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NASEO Panel Explores Coordinated Planning to Meet Demand Growth
The U.S. electric power industry faces unprecedented challenges from the size, pace and impacts of demand growth and should look to new approaches for possible solutions, according to speakers at NASEO’s Energy Policy Outlook Conference.
Dominion Energy
PJM TEAC Briefs: Feb. 4, 2025
PJM's Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee heard a presentation about the preliminary 2029 congestion results in the 2024/25 Base Case.
SPP
SPP Board/Regional State Committee Briefs: Feb. 3-4, 2025
SPP’s Board of Directors has approved a one-time process to quickly add generation so load-responsible entities can meet their resource adequacy needs under the grid operator’s planning reserve margin requirements.
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MISO TOs Take ROE Battle to DC Circuit Court Again
MISO transmission owners have again taken arguments against FERC’s most recent return on equity decision to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Oregon Utilities Enter 2025 With Ambitious Wildfire Plans
Increased wildfire risk in the Pacific Northwest has spurred utilities to adjust their operations to account for climate change and other contributing factors to better fight and predict fires going into 2025.
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SCE Probes Link Between Equipment and Eaton Fire

Southern California Edison told the California Public Utilities Commission it is reviewing videos suggesting a link between its equipment and the devastating Eaton Fire.

Xcel Energy
Xcel Sees Little Effect from Executive Orders on Energy
Xcel Energy CEO Bob Frenzel said the Trump administration’s energy-related executive orders will have little effect on the company’s operations.
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FERC’s Christie Discusses Making Electricity More Affordable at NASEO
FERC Chair Mark Christie gave public remarks to NASEO's conference, laying out some of the major issues the agency will tackle under his leadership.
SPP
SPP Board Approves 8 Urgent Short-term Projects
SPP’s Board of Directors approved eight short-term reliability projects, a $3.15 billion package with immediate transmission needs for this year through 2028.
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NYPA Argues Clean Path Potential Benefits Outweigh Cost
The New York Power Authority updated its petition to the Department of Public Service to get priority status for the transmission portion of the Clean Path project.

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