The North American Electric Reliability Corporation on March 2 released a lessons learned report for GridEx VIII. The report is a detailed post-exercise review and analysis of NERC and the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center’s (E-ISAC) GridEx VIII, that took place in November 2025.

The PJM Interconnection has moved ahead with two steps directed by the PJM Board of Managers as part of the larger initiative to address the electricity supply-demand imbalance largely driven by data center growth, it said on March 2.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has approved Washington’s final Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program proposal, clearing the way for the Washington State Broadband Office to begin awarding $736 million in federal funding and $112 million in state match funding to bring high-speed internet to every part of the state.

The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced a funding opportunity of $171.5 million to support next-generation geothermal field-scale tests for both electricity generation and exploration drilling to support characterization and potential confirmation of promising geothermal prospects.

LS Power Grid California, an affiliate of LS Power and its transmission subsidiary, LS Power Grid, announced that it recently began construction of the Manning Substation in Fresno County, Calif.