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November 25, 2024

Public Policy

Holtec International
Holtec Confident on Late 2025 Restart of Palisades Nuclear Plant
No nuclear power plant in the nation has restarted operations after shutting down, and Holtec International is detailing how it expects to accomplish the feat at the mothballed Palisades Nuclear Generating Station in a little more than a year.
TVA
TVA Defends Rate Increase for New Gen while Nonprofit Blasts Utility’s ‘Broken Oversight’
The Tennessee Valley Authority is insisting its second rate increase in two years is necessary to build new generation despite the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy condemning the latest hike as clandestine and used to support fossil fuel investments.
Shutterstock
Proposal to Limit Participation at New Hampshire PUC Spurs Backlash
New rules proposed by the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission would “unduly exclude” companies and organizations from participating in its proceedings, according to a coalition of power generators, consumer advocates and environmental organizations.
ERCOT
ERCOT Board of Directors Briefs: Aug. 19-20, 2024
ERCOT’s rule change to the Nodal Operating Guide that imposes voltage ride-through requirements on inverter-based resources has been partially approved, but much work remains.
Bonneville Power Administration
BPA to Delay Day-ahead Market Decision, Sources Say

The Bonneville Power Administration will delay its Western day-ahead market choice beyond a scheduled Aug. 29 announcement date and likely will extend the decision-making process into 2025, according to multiple sources.

Texas Senate
CenterPoint Energy Still in Eye of the Storm
Texas lawmakers and regulators are trying to figure out how a puny Category 1 hurricane could have caused the devastation in Houston that led to long-term outages, and CenterPoint Energy has borne the brunt of the scrutiny.
Talen Energy
Maryland Report Details PJM Cost Increases for Ratepayers
A spike in PJM capacity prices and generator deactivations could increase monthly costs in Maryland by as much as 24% for some. 
NYISO
NYISO Presents Initial 2025 Project Budget Recommendation
The proposed NYISO 2025 budget for projects would be about $42.1 million. More than half of that would be spent on labor and professional services to execute projects.
Balise42, CC BY-SA-4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pathways Initiative Committee Floats Ideas to Protect Public Interest
Protecting the public interest while implementing the Extended Day-Ahead Market and expanding the Western footprint was central to the discussion in a West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative workshop.
Convergent Energy and Power
NYISO Tariff Revisions Include Uncertainty Reserve
NYISO staff presented tariff revisions that may be deployed as early as Q1 of 2026 to account for the uncertainty of wind and solar energy forecasts.

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