Pennsylvania has withdrawn from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative as part of an overdue budget compromise signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro.

PJM’s winter outlook found the RTO should have enough resources to meet the forecast peak load of 145,700 MW, although the reserve margin continues to decline as new resource development lags.

MISO leadership shed more light on the RTO’s need for a pilot program to estimate load growth on a 20-year horizon after stakeholders asked for details.

Several stakeholders presented proposals for how PJM could address accelerating load growth as the Critical Issue Fast Path process on large load growth wraps up its second phase.

MISO is taking load updates and stakeholder suggestions as part of a pilot program to improve its long-term load forecasting.

PJM has withdrawn its non-capacity backed load proposal, shifting the focus of its solution for rising large load additions to creating a parallel resource interconnection queue and reworking price-responsive demand.

FERC Commissioners Judy Chang and Lindsay See endorsed a letter by Chair David Rosner on the sharing of best practices around load forecasting in light of growing demand driven by data centers.

NYISO’s draft 2025-2034 Comprehensive Reliability Plan shows a wide range of possible scenarios for resource adequacy in New York, with the most negative outlook showing a deficit of up to 10 GW by 2034.

Utilities face significant forecasting risks from large loads, prompting the industry to develop various strategies to eliminate speculative projects, experts said during a Western Interstate Energy Board webinar.