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March 7, 2025

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U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
House Oversight Examines Grid Reliability and Resource Adequacy
Former FERC Commissioner James Danly told a House Oversight subcommittee that federal subsidies overvalue some resources, while undervaluing others, putting the future of the grid at risk.
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FERC Releases Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Justification
FERC released its fiscal year 2025 congressional justification, which would have the agency fund itself with $532 million from fees and annual charges assessed to entities it regulates.
PJM
PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: March 5, 2024
The Planning Committee endorsed PJM’s long-term regional transmission planning proposal, advancing manual revisions that would expand the RTO’s planning horizon to 15 years.
CAISO
DMM: CAISO Transfer Limitations During Q3 Heat Waves Led to Price Disparities
CAISO's Department of Market Monitoring found that limits on WEIM imports last year led to increased transmission congestion in the ISO's markets.
Western Area Power Administration
MISO Lodges 2nd Complaint Against SPP over Disputed Crypto Load on M2M Flowgate
MISO has registered a separate complaint with FERC to retract market-to-market coordination with SPP on a contentious flowgate persistently taxed by a North Dakota cryptocurrency mining operation.
NREL
NREL Looks at Zonal Approach to Renewable Energy
A new analysis concludes that building long-distance high-voltage transmission would save money and speed up decarbonization of the U.S power grid.
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NECA Renewables Conference Highlights Transmission Challenges
Transmission limits remain a major barrier to scaling up wind and solar energy to meet state decarbonization goals, speakers at the NECA’s Renewable Energy Conference said.
ATC and ITC Midwest
Conservation Groups File Another Lawsuit to Stop Cardinal-Hickory Creek’s Last Mile
Three conservation groups filed a lawsuit against federal agencies for consenting to permits and a land exchange to allow the Cardinal-Hickory Creek 345-kV line to carve a path through a wildlife refuge in Wisconsin.
Michels Corporation
FERC Watchers Weigh in as Transmission Rule Approaches Finish Line
FERC appears to be nearing completion on its transmission planning rulemaking, with cost allocation rules and the federal ROFR among the issues at stake.
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Groups Urge Inclusion of Cost Containment in FERC Tx Planning Rule
The clean energy and consumers groups endorsed a proposal requiring that transmission providers incorporate cost-benefit reporting mechanisms throughout their projects’ lifecycles. 

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