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Phillips exits FERC, leaving a seat for Trump to fill
The White House has been considering replacement candidates from a pool of conservative lawyers with experience at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, according to R Street’s Devin Hartman.
By Ethan Howland • April 23, 2025 -
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Climate advocates brace for Trump executive order targeting nonprofits’ tax exempt status
Environmental groups are anticipating attempts to revoke their tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status, and some are vowing to fight any such attempts.
By Diana DiGangi • April 22, 2025 -
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TrendlineThe Energy Transition to Renewables
Rising demand for power is continuing to drive demand for renewables, but policy uncertainty and mixed signals from the Trump administration add to existing challenges.
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OpinionHow AI data centers can support grid reliability in Texas and across the US
An Enhanced Reliability Interconnection framework would prioritize connections to the grid for large loads that improve reliability through flexibility and behind-the-meter generation.
By Gideon Powell and Josh T. Smith • April 22, 2025 -
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FERC approves PJM capacity auction price cap, floor
The PJM Interconnection’s next two base capacity auctions will have a $325/MW-day price cap and a $175/MW-day floor.
By Ethan Howland • April 22, 2025 -
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Atlanta to launch Climate Resilience Action Plan
The city plans to move forward even as federal support is uncertain and the plan’s focus on energy burden equity has put it in the Trump administration’s crosshairs.
By Robyn Griggs Lawrence • April 21, 2025 -
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Clean energy groups urge FERC to reject MISO interconnection plan for replacing retiring power plants
However, Alliant Energy, other utilities and state utility regulators support the proposal to create a new pathway for connecting replacement generation to the grid.
By Ethan Howland • April 21, 2025 -
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As Trump targets clean energy, will utilities embrace DERs and VPPs?
Though early Trump policies have been broadly unfavorable to utility-scale wind, solar and energy storage, experts are bullish on distributed generation and flexible loads.
By Brian Martucci • April 21, 2025 -
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Cold-weather grid performance improves, plus 4 other FERC open meeting takeaways
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Mark Christie defended the PJM Interconnection amid an uproar over its capacity market.
By Ethan Howland • April 18, 2025 -
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EPA granted appellate stay after judge rules to end GGRF funding freeze
A judge ruled Tuesday to end the freeze and allow grantees to access their funding, but appellate judges granted EPA a stay on that injunction late Wednesday.
By Diana DiGangi • April 17, 2025 -
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Trump administration ordered to resume IRA funding
The decision, which stated federal agencies lacked authority to pause funding, follows the president’s executive order to freeze the money on his first day in office.
By Kate Magill • April 17, 2025 -
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SMRs, not large reactors, are ‘future of nuclear power’: ITIF
Small reactors could become a key U.S. export if DOE expands support for advanced nuclear technology and the federal government aligns regulations with friendly countries, the think tank said.
By Brian Martucci • April 16, 2025 -
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Trump exempts more than a third of US coal capacity from updated mercury, air toxics rule
Power plant owners receiving the largest exemptions are Southern Co., at about 11,285 MW; NRG Energy, at about 7,100 MW; and the Tennessee Valley Authority, at about 6,660 MW.
By Ethan Howland • Updated April 17, 2025 -
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FERC should order PJM to rerun last capacity auction: ratepayer advocates
Separately, Manu Asthana, PJM Interconnection president and CEO, plans to step down from his job at the end of this year, the grid operator said Monday.
By Ethan Howland • April 15, 2025 -
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OpinionUtilities are shedding crocodile tears over community solar ‘cost-shift’
Regulators and utilities should compensate community solar fairly for the money-saving value those facilities and their subscribers bring to the grid system.
By Karl Rábago • April 14, 2025 -
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OpinionThe power industry must oppose Trump’s coal bailout ... again
The executive order threatens to conflict with existing methods for accrediting generators, assessing resource adequacy, securing sufficient generation and setting wholesale prices. It’s also illegal.
By Ari Peskoe • April 11, 2025 -
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OpinionThe AI infrastructure race hits a political reality check
The AI-driven data center boom has created demand for land, electricity and water, a dynamic that has spawned growing opposition from communities, utility grid operators and regulators.
By Joe Brettell and Jeff Berkowitz • April 10, 2025 -
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Trump directs FERC, other agencies to add 5-year sunsets to energy-related regulations
The executive order is “impossible to implement [and] blatantly illegal,” according to Harvard Law School’s Ari Peskoe.
By Ethan Howland • April 10, 2025 -
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PJM, Google partner to speed grid interconnection using AI
The initiative aims to integrate dozens of PJM interconnection-related databases and tools into a unified model of PJM’s network, helping to bring power supplies online faster.
By Ethan Howland • April 10, 2025 -
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Lawmakers mull government-wide supply chain improvement effort
Congress is debating the Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act at a time when demand for electricity is rising and supplies of critical grid equipment are constrained.
By Robert Walton • April 10, 2025 -
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Trump aims to boost coal, in part by ordering power plants to stay open
However, the executive orders will likely have little effect on coal-fired generation, according to analysts.
By Ethan Howland • April 9, 2025 -
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OpinionHydrogen hubs are a bipartisan effort that supports US energy dominance
These projects are a cost-effective way to leverage existing energy resources, and they support efforts to increase U.S. energy production and enhance our energy independence.
By Mark Menezes and Frank Wolak • April 8, 2025 -
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Utilities, state regulators urge FERC to approve MISO’s fast-track interconnection plan
However, independent power producers, former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission members and others said it favors incumbent utilities and should be rejected.
By Ethan Howland • April 8, 2025 -
FERC urged to reject proposed ROE, incentives for $3B Valley Link transmission project
Transource Energy, Dominion Energy and FirstEnergy contend the incentives are needed to reduce the project’s risks.
By Ethan Howland • April 7, 2025 -
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LS Power eyes 300-MW colocated data center at Virginia power plant
The plan raises reliability and cost allocation issues, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday.
By Ethan Howland • April 7, 2025 -
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OpinionHow FERC is working to boost power supplies while managing the price tag
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has focused on reforms to transmission planning and grid interconnection rules while approving market expansions.
By Amy Akers • April 4, 2025
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