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February 3, 2026
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With Sunrise Wind Ruling, OSW Industry now 5-0 Against Trump Admin.
Components for the Sunrise Wind offshore wind project are staged in Coeymans, N.Y.
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Four judges have granted all five projects under construction in U.S. waters permission to resume construction.
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These maps show on- and off-peak average nodal prices across New York state from Jan. 19 to Jan. 29. Over that period, the average off-peak prices were higher than on-peak prices statewide.
Yes Energy
NYISO Pins High Electricity Prices on Global Gas Market
Rising electricity prices in New York are driven by the increased cost of gas because of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine War and increased LNG exports, according to a recent policy paper by NYISO.
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From left: Dan Dolan, NEPGA; Sandy Grace, National Grid; Todd Schatzki, Analysis Group; Ron Gerwatowski, Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission; Nicholas Hutchings, NextEra Energy Resources
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Facing Rising Demand, New England has Limited Options for New Supply
Conflicting political and market forces have created major uncertainty about what the next wave of generation project will look like in New England.
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Climate risks interact and compound
IPCC
Leadership in a Time of Systemic Climate Risk
Climate risk no longer is simply an environmental problem. It’s a governance, planning, and management problem. And it sits squarely on the desks of utility executives, system operators, and policymakers.
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Headquarters of Indiana Michigan Power in Fort Wayne, Ind.
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AEP, Springdale to Pay $180K in NERC Penalties
FERC approved two utilities' settlements with ReliabilityFirst for violations of NERC reliability standards covering protective relay settings.
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This Energy Information Administration chart shows monthly average wholesale electricity prices at selected trading hubs.
EIA
EIA Charts Varying Impact of Gas Prices on Electricity Costs
Average wholesale day-ahead electricity prices were higher in 2025 than in 2024 at most but not all major trading hubs in the contiguous 48 states.
CAISO Issues 1st Report Under Independent Governance Law
CAISO released its first mandatory report under the California assembly bill that paves the way for an independent regional organization to assume responsibility over the ISO’s energy markets.
FERC Approves PJM CIR Transfer Proposal
FERC approved revisions to PJM’s tariff to streamline the process for the owners of a deactivating resource to transfer its capacity interconnection rights to a new unit at the same point of interconnection.
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In its 2025 Long-Term Reliability Assessment, NERC predicted that 13 out of 23 assessment areas will face resource adequacy challenges over the next 10 years.
NERC
NERC Warns of ‘Worsening’ Resource Adequacy Through 2035
NERC's latest Long-Term Reliability Assessment projected more than half of all assessment areas will face high or elevated risk of energy shortfalls in the next 10 years.
Grid Weathers Latest Winter Storm but Still Faces Gas Coordination Problems
The North American grid made it through the winter storm of Jan. 24-26 — dubbed “Fern” by The Weather Channel — relatively unscathed, but the cold weather gripping much of the U.S. and Canada continues, and cold snaps in the future will still stress the interconnected power and natural gas systems.
Dragos Blames Electrum Group for Poland Grid Cyberattack
Cybersecurity firm Dragos has said a Russia-linked group was behind a recent attack on Poland's electric grid that targeted distributed energy resource control systems.
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Grissom Solar, a large solar array near Johnstown, N.Y.
NYSERDA
N.Y. Reports Minimal Increase in Renewable Power
After a decade of intensive policy work and billions of dollars expended, the state’s grid was more reliant on carbon-based fuels in 2024 than in 2014.
Senate Hearing Shows Support, Potential Pitfalls for Permitting Legislation
Senators in both parties want to pass permitting legislation, but Democrats will not move forward on a bill unless they get assurances the Trump administration will stop impeding clean energy projects.
Judge Lifts Stop-work Order Against Vineyard Wind
A judge has lifted the federal stop-work order on Vineyard Wind 1, allowing work to resume on the long-running, nearly completed Massachusetts offshore wind project.
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ACEG's report card showing how the different regions' transmission planning and development are ranked and how they have improved since 2023.
ACEG
ACEG Transmission Planning Report Card Gives Higher Grades for RTO Reforms
Americans for a Clean Energy Grid released an updated version of its report card, which generally shows improved scores as regions have implemented changes in the last couple of years.
NYISO Reliability Planning Under the Microscope
NYISO began what is expected to be a yearlong effort of revising its Reliability Planning Process at a Transmission Planning Advisory Subcommittee meeting.
NYISO: Gas Demand Soared Across Eastern U.S. During Fern
New York generators had to rely on oil as gas was scarce throughout the Eastern Interconnection during the Jan. 25-27 winter storm, NYISO said in a preliminary analysis.
IESO, Stakeholders Ponder Changes to Hourly DR
IESO is reconsidering how it deploys hourly demand response following complaints over partial activations and an increase in standby notices.
IESO year-over-year capacity auction comparisons for summer.
IESO
IESO: Few Capacity Downgrades from Performance Adjustment Factor
IESO downgraded less than 100 MW of capacity for November’s auction in the first application of its Performance Adjustment Factor in both the winter and summer seasons.
NYISO
NYISO, Stakeholders Debate Changes to Demand Curve Reset
NYISO staff presented more of their initial ideas for improving the Demand Curve Reset process, centered on alternative shapes, slopes and points of the curve.
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ERCOT's Dan Woodfin briefs the Texas PUC on the grid operator's response to the January winter storm.
AdminMonitor
ERCOT Leaned on Mobile Gens, RMR Unit During Storm
ERCOT says it leaned on Texas’ 15 mobile generating units and an RMR unit during the state’s first major cold-weather event since 2021’s disastrous Winter Storm Uri.
Stakeholders Support Adopting NAESB Standards
Commenters expressed support for FERC's proposal to adopt standards on gas-electric coordination, while suggesting further measures to promote electric reliability.
Hydro-Québec Halted NECEC Deliveries amid Reliability Concerns
As extreme winter weather descended on the Eastern U.S. and Canada, Hydro-Québec suspended power exports to New England on the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line because of reliability concerns in Québec.
Power Grids Weather Winter Storm Fern, Face Continued Cold Snap
The winter storm that moved through Texas and much of the Eastern Interconnection cut power to hundreds of thousands of people and stressed the bulk power system, but did not create major disruptions like other storms earlier this decade.
The MSPPTF presented an overview of its final recommendations at the MRC's informational conference call Jan. 22.
NERC
NERC Modernization Task Force Leaders Present Final Recommendations
Leaders of NERC's Modernization of Standards Processes and Procedures Task Force presented their final recommendations ahead of the upcoming Board of Trustees meeting.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright
DOE
Wright Ready to Use Emergency Powers to Dispatch Backup Generation During Winter Storm
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the department is ready to use its authority under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act to dispatch backup generation from large customers if needed ahead of a major winter storm.
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The Maryland 2026 Midterms Energy Trilemma Blues
Maryland's 2026 legislative session could show how states facing explosive demand growth can achieve their clean energy and affordability goals despite the Trump administration’s resistance to solar, wind and storage, according to Livewire columnist K Kaufmann.
New England Power Demand Grew for 2nd Straight Year in 2025
After years of declining or stagnant power demand in New England, annual energy demand ticked up for the second straight year in 2025, potentially indicating the start of a broader upward trend.
NextEra Reports Sharp Growth in Generation Portfolio, Backlog
NextEra Energy Resources brought 7.2 GW of new generation and storage into operation and added 13.5 GW to its backlog in 2025.
EVs Outrank Data Centers in California Electricity Demand Forecast
The California Energy Commission signed off on a forecast showing the state's electricity consumption could surge by as much as 61% over the next 20 years, mostly from increased EV adoption.
Rhodium Group’s Clean Investment Monitor tracks investment announced in or withdrawn from U.S. clean-technology manufacturing.
Rhodium Group
Cleantech Manufacturing Investments Drop, Cancellations Rise
In late 2025, U.S. cleantech manufacturing investment cancellations reached their highest level of any quarter in the eight years a database has been tracking such announcements.
The Forrestal Building in D.C., home of the U.S. Department of Energy
DOE
DOE to Restructure or Eliminate $83 Billion in Biden-era Loans
The U.S. Department of Energy said it is restructuring, revising or eliminating more than $83 billion in loans and conditional commitments issued under the Biden administration.