Summarizing the findings from its 2025 Level 2 alert on large loads, NERC warned most entities have not met its recommendations.

Gaming by different stakeholders can present regulators with biased forecasts, which would require special regulatory-staff expertise to uncover, warns energy consultant Kenneth W. Costello.

MISO’s inaugural long-term load forecasting survey among its membership uncovered the possibility of 82 GW of data center load additions by 2044.

PJM’s Julia Spatafore presented a quick-fix proposal to model battery storage dispatch in Regional Transmission Expansion Plan base cases.

MISO has deferred plans for an all-encompassing future-looking assessment that relies on member data after state regulators appeared hesitant about the move.

The California Energy Commission signed off on a forecast showing the state's electricity consumption could surge by as much as 61% over the next 20 years, mostly from increased EV adoption.

PJM’s 2027/28 Base Residual Auction procured 134,479 MW in unforced capacity at the $333.44/MW-day maximum price, falling 6,623 MW short of the reliability requirement and setting a clearing price record.

PJM staff plan to recommend an $11.6 billion package of transmission projects intended to address rising load growth in the east of the RTO’s footprint.

PJM’s forecasting of hourly peak loads continued to improve in November, with an error rate of just 1.17%, staff told the RTO’s Operating Committee.

The PJM Members Committee voted against each of the dozen proposals brought to address rising data center load as part of the RTO’s Critical Issue Fast Path process.