCal Utility Exec Addition, $400M Budget
The MISO Board of Directors hit the high notes of resource adequacy anxiety, a possible new member with experience at Southern California Edison and an annual budget that will creep past $400 million.

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