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Traverse City Light & Power, along with other electric utilities in Michigan, will now fund the Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund (LIEAF), expanding eligibility and funding under the Michigan Energy Assistance Program (MEAP), for its customers as required by the Michigan Public Service Commission.
The Lincoln Electric System’s Administrative Board’s Finance Committee proposed a 2026 budget that includes a 3% systemwide increase to retail electric rates during LES’ Administrative Board meeting on Sept. 19.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 19 signed into law a package of bills that, among other things, enables the Pathways Initiative for a voluntary, west-wide regional electricity market.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman David Rosner on Sept. 18 asked the country’s regional transmission organizations and independent system operators to respond to a series of questions tied to large load forecasting.
The PJM Interconnection and stakeholders recently began an accelerated process to find consensus on how to integrate large load customers rapidly and reliably without risking an electricity supply shortage.
Achieving 85% of the New England states’ carbon dioxide emissions reduction goals by 2045 may be possible through a combination of mostly solar, land-based wind, and short-duration energy storage, according to ISO New England’s latest economic study report, "New England’s Evolving Grid."
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Sept. 18 voted unanimously to approve a suite of actions focused on modernizing the reliability and security of the nation’s bulk power system in the face of threats in cybersecurity, supply chain risk management, and extreme cold weather.
The U.S. Department of Energy on Sept. 18 announced the Speed to Power initiative, which is aimed at accelerating the speed of large-scale grid infrastructure project development for both transmission and generation.