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In "one of the largest and most brazen frauds in the history" of FERC, American Efficient has been ordered to pay a civil penalty of $722 million and disgorgement of unjust profits totaling about $410 million.
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FERC says it will rule in June on the advanced notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the interconnection of large loads requested by Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
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FERC Chair Laura Swett told the Energy Bar Association that she wants to push the commission’s authority as far as she can.
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Renewable energy certificate contracts signed years ago did not contain cost adjustment mechanisms and New York is refusing to consider adding them now, after construction costs soared.
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NERC's Standards Committee voted to end the ERO's standards grading initiative, which lay neglected for four years, along with a group intended to propose improvements to it.
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Despite harsh weather and unprecedented load growth expected throughout the Western Interconnection, Arizona utilities said they are well prepared to meet demand reliably in summer 2026.
PacifiCorp is on schedule to enter CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market on May 1, with the utility now in its final phase of market settlements and simulations testing.
The Bonneville Power Administration said it continues to face steep energy deficits under “firm” water conditions over the next 10 years — but the outlook is slightly better than what the agency foresaw a year ago.
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A cybersecurity expert warned listeners at an MRO-sponsored webinar that powerful quantum computers could soon make dominant security technologies obsolete.
U.S. security agencies reported an escalation of attacks against critical infrastructure by Iranian threat actors since the beginning of the war in February 2026.
Speakers at a workshop hosted by Texas RE reminded attendees that compliance with NERC's Critical Infrastructure Protection standards is not enough to ensure security.
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Panelists at the New York Energy Summit offered assessments and strategies for the obstacles facing the state’s continuing efforts toward decarbonization.
Panelists at the 2026 New York Energy Summit discussed the challenges facing the state's power grid amid a constantly shifting landscape.
Vineyard Wind is asking a court to block its turbine manufacturer from walking away from the nearly complete offshore wind project as the two squabble over hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns.
