Á la carte energy market will give Western states choice, flexibility and reliability

The new Regional Organization for Western Energy will offer affordable, reliable energy services, and states can take what they need, writes Advanced Energy United’s Brian Turner.

By Brian Turner • Sept. 26, 2025

It’s all one system: Integrate transmission and interconnection planning to support load growth

Maintaining disparate planning processes for the wires needed to deliver power increases costs and delays, writes FERC Commissioner Judy Chang.

By Judy W. Chang, Steven Wellner and Kathleen Ratcliff • Sept. 26, 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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This week in 5 numbers: Rising demand, rising rates

A wildfire settlement and lengthy transmission timelines are also among the notable numbers in the electric utility sector this week.

By Meris Lutz • Sept. 26, 2025

Cities and states split on EPA proposal to repeal endangerment finding

Mayors and attorneys general submitted opposing letters on the rule underpinning regulations that aim to cut emissions from the power, auto and fossil fuel sectors.

By Robyn Griggs Lawrence • Sept. 25, 2025

2.1-GW SOO Green transmission project advances with Iowa agreement

The project developers aim to bring low-cost clean energy from the Midcontinent Independent System Operator into the PJM Interconnection while bolstering grid reliability.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 25, 2025

PJM CEO Asthana responds to criticism, says states must address supply challenges

“If our [power] plants run into a hostile siting and permitting regime, they will not get built,” PJM President and CEO Manu Asthana said.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 24, 2025

Analysts see possible early signs of demand growth in EIA’s latest update

Total net electricity generation and retail sales were up 3.8% and 2.6%, respectively, this July compared with the same month last year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. 

By Meris Lutz • Sept. 24, 2025

GHG Protocol prioritizes looking good over doing good

The focus of the GHG Protocol should not be to back usage claims about what power a company is consuming, but to measure carbon emissions as accurately as possible, writes Lee Taylor, CEO of REsurety.

By Lee Taylor • Sept. 24, 2025

Carbon markets are incomplete without nuclear

Major carbon standards do not allow nuclear projects to generate credits, distorting the market, writes Guido Núñez-Mujica, director of data science at the Anthropocene Institute.

By Guido Núñez-Mujica • Sept. 23, 2025

States threaten to leave PJM without expanded role in grid operator

“If PJM refuses to change, we will be forced to go in a different direction,” said Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 23, 2025

Newsom signs California energy package into law

The new provisions seek to address rising electricity costs, wildfire mitigation and climate funding. The package includes a revolving fund for transmission and a blueprint for a regional Western electricity market. 

By Meris Lutz • Sept. 23, 2025

AI’s electricity demand is a challenge utilities can’t ignore, but subsidies aren’t the solution

Utilities need portfolios that balance renewables and natural gas with long-duration storage, writes Stefan Pastine, CEO of semiconductor materials company Thintronics.

By Stefan Pastine • Sept. 22, 2025

House passes bill to fast-track dispatchable generation interconnection

Power projects that are shown to address grid reliability needs could jump ahead in interconnection queues under the GRID Power Act.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 19, 2025

The future of virtual power plants is technology agnostic

Interoperability is crucial for deploying certain consumer technologies efficiently at scale, writes Molly Podolefsky, a managing director at Clarum Advisors.

By Molly Podolefsky • Sept. 19, 2025

FERC orders New England transmission owners to give more info on upgrade projects

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission also advanced reliability standards and rules on Southwest Power Pool refunds at its open meeting on Thursday.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 19, 2025

Residential electricity rates up 6.6% over last year as gas prices rise

All sectors saw an increase in price, as measured in revenues per kWh. But the rise was not evenly distributed, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

By Emma Penrod • Sept. 19, 2025

New FERC Chairman Rosner outlines priorities: ‘We need to build, build, build.’

At the agency's open meeting, Commissioner Lindsay See highlighted the tension between issuing orders swiftly and ensuring those decisions are “worth their weight” in court.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 19, 2025

DOE seeks comment on large-scale generation, transmission development

The “Speed to Power” initiative could boost grid reliability and affordability, but only if all energy resources are included, said John Moore, director of the Sustainable FERC Project.

By Robert Walton • Updated Sept. 22, 2025

Fed trims main rate by quarter-point, forecasts two more cuts this year

Policymakers reduced borrowing costs for the first time in 2025 as concerns about a decline in hiring prompted them to put on hold efforts to curb inflation to their 2% target.

By Jim Tyson • Sept. 18, 2025

Keeping America’s lights on: a pragmatic path forward

Policymakers have a vital role in ensuring that a lack of energy does not become America’s Achilles’ heel.

By Brigham McCown • Sept. 18, 2025

Bipartisan House group releases permitting reform ‘framework’

This and other permitting reform efforts — supported by groups like the Edison Electric Institute — come amid rising electric demand and increasing electricity bills.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 18, 2025

Eversource faces financial risk over Trump administration’s offshore wind stop-work order: Fitch

At the same time, New Hampshire's governor signals that an Eversource Energy utility may face more regulatory challenges.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 17, 2025

Southwest Power Pool approves accelerated large load interconnection policy

The process aims to help the operator address a near-doubling of peak load expected in the next 10 years.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 17, 2025

Preparing for regulatory audits in an era of affordability scrutiny

For electric utilities, audits are about more than just compliance. They are reputational moments that can influence rate outcomes, regulatory relationships and public trust.

By Jim McMahon • Sept. 16, 2025

FERC ends effort to update its policy for reviewing gas pipeline, LNG proposals

The Department of Energy directive asking FERC to drop the rulemaking indicates that DOE may take a bigger role in the commission’s policymaking, according to Akin Gump lawyers.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 16, 2025