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CAISO
EDAM Opening Schedule on Track Despite Lingering Testing Issues
It’s an “all-hands-on-deck” moment for CAISO to open its extended day-ahead market in less than two months, CAISO’s CEO Elliot Mainzer said at a Western Energy Market Board of Governors meeting.
MISO
MISO Opens 3rd Tx Project Review as Data Center Plans Conflict with Long-range Tx Timeline
MISO opened a third review of a long-range transmission project, this time because three substations are needed more than five years ahead of schedule to accommodate new data center load.
FERC
FERC’s LaCerte Clears Committee Vote on Nomination for a Full Term
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee advanced FERC Commissioner David LaCerte’s nomination for a new, full five-year term by a vote of 12-8.
Brookfield Renewable
IESO Delays 2nd Window of LT2; Lays out Reqs for Repowered Facilities
IESO officials delayed the second window of the grid operator’s second long-term resource procurement to the second quarter of 2027 and postponed the required milestone commercial operation date to 2032, in response to stakeholder feedback.
NERC
Report: GridEx VIII Highlighted Areas for Improvement
NERC's report on the GridEx VIII security exercise outlined the challenges that participants weathered during the distributed play and executive tabletop.
IESO
Ontario PMU Expansion Raises Cost Concerns
IESO’s plan to require synchrophasor data from storage resources is prompting cost concerns.
ACI
Data Centers Don’t Cause Rate Increases but Would Still be Wise to Supply Own Power
Data centers have become the whipping boy of high electric bills; consumers believe they are paying higher rates because of these power-hungry server farms. However, it is not that simple, writes Kristen Walker of The American Consumer Institute.
AES Indiana
BlackRock and Others to Take AES Corp. Private for $33B
A consortium led by BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners and Swedish private equity firm EQT AB agreed to buy AES Corp. in a deal valued at about $33.4 billion including debt.
NYISO
NYISO Exceeded Peak Winter Load Forecast in Early February
NYISO exceeded its winter baseline peak load forecast on Feb. 7, its COO told the Management Committee.
ERCOT
ERCOT, Stakeholders Digging into DRRS Ancillary Service
ERCOT plans to use a third workshop to inform the discussion with stakeholders on the Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service, which faces a June deadline to be brought before the Board of Directors.

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