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FERC Approves Power Up NE Tx Filing amid Funding Uncertainty
FERC approved a guarantee for National Grid to recoup all prudently incurred costs for the company’s portion of the Power Up New England transmission project if the project is terminated due to factors outside the company’s control.
Rystad Energy
Offshore Wind Development Rebound Expected — Outside US
Rystad Energy expects capacity additions to reach 19 GW and expenditures to reach $80 billion — substantially more than the roughly 8 GW and 10 GW seen in 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Premier of Ontario
Ontario Threatens 25% Tariff on Electricity to US
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced the province will enact retaliatory 25% tariffs on its electricity transports to the U.S. or even halt exports if President Donald Trump doesn’t stand down in a burgeoning trade war.
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Former BPA Leaders Again Protest Workforce Cuts
Former BPA Administrators collaborated on a public letter distributed in the Pacific Northwest about the “tremendous risk being created” in the region by workforce reductions at the federal agency.
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ISO-NE Braces for Tariffs on Canadian Electricity
ISO-NE requested authorization from FERC to collect import tariffs while simultaneously arguing that the RTO “is not the appropriate entity” to do so.
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Will Trump Reorder Interconnection Queues for Natural Gas?
While the majority of IRA tax credits and incentives have gone to develop clean energy projects in Republican districts and states, House leadership leans heavily toward fossil fuel-producing states,
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NYISO Preparing to Collect Duties on Canadian Electricity Imports
NYISO presented the Installed Capacity Working Group with two proposals it plans to file with FERC to give itself the means to collect duties in case President Trump’s tariff on Canadian energy imports applies to electricity.
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Report: Trump Executive Orders Put 43 GW of Wind Projects at Risk
A report released in February by Aurora Energy Research has found that President Donald Trump’s executive orders have put 43 GW of East Coast offshore wind projects at risk of permitting delay.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
2 Top BPA Execs to Depart; Army Corps of Engineers also Faces Massive Cutbacks
The resignations of COO Joel Cook and Senior Vice President of Transmission Richard Shaheen are the latest in a series of unsettling developments at the federal power agency.
FERC
FERC’s Christie Says Existing Policies Can Align with Trump Order
FERC Chair Mark Christie put President Trump's executive order on independent agency actions in the context of how the commission has always interacted with the White House, but also said he will seek more clarity.

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