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February 3, 2025

Transmission

ACEG
ACEG: More Community Trust, Faster Transmission Development
A new report by Americans for a Clean Energy Grid lays out a framework for engaging communities during the development of transmission lines in order to ensure the industry can expand the infrastructure on time.
DTE
LPO Offers Eight Utilities $22.9B in Loan Guarantees
The U.S. Department of Energy has made conditional loan commitments totaling $22.9 billion to utilities for transmission, pipeline and clean power investments. 
ITC Midwest
DC Circuit Court Leaves ITC’s Abandonment Incentive Untouched Despite Iowa ROFR Uncertainty
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed transmission customers’ argument against ITC Midwest receiving an abandonment rate incentive for an Iowa line segment included MISO long-range transmission planning.
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Biden Wants Data Centers, Clean Energy on Federal Land by 2027
With days left in his administration, President Joe Biden issued an executive order aimed at siting and permitting cutting-edge artificial intelligence data centers on federal land by 2027.
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Virginia Legislators Introduce Bills to Deal with Data Center Growth
Virginia legislators introduced a series of bills they hope to pass in a short session this year aimed at addressing demand growth from data centers through cost allocation of utility rates, increased transparency in planning and tying tax incentives to efficiency requirements.
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PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: Jan. 7, 2025
PJM’s Andrew Gledhill presented a proposal to the Planning Committee to revise the installed reserve margin and forecast pool requirement for the third 2025/26 Incremental Auction.
PJM
PJM OC Briefs: Jan. 9, 2025
The Operating Committee endorsed revisions to Manual 13: Emergency Operations to add protocols for PJM and transmission owners to monitor and coordinate necessary actions when wildfires may disrupt infrastructure.
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Fire Agencies Investigating SCE’s Role in LA Fire, Utility Says
Fire agencies are investigating whether Southern California Edison’s equipment ignited one of the fires currently ravaging Los Angeles, the utility said in a news release.
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First FERC Filings Shed Light on New England OSW Tx Project
The transmission companies behind a major project to preemptively build two offshore wind interconnection points in New England have submitted their first FERC filings for the project.
Cal Fire
No Grid Impact from LA Fires, CAISO Says
The rapidly spreading brush fires that have devastated multiple communities around Los Angeles are not expected to affect California’s broader transmission grid, CAISO said.

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