Biden’s infrastructure plan includes a 10-year extension of the ITC for solar and storage, a new Grid Deployment Authority at DOE.

The CPUC and CAISO instituted new resource adequacy requirements and conservation programs in preparation for the coming summer.

FERC reversed its ruling giving state regulators power to prevent demand response from participating in DER aggregations.

FERC reversed its decision not to exempt commercial demand response programs from NYISO’s BSM rules.

The NYISO Business Issues Committee approved revisions to its Installed Capacity and Transmission and Dispatch Operations Manuals.

FERC allowed MISO to edit its tariff to clear up performance rules for load-modifying resources. Its new ruleset clarifies how performance is evaluated.

PJM stakeholders at the MRC rejected two proposals aimed at addressing a dispute over black start units' capital recovery factor.

Utility disregard and an absence of state policy is holding back energy efficiency in the Southeast, the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy said.

Pennsylvania is considering spending its proceeds from RGGI on energy efficiency and renewable development, a state official told an Infocast conference.

Decarbonization advocates said they hope energy efficiency is one issue that will attract bipartisan support in a narrowly divided Congress.