NYISO released an updated draft of its Comprehensive Reliability Plan for 2025-2034 that calls for the acceleration of new generation development and preservation of “critical, dispatchable capability.”

Vistra says it will build two new advanced natural gas power units at its Permian Basin Power Plant in West Texas, adding 860 MW of capacity to a petroleum-rich region that is rapidly undergoing an electrification transformation.

NRG Energy closed on a $216 million loan from the Texas Energy Fund that will help it build 456 MW of gas-fired capacity at an existing power plant.

CERAWeek 2025 by S&P Global examined the changing energy landscape through 14 themes, from policy and regulation to climate and sustainability, but none seemed to draw more focus than the rapid expansion of AI and is potential transformative effects.

Republicans in Congress have introduced a bill that would let dispatchable generation needed for reliability cut the line in the interconnection queues, requiring FERC to draft rules to implement the proposal.