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The Ontario government’s efforts to align IESO and the Ontario Energy Board to make the province an energy “superpower” was the dominant theme at the 2025 Ontario Energy Conference.
Duke Energy
Duke Energy filed its long-range plan with the North Carolina Utilities Commission, calling for more natural gas-fired generation and batteries while keeping existing coal plants online to meet accelerated demand for electricity.
Corre Energy/Long Duration Energy Storage Council
IESO has increased the capacity target for its planned solicitation for long lead-time resources, even as it acknowledges questions about the need for the procurement.
PacWave
The Bonneville Power Administration has entered a five-year power purchase agreement to buy wave energy from a test facility managed by Oregon State University, the agency said in an announcement.
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The California Public Utilities Commission is preparing to overhaul its demand response programs, policies and data systems to ensure uniform DR standards statewide and better position the Golden State to meet its energy policy and emissions goals.
Western Maine Energy Storage
A developer in Maine is evaluating whether pumped storage – one of the oldest generation technologies still used on the New England grid – could play an increased role in the grid of the future.
Consumers Energy
After years of looking for a buyer, Consumers Energy announced it struck a $13 deal to sell its fleet of 13 hydroelectric dams in Michigan to a Bethesda, Md., private equity firm.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The Bonneville Power Administration estimates it would take up to seven years and billions of dollars in upgrades for the agency to handle the 65 GW of transmission service requests in the queue.
EIA
Peak electricity demand in the 48 contiguous states set records twice in the last of week of July, reaching 758,053 and 759,180 MW over one-hour periods July 28 and 29.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Customers of the Bonneville Power Administration will see power rates increase by about 8-9% over the next three years while transmission rates will jump by an average of nearly 20%, the agency said.
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