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Electricity Markets
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, vice-chair and chair of the National Energy Dominance Council respectively, on Jan. 16 joined Mid-Atlantic governors urging the PJM Interconnection “to temporarily overhaul its market rules to strengthen grid reliability and reduce electricity costs for American families and businesses by building more than $15 billion of reliable baseload power generation,” the Department of Energy said.
Environment
Snohomish County PUD’s water utility is celebrating 80 years of service. The water utility “has been hard at work for eight decades now, striving to bring its customers one of Earth’s most precious resources,” the Washington State PUD noted.
Transmission
Hydro-Québec on Jan. 16 started delivering electricity through the Appalaches–Maine interconnection line under the terms of the 2018 contract with Massachusetts electricity distribution companies.
Electricity Markets
The PJM Interconnection Board of Managers on Jan. 16 outlined a series of actions to be taken by PJM and its stakeholders in 2026 to address the multiple challenges of integrating new data centers and other large load customers onto the grid “while preserving electricity system reliability and affordability for the 67 million people PJM serves,” the grid operator said.
Electricity Markets
The PJM Interconnection 2026 Long-Term Load Forecast Report confirms the trend of significant growth in electricity demand over the next 20 years but slightly decreases the expected load growth for near-term years compared with last year’s report, it said on Jan. 14.
Reliability
To assess existing Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards, evaluate emerging risks, identify gaps in current protections, and chart a risk-informed path forward, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation has developed the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Roadmap in consultation with Regional Entities and industry subject matter experts in 2025.
Electricity Markets
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has signed off on a proposal by Southwest Power Pool to thoroughly and expeditiously review requests from potential customers seeking to use large amounts of electricity, SPP said on Jan. 15.
Reliability
Officials with the Imperial Irrigation District and the City of Indio, Calif., on Jan. 6 gathered on to break ground on the first of four major energy infrastructure projects that will collectively provide enough power to energize 16,000 single-family homes worth of power in the City of Indio. The