Energy Efficiency
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The Pacific Northwest is on track to meet energy efficiency goals set in the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s 2021 power plan after having saved 160 aMW through improvements in 2024, the council said in a news release.
ISO-NE
The New England wholesale electricity markets performed competitively in 2024, while decreased imports and higher emissions compliance rates increased overall market costs, the ISO-NE Internal Market Monitor told the NEPOOL Participants Committee.
IESO
IESO officials say they will release more information on how the ISO constructed its study of the potential for incremental energy savings in Toronto after stakeholders complained they lack enough details to comment meaningfully.
IESO
IESO will expand its industrial demand-side management program, increasing funding and allowing both larger and smaller participants than currently permitted.
NJ BPU
New Jersey faces tough decisions on how to balance the risk of blackouts against the cost of reducing their frequency as the state confronts the unprecedented future energy demand surge facing the region.
The Brattle Group
A CATF report argues that planners need to use demand-side resources, grid-enhancing technologies and other quick-to-deploy resources as part of a "least-regrets" effort to meet growing demand.
Dominion Energy
The Virginia SCC ordered changes to Dominion's IRP filings, requiring scenarios that meet state clean energy goals and have an increased level of storage, efficiency and demand-side management.
MISO
MISO said it no longer will recognize energy efficiency as a capacity resource beginning with the 2026/27 auction.
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A new Clean Energy States Alliance report highlights how states are tackling the rise in electricity demand, which varies based on factors such as the scale of demand growth they face and their geography.
Ontario Ministry of Energy & Mines
Ontario is putting its chips on nuclear power and natural gas to meet its growing energy demand while directing IESO to incorporate gas distributors and the province’s economic development goals in its system planning.
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