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.
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.
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.
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.
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.