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August 31, 2024
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BLM Issues Solar Roadmap for 11 Western States
Solar arrays dot the Mojave Desert in Nevada.
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The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has released proposed guidelines for solar energy development on more than 31 million acres of public land in 11 Western states. 
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Constellation hopes to add eight gas-fired units at its Wolf Hollow facility southwest of Fort Worth.
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PUC Shortlists 17 Projects for Loans from Texas Energy Fund
The Texas Public Utility Commission selected 17 generation projects for further review as part of a $5 billion loan program intended to add dispatchable, or thermal, generation to the ERCOT grid.
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The National Weather Service heat risk map on Aug. 27
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Late August Heat Wave Delivers 122-GW MISO Summer Peak
MISO set its 122-GW summertime peak on the unofficial last week of summer, with widespread heat necessitating back-to-back maximum generation warnings.
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Tacoma Power is among the utilities contributing to the 'issue alerts' in favor of SPP's Markets+.
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3rd ‘Issue Alert’ Compares Pricing Practices in Markets+, EDAM
Enhanced protections against uncompetitive market behavior are among several tools to ensure fair and accurate pricing under a Markets+ framework, according to the latest "issue alert" from entities that back its development.
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Transfer capabilities between FERC planning regions calculated by the ITCS team.
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NERC Examines Transfer Capability in Draft ITCS Installment
NERC released the first installment of the federally mandated ITCS in draft form this week.
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The territories of the two Black Hills Energy utilities joining the Western Energy Imbalance Market are represented on this map by the orange areas in Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota.
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CAISO’s WEIM Plucks Black Hills Utilities from SPP’s WEIS
CAISO scored a geographically small but symbolically significant victory with the announcement that two Black Hills Energy subsidiaries will move to the ISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market.
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.
Colorado PUC Adopts Rules for Utility Participation in Markets
Colorado’s investor-owned utilities must compare available alternatives when asking regulators for approval to participate in an RTO or ISO, but not to join a day-ahead market.
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FERC Report Identifies CIP Audit Lessons Learned
In a new report on compliance with NERC's CIP standards, FERC identified several areas for improvement from recent audits of registered entities.
Cold Weather Standard Fails Second Ballot
Industry stakeholders again rejected a proposed reliability standard dealing with transmission planning for extreme weather.
NERC Following ‘Very Ambitious Timeline’ for IBR Conference
NERC staff had to "hit the ground running" after the Board of Trustees ordered a technical conference on inverter-based resource standards, the Standards Committee heard.
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The Washington Trucking Associations is pushing back on the state's timeline for moving to zero-emissions trucks.
Washington Dept. of Ecology
Truckers Group Opposes Wash. Clean Trucks Timeline
The Washington Trucking Associations argues that the timeline for adopting California's Advanced Clean Trucks rules faster than is practical for the industry.
Berkeley Lab Report Highlights Trends in Distributed Solar
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has released the latest iteration of its “Tracking the Sun” report, which looks into the 3.7 million distributed solar systems installed through the end of 2023.
DOE Details Strong Job Growth in Clean Energy
The Department of Energy reports the clean energy workforce grew 4.2% in 2023, twice the rate of the rest of the energy sector and the U.S. economy overall.
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The Paradise Combined Cycle Plant in Drakesboro, Ky.
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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.
Parties Argue for More Changes to Interconnection Rules from FERC
FERC is considering additional changes to its rules on generator interconnections, with a technical conference set for Sept. 10-11 that saw pre-conference comments filed this week.
National Grid Lining up 70-plus Transmission Projects
National Grid’s Upstate Upgrade is a portfolio of more than 70 projects announced in March that will continue through 2030 at a cost of more than $4 billion.
BPA Postpones Day-ahead Market Decision Until 2025
The Bonneville Power Administration will delay its decision on choosing between SPP’s Markets+ and CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market until May 2025.
PJM presented the factors leading to an increase in capacity costs in the 2025/26 Base Residual Auction.
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PJM MRC/MC Briefs: Aug. 21, 2024
Consumers and electric distributors in PJM opposed a proposal to revise two financial parameters used to calculate the cost of new entry input to the 2027/28 Base Residual Auction.
The Stanford examines two market configurations in which the West is divided into two separate RTOs with different footprints and one consisting of a single RTO.
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Single Western Market Best for Reliability Needs, Panelists Say
A single Western market is one of the safest bets to address the region’s reliability and cost issues in the face of extreme weather events, proponents of the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative said during a panel discussion.
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Todd Bennett, Associated Electric Cooperative Inc.
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SDT Recommendations Spark Debate at Standards Committee
Members of NERC’s Standards Committee debated qualifications for standard drafting team participation at their monthly conference call, with the discussion extending the meeting more than a half-hour over its planned end time.
NERC Board of Trustees/MRC Briefs: Aug. 15, 2024
NERC's Board of Trustees invoked its authority to accelerate standards development for the first time at this week's meeting in Vancouver.
No Grid Impacts from CrowdStrike Outage, NERC Says
Staff from NERC and the E-ISAC called the recent CrowdStrike outage a useful preview for potential future cyberattacks.
Early Heat, Wildfires Signal Increase in California PSPS Events
Intense heat coupled with this summer’s early and active fire season will likely increase the need for public safety power shutoffs later this year, according to utilities presenting at a California PUC workshop.
Data centers can come online as quickly as 18 months, potentially adding large loads to the grid, according to WECC.
H5 Data Centers
Data Centers Bringing ‘Massive’ Loads to Western Grid
Five years ago, load growth from transportation electrification was a major issue for policymakers, according to speakers at a webinar. Now the focus has shifted to data centers.
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CISA Launches Cybersecurity Software Buying Guide
CISA has published a guide to help businesses incorporate cybersecurity into their software acquisition process.

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Report Quantifies Consumer Savings from Biden-era Efficiency Standards
The average household should save $107 on utility bills every year because of the efficiency standards crafted by the Biden administration, according to a new analysis.
DOE Awards $240M for City, State Building Performance Standards
The Department of Energy aims to help cities and states reduce emissions with more than $240 million in grants to promote the adoption of building performance standards
New IIJA Funding Seeks to Close Gaps in EV Charging Networks

The Federal Highway Administration’s CFI grants are spread across 29 states, the District of Columbia and eight tribal communities.

AEU Presses Call for Streamlined State Permitting
Advanced Energy United has offered core policy considerations to speed the process and held a webinar to show how state-level efforts to streamline permitting have progressed. 
A public charging network for electric trucks across California, Oregon and Washington has received $102 million in federal funding.
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West Coast Truck Charging Corridor Wins $102M in Federal Funds
California ZEV infrastructure projects are receiving $150 million in federal funding, including $102 million for a tri-state charging network for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.
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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.