February 7, 2025

Generation

House Energy & Commerce Committee
House Hearing Examines How to Ensure US ‘Energy Dominance’
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy looked into how to meet demand growth in its first hearing of the new Congress, which showed a clear partisan divide on how to meet it.
Georgia Power
Georgia Power Proposes Nuclear Uprate, Delay in Fossil Retirement
Georgia’s largest electric utility said the moves are driven by 8.2 GW of anticipated load growth through the end of 2030
Shutterstock
Arizona Electric Utilities Team Up to Pursue Nuclear
Arizona Public Service, Salt River Project and Tucson Electric Power announced they are jointly exploring the possibility of adding nuclear generation. 
Atlantic Council
North American Trade War Averted as Canada, Mexico Strike Deals
A North American trade war was delayed for a month at least as Canada and Mexico struck deals with President Trump that delayed potential tariffs for a month.
Dominion Energy
PJM Network Upgrades Boost Cost of Dominion OSW Project 9%
Dominion Energy reported that its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project will cost 9% more than initially expected, thanks to higher-than-expected PJM network upgrade costs.
Heitman
Judge Issues Restraining Order on Trump Admin over Funding Pause
D.C. District Court Judge Loren AliKhan issued a temporary restraining order on OMB from pausing all federal grants and loans.
TVA
ACORE Presses Congress to Order Improvements in TVA Planning, Oversight
ACORE says Congress could take steps to establish more comprehensive transmission and generation planning within the TVA.
TVA
TVA CEO Jeff Lyash Announces Plans to Retire
TVA CEO Jeff Lyash announced plans to retire “no later than the end of the fiscal year” after running the federal power authority for nearly six years.
Invenergy
FERC Approves Annual Megawatt Cap for MISO Interconnection Queue
FERC has given MISO an all-clear to cap project hopefuls lining up for its overflowing generator interconnection queue at 50% of the RTO’s peak load.
Bonneville Power Administration
BPA Employees Confront Trump’s ‘Fork in the Road’
Employees of the Bonneville Power Administration received the same buyout offer from the Trump administration as millions of other federal workers — despite the agency's self-funding model.

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