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Generation
Lotus Infrastructure Partners, LP and Caithness Energy, L.L.C. announced that Lotus has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the economic interests in Caithness Long Island Energy Center, a highly efficient 365-megawatt natural gas fired power generation asset located in Suffolk
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Sept. 11 said it will host a technical conference to discuss cost-effective ways to reduce the risk of wildfire ignition from the Bulk-Power System. The event is planned in response to President Trump’s Executive Order 14308—Empowering Commonsense Wildfire
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Transmission
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office on Sept. 11 expanded the existing Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order 1920 technical assistance program, adding new technical assistance offerings for utilities and regional planners in long-term transmission planning.
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Electricity Markets
GridBeyond now offers revenue floor and toll contracts for selected power storage projects in ERCOT and CAISO.
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Generation
Monthly average natural gas spot prices in the northwestern United States reached historic lows in 2025, as ample supply from Canada coincided with subdued regional demand for natural gas-fired electricity, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported.
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Electricity Markets
The Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative on Sept. 10 issued a report identifying the baseline Interregional Transfer Capabilities (ITCs) across the Eastern Interconnection under extreme weather conditions.
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Workforce
Bill Shepherd in August started a new position as General Manager at Greenville Electric Utility System in Texas. Prior to his new role at GEUS, Shepherd worked at Texas public power utility Denton Municipal Electric as Executive Manager of Business Services.
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Electric Vehicles
ChargeScape, the automotive joint venture focused on electric vehicle-grid integration, and Nissan, on Sept. 9 announced the launch of a new vehicle-to-grid (V2G) pilot in the utility territory covered by California public power utility Silicon Valley Power.
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Generation
The cost of new gas combustion turbine and combined cycle gas turbine power plants in the United States will likely persist and increase, according to market data analysis conducted in collaboration by GridLab, Energy Futures Group, and Halcyon.
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Bonds and Financing
Fitch Ratings in August affirmed the rating on New York Power Authority obligations at “AA-“.