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White House names energy attorney Swett to replace FERC’s Christie
The move comes as the White House appears to be exerting a growing influence over independent agencies like the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the R Street Institute’s Devin Hartman said.
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Diverse market regions highlight resource adequacy challenge at FERC conference
FERC Chairman Mark Christie posed a hypothetical question: Should the commission require grid operators to establish mandatory reserve margins for all load-serving entities?
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Port of Los Angeles presses ahead with EV transition amid regulation changes
The port will use Clean Truck Fund revenue to finance charging infrastructure and truck purchase vouchers.
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Electricity consumer groups urge FERC to improve load forecasts
Load forecasts, which are surging, can affect wholesale electricity prices and resources adequacy, but they are rife with uncertainty and lack transparency, the groups said.
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OpinionData center growth and the imperative of economic discipline
Grid access must be treated as a scarce, priced product. That means building markets for interconnection capacity, avoiding socialized costs and ensuring that those who impose system costs bear them.
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House budget bill would kill 330K solar, storage jobs: SEIA
The Solar Energy Industries Association is lobbying the Senate to revise the House’s rollback of IRA tax credits during budget negotiations, citing estimated job losses in every state.
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Bipartisan bill proposes $50M cyber threat analysis program for energy sector
“Our national security depends on a resilient and secure energy grid,” said Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo. Experts say the new effort would be welcomed by the private sector.
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Amazon, Google exploring all options for meeting growing power needs
“I think we have to be careful that we don't over-generalize the solution to the growth question,” said Will Conkling, Google’s head of data center energy, Americas.
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Anti-renewables bills die in Texas House, but may reemerge in 2027
Experts said three bills would have raised power prices, hurt reliability and reduced investment. Oil and gas producers were part of a broad coalition in opposition.
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OpinionThink small: Why America should bet on small modular reactors
To reach their potential, SMRs will require effective support across the entire development cycle — and a sustained commitment based on bipartisan, long-term political backing.
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Congress votes to rescind California vehicle emissions waiver
Clean vehicle advocates say air quality and public health will suffer; auto and petroleum industry lobbyists supported the move to end California’s authority under the Clean Air Act.
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DOE orders Constellation to delay retiring 760 MW to ease PJM ‘emergency’
The U.S. Department of Energy partly based its action on a PJM Interconnection warning that it may need to call on demand response resources to keep the lights on under extreme conditions this summer.
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NRC approves NuScale’s small modular reactor plant design
The May 29 approval was NuScale’s second since 2020 and positions the Oregon-based nuclear technology developer as “the most near-term American SMR power solution,” the company said.
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OpinionFERC skimps on winter storm details as staffing cuts threaten future reporting
While FERC’s recent report includes data on generator failures, there’s essentially no discussion or data regarding which types of resources failed — a crucial question in need of answers.
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Amid rising energy prices, senators call for EPA to maintain Energy Star
Every dollar spent on the Energy Star program has resulted in nearly $350 in energy cost savings for business and households, according to Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz.
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Transformer, breaker backlogs persist, despite reshoring progress
Manufacturers have been slow to invest in U.S. capacity amid uncertainty over long-term electricity demand. That’s changing, but there’s a long way to go, experts say.
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DOE cancels $3.7B in carbon capture, decarbonization awards
Calpine, PPL Corp., Ørsted and Exxon Mobil are among the companies affected by the decision.
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OpinionWhy better monitoring of US transformers is a national security imperative
Losing even a small number of transformers can trigger cascading blackouts and we no longer have the spare capacity or supply chains to quickly recover.
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NRC environmental assessment: ‘no significant impact’ from Palisades reactor restart
The environmental assessment moves the first U.S. nuclear power plant restart one step closer to fruition, a Holtec International spokesperson said.
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Trade panel clears path for higher tariffs on some solar imports
The U.S. International Trade Commission’s vote “clears the way” to set even higher solar import tariffs on four Southeast Asian countries, said attorney Tim Brightbill.
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Clean power deployments neared record in Q1, but development pipeline growth slowed: ACP
Utility-scale solar and energy storage have made inroads in the Midwest and South, but political uncertainty could quash the momentum, the American Clean Power Association said.
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California’s solar, wind curtailment jumped 29% in 2024: EIA
California is pursuing options such as increasing battery storage and using excess renewable energy to make hydrogen, said the Energy Information Administration.
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OpinionIRA tax credits spur construction, manufacturing in red and blue states
Repealing the Inflation Reduction Act could slow our ability to build more power generation and increase the risk of rolling blackouts and higher energy costs.
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FERC ALJ order threatens competitive transmission cost caps: CAISO
The issue centers on cost recovery for a $553 million transmission line between Arizona and California built by a Lotus Infrastructure Partners affiliate.
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California could nearly double generation capacity using surplus interconnection: UC Berkeley report
The authors say about 16 GW of thermal capacity — dominated by gas — is operating below a 15% capacity factor, making it ripe for adding solar, wind or storage.
