PJM has withdrawn its non-capacity backed load proposal, shifting the focus of its solution for rising large load additions to creating a parallel resource interconnection queue and reworking price-responsive demand.

NYISO released an updated draft of its Comprehensive Reliability Plan for 2025-2034 that calls for the acceleration of new generation development and preservation of “critical, dispatchable capability.”

The Western Power Pool’s Board of Directors denied PacifiCorp’s request to postpone the deadline by which Western Resource Adequacy Program participants must commit to the first “binding” phase of the program.

Citing growing demand for power and gas, FERC removed regulations that paused pipeline construction pending appeals after developers said it led to too many delays and costs.

MISO wants to increase the number of generation projects it may study under its interconnection queue express lane from 10 to 15 per quarter.

Rising demand and power bills are giving an extra push to expand demand-side management programs, but experts said the industry needs to do more to educate consumers to take advantage of the resources.

FERC approved Tri-State Generation and Transmission’s request to update a program designed to allow its member utilities more flexibility in how they procure power.

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.

FERC Commissioners Judy Chang and Lindsay See endorsed a letter by Chair David Rosner on the sharing of best practices around load forecasting in light of growing demand driven by data centers.