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Electricity Markets
Southwest Power Pool market development reached a significant milestone on April 22 when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved both the Markets+ Phase Two Funding Agreement and the mechanism for funding the market’s development.
Generation
Platte River Power Authority’s Board of Directors unanimously accepted the utility’s 2024 Annual Report on April 24.
Grid Modernization
California community choice aggregator Ava Community Energy recently announced the launch of a Virtual Power Plant strategy.
Generation
EnergySolutions, a Utah-based nuclear services company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 23 announced it is partnering with the Intermountain Power Agency and the state of Utah to explore the development of advanced nuclear power generation at the Intermountain Power Project site near Delta, Utah.
Transmission
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and New York State Department of Public Service on April 28 joined eight Northeast states in issuing a strategic action plan “that identifies specific steps that state and federal policymakers and regional transmission organizations can take to pursue interregional transmission solutions to reduce costs for consumers and make our energy systems more secure,” the New York agencies said.
The following is a transcript of the March 10, 2025, episode of Public Power Now. Learn more about subscribing to Public Power Now at Publicpower.org/Podcasts. Some quotes may have been edited for clarity. Paul Ciampoli Welcome to the latest episode of Public Power Now. I'm Paul Ciampoli, APPA’s
Electricity Markets
In a recent interview with the American Public Power Association, Mark Christie, Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, detailed his priorities and discussed his concerns about how FERC approaches transmission incentives.
Reliability
The American Public Power Association, Large Public Power Council and Transmission Access Policy Study Group recently submitted comments with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission related to a FERC proceeding involving supply chain risk management reliability standards. The April 15 comments were
The Midcontinent ISO on April 28 released the 2025 Planning Resource Auction results indicating adequate resources are available to maintain reliability during the upcoming planning year (June 2025 – May 2026).
Environment
The American Public Power Association recently filed comments in response to Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers request for recommendations on defining “waters of the United States” (WOTUS), consistent with Sackett v. EPA.