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Consumer Group Says NIPSCO Affordability Crisis Direct Result of Indiana Laws
A consumer advocate says the affordability crisis dogging Northern Indiana Public Service Co.’s ratepayers is the product of an indulgent state legislature.
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FERC Oversight Hearing Focuses on Affordability and Reliability
All five FERC commissioners faced questions from the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy on how to balance reliability and affordability as demand grows.
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Facing Rising Demand, New England has Limited Options for New Supply
Conflicting political and market forces have created major uncertainty about what the next wave of generation project will look like in New England.
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U.S. Utility Rate Increase Requests Topped $30B in 2025
A newly published review of utilities serving 81.1 million U.S. customers found a total of $30.5 billion in 2025 rate hike requests — a record high, and twice as much as was sought in 2024.
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Customer Group Offers FERC Policies to Grow the Power System Affordably
The Electricity Customers Alliance released a paper offering some potential ideas FERC could take up to ensure affordability in a era of major load growth.
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PJM MRC/MC Briefs: Jan. 22, 2026
PJM presented manual revisions to clarify how resources are defined as offline for the purpose of determining whether they are eligible for lost opportunity cost credits.
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Energy Affordability Dominating State Politics Across New England
Debates about affordability continue to dominate state-level energy policy debates throughout New England, shifting the focus away from decarbonization, a panel of experienced lobbyists said.
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Maryland Governor Issues Executive Order on Affordability and Reliability
Gov. Wes Moore issued an executive order calling for reforms to boost electricity supply and ensure affordability, which will be implemented in part by the new executive director at the Maryland Energy Administration, Kelly Speakes-Backman.
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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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Transmission Delays Mean Higher Costs for Customers, Study Finds
A new report WIRES commissioned from Grid Strategies quantifies the costs consumers face from delayed transmission projects based on analysis of eight major portfolios from four different markets around the country.

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