Special Reports & Commentary

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MISO Usage, Outages Up in Fall 2025
MISO and its Monitor tracked a rise in energy consumption in fall 2025 and reviewed some operational rough patches, while the RTO explained why its machine-learning risk predictor remains a work in progress.
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MISO Members: Large Loads are Certain, Require Rules Against Cross-subsidization
MISO members don’t doubt that large loads will turn up at the beginning of the next decade and are occupied with how the industry can make sure ratepayers don’t subsidize supersized customers.
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Energy Policy Debates Take Center Stage at gridCONNEXT Conference
Attendees at the gridCONNEXT conference, including the acting under secretary of energy and U.S. representatives, debated federal energy policy.
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What is the Outlook for Batteries in PJM?
For the first time in PJM history, the market signal for flexible capability such as battery storage is strong, consistent and grounded in clear system need, says Ali Karimian of GridBeyond.
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Raab Associates’ Restructuring Roundtable Looks Back on 30 Years
Raab Associates held its final New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable, bringing reflections from speakers about the legacy of restructuring and the future of the power sector in the region.
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New England Energy Executives Debate Markets, Affordability
An increasing political anxiety around energy affordability permeated debates about wholesale market changes, federal policy and demand growth at the annual New England Energy Summit.
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Clean Energy Must Start Post-Trump Planning Now
Livewire columnist K Kaufmann argues that clean energy supporters should focus on a strategically planned, outcome-focused, and rapidly achievable transition toward renewables.
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Whither Nuclear?
A new study makes a strong case that the cost of new nuclear plants could decline from the Vogtle experience as multiple units are constructed, says columnist Steve Huntoon.
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Panelists: U.S., Canada Bound by Interties, Mutual Interests Despite Tariff Rift
The longstanding links between U.S. and Canadian electricity grid operators won’t be easily fractured by the  tariff-driven political rift between D.C., and Ottawa, industry participants on both sides of the border say.
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Building a Resilient Grid for an Uncertain Future
Planning for the grid of the future requires increasingly sophisticated prognostication, and the industry needs to look to new data sources to model the grid of tomorrow, says columnist Dej Knuckey.

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