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OpinionDOE’s emergency orders create a moral hazard
The U.S. Department of Energy’s use of Federal Power Act authority to keep retiring fossil fuel plants online could trigger a vicious cycle that ultimately jeopardizes grid reliability.
By Jennifer Danis • Sept. 12, 2025 -
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Senate panel approves FERC nominees Swett, LaCerte in party-line vote
The full Senate must approve the nominations of Laura Swett and David LaCerte before they can fill empty seats at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 11, 2025 -
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Power demand is rising amid dramatic shifts in federal energy policy, but technology and markets continue to push the grid toward cleaner, more distributed resources.
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OpinionAs PJM prices rise, flexibility can’t be ignored
Rather than viewing rising capacity costs as simply a burden, energy users should understand them as incentives for more efficient and dynamic loads.
By Steve Doremus • Sept. 11, 2025 -
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California legislation would expand wildfire fund, regional energy markets
The three new bills could transform Western energy markets if passed before the session ends on Friday, advocates say.
By Emma Penrod • Sept. 11, 2025 -
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Complaint over MISO’s $22B transmission portfolio faces widespread opposition
Granting the complaint from five utility commissions could delay adding power supplies in the Midcontinent region and hurt reliability, according to comments filed at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 10, 2025 -
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OpinionBlaming data centers for PJM supply challenges misses the bigger picture
Reliability will not be secured by focusing on a single industry. PJM and policymakers must take a comprehensive, solutions-oriented approach to grid management.
By Todd Snitchler • Sept. 10, 2025 -
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FERC transmission rate decision sparks dissent over possible bill increases
In the decision involving American Electric Power, Evergy and Berkshire Hathaway Energy, FERC Commissioner Lindsay See said she was open to transmission incentive reforms.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 9, 2025 -
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High costs, reduced staff hamper DOE’s tribal energy program: GAO
The tribal energy finance program has closed on just one loan guarantee since 2018. The U.S. Department of Energy says program improvements are in the works.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 9, 2025 -
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OpinionAlone we fail: The culture change needed to deliver the energy transition
What would it look like if electric utilities borrowed the digital best practices exemplified by the film, banking and telecom industries?
By Alex Thornton • Sept. 8, 2025 -
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Deep DiveClean energy developers hope for clarity in upcoming FEOC guidance
The foreign entity of concern rules in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are onerous and complicated, with “multiple traps for the unwary,” said Vinson & Elkins tax partner Lauren Collins.
By Diana DiGangi • Sept. 8, 2025 -
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Indiana governor seeks lower utility rates: ‘We can’t take it anymore.’
Utility companies that could be affected include AES, American Electric Power, CenterPoint Energy, Duke Energy and NiSource.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 8, 2025 -
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Sponsored by ScottMaddenHow about the “now”? An update on the future of gas and related gas industry proceedings
The future of gas is now, and as states determine their regulatory path forward, utilities are navigating this with regulatory dockets with customers in mind.
By Andrew Cottrell and Victoria Nielsen • Sept. 8, 2025 -
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Fed primed for rate cut as hiring slumps, unemployment inches up to 4.3%
Traders in interest rate futures, responding to new labor market data, increased the odds that the Fed will cut the benchmark interest rate by at least 0.75 percentage point before next year.
By Jim Tyson • Sept. 5, 2025 -
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Trump’s FERC nominees pledge agency independence in Senate confirmation hearing
Nominees Laura Swett and David LaCerte said they support the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s independence and the need to be agnostic on generating technologies.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 5, 2025 -
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ColumnFERC in Focus: Will the agency maintain its independence under Trump 2.0?
With two Republican nominees preparing to join the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, former commissioners, experts and agency observers say they are watching several key areas to gauge whether the body will remain autonomous.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 4, 2025 -
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Trump escalates war against offshore wind as Danish developer strikes back
The administration moved to revoke another offshore wind permit as the developer of a different blocked project filed a lawsuit.
By Meris Lutz • Sept. 4, 2025 -
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With tax credits expiring, a home electrification nonprofit is racing against the clock
Rewiring America has launched a national campaign to help homeowners take advantage of clean energy and efficiency incentives that will expire soon.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 3, 2025 -
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PJM stakeholders overwhelmingly pan proposal for data center interconnection
Amazon and others urged PJM to drop the proposal and instead focus on how to improve load forecasting, bolster the grid interconnection process and strengthen regional transmission planning.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 3, 2025 -
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OpinionRethinking transmission policy for an energy emergency
While a bidding process is often presumed to deliver consumer benefits, bidding efforts for transmission have not followed that pattern.
By Benjamin Dierker • Sept. 2, 2025 -
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Appellate court rules Trump’s global tariffs illegal, but delays action
The court intends to strike down the tariffs by mid-October, pending a Supreme Court review of the ruling.
By Antone Gonsalves • Sept. 2, 2025 -
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PJM faces possible long-term ‘energy emergency’: DOE
The Department of Energy ordered Constellation to keep running units in Pennsylvania while groups challenge the emergency orders. “A ‘growing … concern’ is not an emergency,” consumer advocates said.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 2, 2025 -
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Sponsored by E3The next 30 years of power prices
Demand is rising everywhere. See how growth, tariffs and data centers play out in each market.
By Energy and Environmental Economics (E3) • Sept. 2, 2025 -
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OpinionUnconstitutional: Utilities are funding political speech with captive ratepayer funds
When ratepayers are forced to subsidize utility political activity through state-set rates, utilities and the state compel objecting ratepayers to fund a private company's political speech.
By Eliza Martin • Aug. 28, 2025 -
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Illinois regulators, others urge FERC to dismiss Ameren push to build $1.9B in MISO projects
Ameren Illinois contends it has the right to build 765-kV transmission projects in Illinois that are part of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator’s Tranche 2.1 regional plan.
By Ethan Howland • Aug. 28, 2025 -
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Tariffs pose ‘elevated risk’ of unleashing high inflation: Atlanta Fed
“Firms with supply chains that rely on imported goods have revised up their year-ahead [price] expectations markedly,” economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta said.
By Jim Tyson • Aug. 28, 2025
