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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for October 14, 2026.

In this episode:

• Virginia Decides Who Pays for Data Center Hookups but not the Upgrades (RTO Insider commentary)
Virginia regulators have settled the simple part of who pays for the power lines that data centers need and put off the expensive part. The simple part is the hookup, says opinion writer Tommy Turner.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148184-virginia-decides-who-pays-data-center-hookups-but-not-upgrades/

• New Jersey’s Nuclear Ambitions Under Scrutiny (RTO Insider)
Any new nuclear project in New Jersey would face substantive obstacles, speakers said at the Nuclear Energy Seminar, who discussed how to fund the projects, spread the investment risk and line up power purchases.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147986-new-jersey-nuclear-ambitions-under-scrutiny/

• States Increase Policy Actions for New Nuclear in 2026 (RTO Insider)
The NC Clean Energy Technology Center says the vast majority of states in the U.S. have taken policy actions in 2026 to advance nuclear power.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148199-nccetc-on-recent-state-nuclear-policies/

• FERC: MISO Zero-injection Gen Plan for Large Loads Incomplete (RTO Insider)
FERC said MISO’s plan to accelerate interconnections for large loads to be served exclusively by generators that pledge not to inject power onto the larger system is unfinished as filed.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147967-ferc-miso-zero-inject-gen-plan-large-loads-incomplete/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Commentary: Virginia Decides Who Pays for Data Center Hookups but not the Upgrades
00:30 New Jersey’s Nuclear Ambitions Under Scrutiny
00:46 States Increase Policy Actions for New Nuclear in 2026
00:59 FERC: MISO Zero-injection Gen Plan for Large Loads Incomplete
01:15 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for October 13, 2026.

In this episode:

• SPP CARE Delays Vote on Potential Highway/byway Replacement (RTO Insider)
SPP's Care Team has delayed a vote on a potential replacement to the grid operator's highway/byway method for transmission cost allocation as the stakeholder group wraps up its assigned work.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147909-spp-care-delays-vote-potential-highway-byway-replacement/

• Regional Issues Forum Faces 'Transitional' Year Before Dissolving (RTO Insider)
2027 should be a “transitional” year for the body that meets three times yearly to educate stakeholders about issues affecting CAISO’s West-wide energy markets and provides them a venue for sharing views outside the normal stakeholder process for market initiatives.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147921-regional-issues-forum-faces-transitional-year-before-dissolving/

• U.S. Seizes More Alleged China Hacking Domains (ERO Insider)
The FBI reported seizing more tools used by China-affiliated hackers against critical infrastructure, as CISA warned that the company responsible remains dangerous.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147905-us-seizes-more-china-hacking-domains/

• Summary of FERC Meeting Agenda for October 2026 (RTO Insider commentary)
Following are summaries of the agenda items for FERC’s monthly open meeting, to be held Oct. 15. It was furnished by the White & Case law firm.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147832-summary-ferc-meeting-agenda-october-2026/

• FERC OKs Duke Energy Carolinas’ Large Load Network Upgrade Rules (RTO Insider)
FERC accepted rule changes from Duke Energy Carolinas to cut the risk of cost shifts from network upgrades to serve large loads, but three commissioners agreed that the industry needs more reforms to ensure that does not happen.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147912-ferc-oks-duke-energy-carolinas-large-load-network-upgrade-rules/

• FERC General Counsel: Commission in ‘Era of Good Feelings’ (RTO Insider)
Amid increased political tension and division in U.S. government, FERC has been a “heartening outlier” that is enjoying unusual unanimity among its members, creating an “era of good feelings” in commission history, according to General Counsel James Dawson.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147887-ferc-general-counsel-commission-in-era-of-good-feelings/

• FERC Rejects PJM Interim Resource Adequacy Service Proposal (RTO Insider)
FERC rejected PJM’s Interim Resource Adequacy Service framework for requiring new large loads to either bring their own new capacity or be subject to curtailment.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147920-ferc-rejects-pjm-interim-resource-adequacy-service-proposal/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 SPP CARE Delays Vote on Potential Highway/byway Replacement
00:30 Regional Issues Forum Faces 'Transitional' Year Before Dissolving
00:50 U.S. Seizes More Alleged China Hacking Domains
01:03 Commentary: Summary of FERC Meeting Agenda for October 2026
01:17 FERC OKs Duke Energy Carolinas’ Large Load Network Upgrade Rules
01:34 FERC General Counsel: Commission in ‘Era of Good Feelings’
01:53 FERC Rejects PJM Interim Resource Adequacy Service Proposal
02:06 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for October 12, 2026.

In this episode:

• Why PJM’s Proposed Backstop Auction Is a Bad Idea (RTO Insider commentary)
It’s no secret that data centers are putting enormous strain on our nation’s aging electric grid. But PJM's proposed backstop auction is not a good option, write two members of the NYU Law School's Institute of Policy Integrity.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147732-why-pjms-proposed-backstop-auction-is-a-bad-idea/

• Strengths, Gaps in U.S. Clean Energy Manufacturing Examined (NetZero Insider)
The U.S. clean economy supply chain has grown extensively but unevenly, a new report concludes, and as a result it is still vulnerable to foreign disruptions.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147720-strengths-gaps-us-clean-energy-manufacturing-examined/

• IMM Patton Appears Unfazed by MISO 3rd-party Review (RTO Insider)
Potomac Economics President David Patton apparently is not worried that the third-party “best practices” review of his role as Independent Market Monitor for MISO will result in any significant changes.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147839-patton-appears-unfazed-miso-3rd-party-review/

• From RTO Skepticism to ROWE Embrace: 10 Years Later at the CAISO Symposium (RTO Insider)
Two CAISO stakeholder symposiums held 10 years apart show how the West's thinking about organized electricity markets has evolved.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147836-rto-skepticism-rowe-embrace-10-years-later-caiso-symposium/

• NYISO Study Shows High Upgrade Costs for Arthur Kill Battery Project (RTO Insider)
NYISO staff have found that system deliverability upgrades for the Elevate Arthur Kill II battery project could cost roughly $216 million.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147827-nyiso-study-shows-high-upgrade-costs-arthur-kill-battery-project/

• NYISO’s Final RNA Draft Draws Criticism from NYC over Repowering (RTO Insider)
NYISO’s final draft of its latest Reliability Needs Assessment drew questions from stakeholders regarding the way it presented possible solutions to looming reliability needs in the appendices.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147825-nyiso-final-rna-draws-stakeholder-questions/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Commentary: Why PJM’s Proposed Backstop Auction Is a Bad Idea
00:32 Strengths, Gaps in U.S. Clean Energy Manufacturing Examined
00:46 IMM Patton Appears Unfazed by MISO 3rd-party Review
01:01 From RTO Skepticism to ROWE Embrace: 10 Years Later at the CAISO Symposium
01:15 NYISO Study Shows High Upgrade Costs for Arthur Kill Battery Project
01:28 NYISO’s Final RNA Draft Draws Criticism from NYC over Repowering
01:45 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for October 9, 2026.

In this episode:

• NERC Committees Highlight Importance of Canada Outreach (ERO Insider)
At their meeting in Toronto, NERC's trustees discussed the latest outreach efforts to Canadian utilities and policymakers.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147648-nerc-committees-highlight-importance-canada-outreach/

• Ontario Energy Conference Returns with New Faces Atop IESO, Hydro One (RTO Insider)
Ontario’s energy sector will gather in Toronto as the province weighs how much electricity demand to build for and how quickly to expand its power system.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147654-ontario-energy-conference-returns-new-faces-atop-ieso-hydro-one/

• NERC Trustees Applaud Cross-border Collaboration at Open Meeting (ERO Insider)
NERC trustees approved a slate of standards actions and updates to the ERO's Rules of Procedure at their open meeting in Toronto.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147718-nerc-trustees-applaud-cross-border-collab-canada-meeting/

• FERC Upholds 11 Years of Refunds for PJM in Linden VFT Cases (RTO Insider)
FERC upheld an earlier decision requiring 11 years of refunds in a long-running dispute over cost allocation for projects that export power from PJM to New York.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147730-ferc-upholds-11-years-refunds-pjm-linden-vft-cases/

• DOE Awards PSE $40M for Grid Upgrades (RTO Insider)
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded about $40.2 million to Puget Sound Energy to strengthen the utility’s grid.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147702-doe-awards-pse-40m-grid-upgrades/

• WRAP Approves New Penalty Structure, Subregion as 1st Binding Season Looms (RTO Insider)
In anticipation of its first binding season, WPP's WRAP has created a third subregion to onboard additional participants and implemented a new penalty mechanism aimed at boosting investments in resources.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147700-wrap-approves-penalty-structure-subregion/

• AESO to Launch New Market Without Ramping-reserve Deliverability Constraint (RTO Insider)
AESO plans to launch Alberta’s Restructured Energy Market without a real-time deliverability constraint for its 30-minute ramping reserve product.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147575-aeso-launch-new-market-without-ramping-reserve-deliverability-constraint/

• Google’s Corio Says Data Centers are Future of Power (RTO Insider)
The head of Google’s infrastructure and strategy division says she isn't tired of talking about data centers and that they are the future of the power industry.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147726-google-corio-says-data-centers-future-of-power/

• New Aurora Report Analyzes Cost of Western Market Seams (RTO Insider)
Best management practices for seams would save up to $840 million per year across the West in a split day-ahead market scenario, Aurora Energy Research found in a new study.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147728-new-aurora-report-analyzes-western-seams-impacts/

• ISO-NE Puts Finishing Touches on CAR-SA Proposal Prior to Nov. Votes (RTO Insider)
ISO-NE discussed late-stage tweaks and stakeholders made their cases for amendments to the RTO’s wide-ranging proposal of capacity accreditation and seasonal capacity auction reforms in preparation for upcoming votes.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147722-iso-ne-car-stakeholder-proposals-nov-votes/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 NERC Committees Highlight Importance of Canada Outreach
00:24 Ontario Energy Conference Returns with New Faces Atop IESO, Hydro One
00:39 NERC Trustees Applaud Cross-border Collaboration at Open Meeting
00:51 FERC Upholds 11 Years of Refunds for PJM in Linden VFT Cases
01:06 DOE Awards PSE $40M for Grid Upgrades
01:18 WRAP Approves New Penalty Structure, Subregion as 1st Binding Season Looms
01:36 AESO to Launch New Market Without Ramping-reserve Deliverability Constraint
01:49 Google’s Corio Says Data Centers are Future of Power
02:01 New Aurora Report Analyzes Cost of Western Market Seams
02:16 ISO-NE Puts Finishing Touches on CAR-SA Proposal Prior to Nov. Votes
02:36 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for October 8, 2026.

In this episode:

• Analysis: Election Results Could Slow Data Centers (RTO Insider)
Politics plays a major role in where Big Tech companies choose to site data center projects, and a report concludes the fate of proposed hyperscale projects in 14 states may hinge on the outcome of the midterm elections.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147554-cleanview-analysis-nov-election-results-could-slow-data-centers/

• PowerLines Finds a Quarterly Record of $4.5B in Rate Increase Requests (RTO Insider)
PowerLines’ latest quarterly tally of proposed rate increases has investor-owned utilities seeking $4.5 billion during the third quarter for a total of $23.1 billion over the first nine months of 2026.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147537-powerlines-quarterly-record-45b-rate-increase-requests/

• SPP Promotes Kelley, O’Guinn to Senior Roles (RTO Insider)
SPP promoted David Kelley and Kimberly Lindsey O’Guinn to senior leadership roles that the RTO says will help advance its strategy and ensure it continues to meet members’ growing energy demands.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147651-spp-leadership-changes-kelley-oguinn/

• PacifiCorp EDAM Implementers Share Advice, Tout Early Benefits (RTO Insider)
PacifiCorp’s Rebekah Medford offered advice for utilities preparing to join CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147637-pacificorp-edam-implementers-share-advice-tout-early-benefits/

• Mon Power Complains PJM’s Conservative Operations During Fern Cost it $145M (RTO Insider)
FirstEnergy’s Monongahela Power filed a complaint against PJM arguing that the grid operator’s decision to advance schedule and commit gas-fired generation during the prolonged extreme cold weather last winter cost its customers $145 million.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147656-mon-power-complains-pjm-conservative-operations-cost-145m/

• Mixed Reactions at FERC to MISO’s One-time Amnesty Plan for 2022 Queue Cycle, Restudy Cap (RTO Insider)
MISO’s proposal before FERC to introduce a one-shot exit option for developers that entered projects in 2022 and limit restudies bogging down its interconnection queue drew support and concerns over how upgrade costs could be reassigned.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147635-mixed-reactions-at-ferc-miso-one-time-amnesty-plan/

• New Advocacy Group Questions ROWE Independence (RTO Insider)
A recently launched organization has questioned the independence of the inaugural board of the Regional Organization for Western Energy, in what ROWE’s interim president called a “smear campaign.”
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147531-new-advocacy-group-questions-rowe-independence/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Analysis: Election Results Could Slow Data Centers
00:30 PowerLines Finds a Quarterly Record of $4.5B in Rate Increase Requests
00:50 SPP Promotes Kelley, O’Guinn to Senior Roles
01:05 PacifiCorp EDAM Implementers Share Advice, Tout Early Benefits
01:16 Mon Power Complains PJM’s Conservative Operations During Fern Cost it $145M
01:38 Mixed Reactions at FERC to MISO’s One-time Amnesty Plan for 2022 Queue Cycle, Restudy Cap
02:00 New Advocacy Group Questions ROWE Independence
02:14 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for October 7, 2026.

In this episode:

• Ariz. Commissioner Stands Firm on Markets+ Support (RTO Insider)
Arizona Corporation Commission Chair Nick Myers is firing back on speculation that Arizona is wavering in its choice of SPP’s Markets+ rather than CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147532-ariz-commissioner-stands-firm-markets-support/

• ROE Debated at N.J. Utility Reform Hearings (RTO Insider)
New Jersey officials trying to create a model for determining how utilities should operate faced contentious pushback from stakeholders in a recent public hearing, particularly over how much return on equity utilities should earn.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147310-roe-debated-new-jersey-utility-reform-hearings/

• OMS Shuts Down Southern Push for Neutral Docs without Unanimity (RTO Insider)
A majority of members in the Organization of MISO States abruptly halted MISO South members’ attempt to make OMS position documents neutral in nature unless they are unanimously accepted.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147550-oms-shuts-down-southern-push-neutral-docs-without-unanimity/

• Google, Constellation Sign PPAs Totaling 3,590 MW (RTO Insider)
The power purchase agreements entail 890 MW from nuclear uprates and 2,700 MW from existing power generation in the PJM grid.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147527-constellation-google-plan-890mw-nuclear-uprates-pjm-territory/

• Canada Cold Weather Standard Revisions Pass Final Ballot (ERO Insider)
Stakeholders have approved the final ballot on a proposed Canada-specific update to one of NERC's cold weather standards.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147529-canada-cold-weather-standard-revisions-pass-final-ballot/

• EIA Releases Mixed Forecast for Winter Heating Bills (RTO Insider)
The U.S. Energy Information Administration's 2026/27 Winter Fuels Outlook forecasts a mixed bag of heating bills for consumers this winter depending on their fuel and region.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147540-eia-releases-mixed-forecast-winter-heating-bills/

• Alabama Regulators Greenlight Framework for Data Center Decisions (RTO Insider)
The Alabama Public Service Commission approved a framework for handling large load contracts that requires Alabama Power to disclose data centers’ names and their expected peak power demands, but does not include an actual tariff template.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147534-alabama-regulators-greenlight-framework-data-center-decisions/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Ariz. Commissioner Stands Firm on Markets+ Support
00:28 ROE Debated at N.J. Utility Reform Hearings
00:45 OMS Shuts Down Southern Push for Neutral Docs without Unanimity
01:00 Google, Constellation Sign PPAs Totaling 3,590 MW
01:16 Canada Cold Weather Standard Revisions Pass Final Ballot
01:27 EIA Releases Mixed Forecast for Winter Heating Bills
01:42 Alabama Regulators Greenlight Framework for Data Center Decisions
01:59 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for October 6, 2026.

In this episode:

• Markets+ Independents Want Governance Issues Resolved (RTO Insider)
Markets+ participants in the independent sector have been given extra time to continue working on a compromise that protects their voting rights along with the governance rights of IOUs and public power utilities.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147182-spp-markets-independents-want-governance-issues-resolved/

• SPS OK’d to Replace Coal Plant with 3.7 GW New Generation (RTO Insider)
Texas regulators have approved Southwestern Public Service Co.’s request to add more than 3,700 MW of new generation to replace an aging coal plant that dates to the early 1980s.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147438-sps-replace-coal-plant-new-generation/

• DOE to Loan Vistra up to $4.2B for Nuclear Upgrades (RTO Insider)
The Department of Energy will loan Vistra up to $4.2 billion to upgrade and uprate three of its nuclear power plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147440-doe-to-loan-vistra-nuclear-plant-upgrades/

• NYISO: Aging Generation ‘No Longer a Future Concern’ (RTO Insider)
NYISO included a dire warning in the latest draft of its 2026 Reliability Needs Assessment: “Immediate action” is needed to lower its future loss-of-load expectation.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147318-nyiso-aging-generation-no-longer-a-future-concern/

• Powering the Grid from Both Ends: Why Big Tech’s Nuclear Gamble Needs Energy Efficiency (RTO Insider commentary)
Data centers are sprouting everywhere, bringing massive demands for electricity. In response, Google recently partnered with Georgia Power to finance capacity uprates at a nuclear power through a new subscription program.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147430-powering-grid-both-ends-why-big-techs-nuclear-gamble-needs-energy-efficiency/

• MISO, SPP, PJM Float Replacement for 2004 Freeze Date (RTO Insider)
MISO, SPP and PJM are taking another stab at replacing a 22-year view of their systems to portion out firm rights on transmission lines.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147448-miso-spp-pjm-float-new-replacement-2004-freeze-date/

• Toronto Third Line Cost Proposal Uses Capped Risk-Sharing Model (RTO Insider)
IESO’s latest proposal would determine how Target Cost overruns are divided between the winning transmitter and ratepayers and establish a ceiling on ratepayer exposure to those overruns.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147312-toronto-third-line-cost-plan-uses-capped-risk-sharing-model/

• ISO-NE Developers Challenge Cluster Study After ‘Project-killing Costs’ (RTO Insider)
A group of project developers filed a complaint with FERC about ISO-NE’s first cluster study conducted under Order 2023 rules, arguing that structural issues with the study methodology led to exorbitant interconnection cost estimates.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147432-iso-ne-developers-challenge-cluster-study-after-project-killing-costs/

• Former DOE Employees Tabulate Stalled Grants (RTO Insider)
An organization of former Department of Energy employees said in a new report that many DOE grants remain functionally frozen.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147442-former-doe-employees-tabulate-stalled-grants/

• SCOTUS Considers Constitutionality of State, Local Climate Lawsuits (NetZero Insider)
The U.S. Supreme Court’s fall term opened with oral arguments over whether federal law allows communities to sue fossil fuel producers for alleged damages from climate change.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147436-scotus-hears-arguments-constitutionality-climate-lawsuits/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Markets+ Independents Want Governance Issues Resolved
00:28 SPS OK’d to Replace Coal Plant with 3.7 GW New Generation
00:47 DOE to Loan Vistra up to $4.2B for Nuclear Upgrades
01:00 NYISO: Aging Generation ‘No Longer a Future Concern’
01:15 Commentary: Powering the Grid from Both Ends: Why Big Tech’s Nuclear Gamble Needs Energy Efficiency
01:34 MISO, SPP, PJM Float Replacement for 2004 Freeze Date
01:50 Toronto Third Line Cost Proposal Uses Capped Risk-Sharing Model
02:05 ISO-NE Developers Challenge Cluster Study After ‘Project-killing Costs’
02:25 Former DOE Employees Tabulate Stalled Grants
02:36 SCOTUS Considers Constitutionality of State, Local Climate Lawsuits
02:51 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for October 5, 2026.

In this episode:

• CAISO, SPP Say they are ‘Committed’ to Seams Solution in FERC Report (RTO Insider)
CAISO and SPP have submitted their joint report on market seams to FERC, saying they have worked extensively on the issue while acknowledging that questions about governance “will need consideration."
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147306-caiso-spp-release-report-on-dam-seams/

• MISO Rounds out Sept. with 2 Emergencies, Cites Constraints, TLRs (RTO Insider)
MISO said transmission loading relief instructions from neighboring systems and then binding constraints were behind its pair of grid emergencies in September 2026.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147265-miso-rounds-out-sept-with-2-emergencies-cites-constraints-tlrs/

• BPA Issues Proposed Agreement to End Tx Planning Pause (RTO Insider)
The Bonneville Power Administration released a settlement proposal aimed at resuming processing of transmission service requests after a pause that has lasted for more than a year.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147341-bpa-issues-proposed-agreement-to-end-tx-planning-pause/

• FERC Rejects TransAlta’s Cost-recovery Request for Centralia Coal Plant (RTO Insider)
FERC rejected TransAlta’s proposal for recovering costs related to DOE orders to keep the coal-fired Centralia power plant in Washington state open past its planned retirement date.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147314-ferc-rejects-transaltas-cost-recovery-request-centralia-coal-plant/

• ISO-NE Outlines 2027 Annual Work Plan (RTO Insider)
Capacity auction reforms, large load rules, transmission planning and establishing a new dynamic operating reserve product will make up much of ISO-NE’s workload in 2027.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147339-iso-ne-outlines-2027-annual-work-plan/

• New England States See Opportunity for Nuclear Development (RTO Insider)
Amid growing interest in new nuclear resources in New England, representatives of the six New England states convened to express support for nuclear energy and discuss opportunities for nuclear development.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147337-new-england-states-see-opportunity-nuclear-development/

• D.C. Circuit Rejects Basin’s Appeal of Northwest Rural’s Withdrawal from Tri-State (RTO Insider)
A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s appeal of FERC approving Northwest Rural Public Power District’s withdrawal from Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147304-dc-circuit-rejects-basins-appeal-northwest-rural-withdrawal-tri-state/

• FERC Leaves Fuel Question to States; Virginia's Order Doesn't Answer it (RTO Insider commentary)
Dominion's 944 MW Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center holds an SCC certificate that is on appeal to the Supreme Court of Virginia, and the pipeline capacity its fuel subsidiary signed for after the hearing closed is before FERC with no order.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147308-ferc-leaves-fuel-question-states-virginia-order-doesnt-answer-it/

• States Demand FERC Action on Year-old Complaint Against MISO Long-range Tx (RTO Insider)
An attorney for the member states that lodged a complaint in 2025 to deconstruct MISO’s $22 billion long-range transmission portfolio has called on FERC to act on the filing.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147280-states-demand-ferc-action-complaint-miso-long-range-tx/

• CAISO, PG&E Spar Over ‘Large Loads’ Definition (RTO Insider)
CAISO and Pacific Gas and Electric representatives butted heads at a meeting over the ISO’s proposed "large load" definition as artificial intelligence data centers pound at the door of the Golden State’s grid.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147193-caiso-pge-spar-over-large-loads-definition/

• FERC Approves Updated IBR Ride-through Standard (ERO Insider)
FERC approved NERC's changes to address concerns over legacy IBRs, in-progress construction and wind turbines equipped with choppers.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147301-ferc-approves-updated-ibr-ride-through-standard/

• Electric Vehicles’ Grid Demand Growing More Slowly in 2026 (NetZero Insider)
An estimated 13.67 TWh was used to charge light-duty EVs in the first half of 2026, 8% more than was used in the second half of 2025.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147186-electric-vehicles-grid-demand-growing-more-slowly-in-2026/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:13 CAISO, SPP Say they are ‘Committed’ to Seams Solution in FERC Report
00:29 MISO Rounds out Sept. with 2 Emergencies, Cites Constraints, TLRs
00:44 BPA Issues Proposed Agreement to End Tx Planning Pause
00:58 FERC Rejects TransAlta’s Cost-recovery Request for Centralia Coal Plant
01:14 ISO-NE Outlines 2027 Annual Work Plan
01:28 New England States See Opportunity for Nuclear Development
01:45 D.C. Circuit Rejects Basin’s Appeal of Northwest Rural’s Withdrawal from Tri-State
02:02 Commentary: FERC Leaves Fuel Question to States; Virginia's Order Doesn't Answer it
02:25 States Demand FERC Action on Year-old Complaint Against MISO Long-range Tx
02:41 CAISO, PG&E Spar Over ‘Large Loads’ Definition
02:58 FERC Approves Updated IBR Ride-through Standard
03:09 Electric Vehicles’ Grid Demand Growing More Slowly in 2026
03:25 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for October 2, 2026.

In this episode:

• Backlash Engulfs West Virginia Data Center Law (RTO Insider)
Consternation, not celebration, is dogging The Power Generation and Consumption Act. The act, part of an expansive agenda that includes tripling West Virginia’s generating capacity by 2050, created a microgrid program to let new “high-impact” data centers build standalone power supplies without the need to tap into the grid.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/137837-is-w-va-microgrid-law-aimed-at-attracting-data-centers-working/

• Scheduling Conflicts Hamper GCPA’s Fall Conference (RTO Insider)
The CEOs and five staff members from ERCOT, the Texas PUC, the Texas Office of the Public Utility Counsel and Lower Colorado River Authority all had scheduling conflicts, according to the Gulf Coast Power Association, and were unable to participate in the Fall seminar.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147179-scheduling-conflicts-hamper-gcpa-fall-conference/

• MISO Tries Different Tack for PRMR Allocation, Decides on Forecasting Approach (RTO Insider)
MISO announced it’s abandoning a plan to use settled load to divide its resource planning obligations among its load-serving entities, moving instead to a forecasting approach it once vowed not to use.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147168-miso-tries-different-tack-prmr-allocation-decides-forecasting-approach/

• Pennsylvania PUC Advances Large Load Power Curtailment Plan (RTO Insider)
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission is forging ahead with a proposal to ensure that data centers and other large load customers don’t get special treatment during emergency power cutbacks.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147082-pa-puc-approves-tentative-order-emergency-load-control-procedures/

• The Bid to Align Energy Permitting and the Public Interest (RTO Insider commentary)
A larger, more secure North American power grid has been an energy policy priority for grid experts for more than two decades, touched off by the stunning 2003 Northeast Blackout, which streaked around the eastern Great Lakes, cutting off power to 50 million people.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147152-whats-the-meaning-of-the-siting-permitting-proposal-in-congress/

• IESO/OEB Briefs: Oct. 1, 2026 (RTO Insider)
IESO says it will provide additional technical justification for its 100-MW/minute battery ramp-rate limit at a future engagement after storage stakeholders questioned the basis for the restriction.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147067-ieso-oeb-briefs-100126/

• PGE Says EDAM Entry Brings ‘Huge Expansion’ of Opportunities (RTO Insider)
Portland General Electric said its entry into CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market on Oct. 1 went down without any hiccups and is now focused on reaping the benefits from the market.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147173-pge-edam-entry-smooth-huge-opportunities/

• Virginia Energy Plan Considers How to Achieve Net Zero with Demand Growth (RTO Insider)
The 2026 Virginia Energy Plan includes different ways of reliably and affordably meeting growing power demand while staying on track for a net-zero power sector by 2050.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147180-spanberger-introduces-virginia-energy-plan/

• Colo. PUC Drafts Rules for Wildfire Plans, PSPS (RTO Insider)
The Colorado PUC has released draft rules aimed at bringing consistency and transparency to electric utility plans for wildfire mitigation and public safety power shutoffs, including communication requirements and independent review of wildfire risk assessments.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147170-colorado-puc-drafts-rules-wildfire-plans-psps/

• NextEra-Dominion Merger Spurs Widespread Concern in ISO-NE and PJM (RTO Insider)
NextEra Energy’s proposed acquisition of Dominion Energy faces substantial pushback over concerns about increased market power and negative effects on ratepayers.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147172-nextera-dominion-merger-spurs-widespread-concern-iso-ne-pjm/

• States Dissatisfied with Endorsed Term Sheet of PJM Governance Changes (RTO Insider)
PJM stakeholders endorsed a term sheet of proposals drafted by a coalition of members to re-envision the RTO’s governance and stakeholder process giving states more opportunity for input, but not to the satisfaction of several state and consumer advocate officials.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147166-states-dissatisfied-endorsed-term-sheet-pjm-governance-changes/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Backlash Engulfs West Virginia Data Center Law
00:36 Scheduling Conflicts Hamper GCPA’s Fall Conference
00:57 MISO Tries Different Tack for PRMR Allocation, Decides on Forecasting Approach
01:14 Pennsylvania PUC Advances Large Load Power Curtailment Plan
01:29 Commentary: The Bid to Align Energy Permitting and the Public Interest
01:48 IESO/OEB Briefs: Oct. 1, 2026
02:05 PGE Says EDAM Entry Brings ‘Huge Expansion’ of Opportunities
02:20 Virginia Energy Plan Considers How to Achieve Net Zero with Demand Growth
02:35 Colo. PUC Drafts Rules for Wildfire Plans, PSPS
02:56 NextEra-Dominion Merger Spurs Widespread Concern in ISO-NE and PJM
03:11 States Dissatisfied with Endorsed Term Sheet of PJM Governance Changes
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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for October 1, 2026.

In this episode:

• FERC Conditionally Approves PJM Backstop Procurement, Delays Implementation (RTO Insider)
FERC has approved the bulk of PJM’s Reliability Backstop Procurement but suspended its implementation for five months while it investigates whether several aspects fall short of being just and reasonable.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/ferc-conditionally-approves-pjm-backstop-procurement-delays-implementation/

• Key Senators Present Bipartisan Permitting Reform Proposal (RTO Insider)
The ambitious proposal ranges from expanded FERC permitting authority to safeguards from data center costs to time limits on certain review processes.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147080-breaking-news-key-senators-reach-bipartisan-permitting-reform-proposal/

• Appellate Decisions Highlight Requirements for Review of FERC Orders (RTO Insider commentary)
Three decisions in the past year by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit — which hears most FERC cases — show parties must satisfy several threshold requirements before courts will consider the merits of a petition for review.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146930-appellate-decisions-highlight-requirements-review-ferc-orders/

• ROWE Appoints Inaugural Board of Directors (RTO Insider)
The temporary body constituted to get the Regional Organization for Western Energy up and running voted to appoint the organization’s inaugural board of directors and approve a board member independence plan.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147071-rowe-independent-board-slate-approved/

• PGE Hours Away from EDAM Entry as CAISO Addresses Kinks (RTO Insider)
Portland General Electric is ready to join CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market on Oct. 1 as the new market continues to grapple with new issues, many related to software.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146932-pge-hours-away-edam-entry-caiso-addresses-kinks/

• WRAP 1st Priority amid Western Market Shakeup, WPP CEO Says (RTO Insider)
As the West’s day-ahead markets face a potential upheaval, the Western Power Pool remains committed to ensuring its resource adequacy program continues to deliver value to participants, the organization’s CEO said.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147073-wrap-priority-amid-western-market-shakeup-wpp-ceo/

• Planned Data Center on Utah Federal Land Sparks Concern (RTO Insider)
Utah continues to be an attractive location for hyperscale data center projects despite state leaders moving to place regulatory guardrails on the massive artificial intelligence infrastructure projects in response to fierce public backlash.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147101-planned-data-center-utah-federal-land-sparks-concern/

• DOE Again Postpones Centralia, Craig Coal Unit Retirements (RTO Insider)
The U.S. Department of Energy issued emergency orders to keep coal-fired power plants in two Western states open for another 90 days past their planned retirement dates — despite the units’ sparse generation since the extensions began.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147076-doe-again-extends-operation-coal-plants/

• NERC Reports CIP Exceptions Falling Across ERO (ERO Insider)
NERC reported that the number of technical feasibility exceptions to the CIP standards continued to fall in its latest report on the TFE program.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147062-nerc-reports-cip-exceptions-falling-across-ero/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 FERC Conditionally Approves PJM Backstop Procurement, Delays Implementation
00:30 Key Senators Present Bipartisan Permitting Reform Proposal
00:43 Commentary: Appellate Decisions Highlight Requirements for Review of FERC Orders
01:01 ROWE Appoints Inaugural Board of Directors
01:16 PGE Hours Away from EDAM Entry as CAISO Addresses Kinks
01:30 WRAP 1st Priority amid Western Market Shakeup, WPP CEO Says
01:48 Planned Data Center on Utah Federal Land Sparks Concern
02:05 DOE Again Postpones Centralia, Craig Coal Unit Retirements
02:23 NERC Reports CIP Exceptions Falling Across ERO
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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for September 30, 2026.

In this episode:

• MISO’s Market Monitor Needs a Record the Public Can Trust (RTO Insider commentary)
MISO hired EY-Parthenon to examine how it oversees its Independent Market Monitor. Its preliminary findings have produced a disagreement worth resolving.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146949-miso-market-monitor-needs-a-record-the-public-can-trust/

• PJM Stakeholders Present Terms of Governance Changes (RTO Insider)
PJM, several consumer advocates and a coalition of members presented the Members Committee with term sheets laying out how to rework the RTO’s governance and stakeholder process.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147011-pjm-stakeholders-present-terms-of-governance-changes/

• Wash. PUDs Settle with Feds over Canadian Entitlement Share (RTO Insider)
Three Washington public utility districts have settled ongoing litigation with the federal government over their collective share of the Canadian Entitlement under the Columbia River Treaty between the U.S. and Canada.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146999-wash-puds-settle-feds-canadian-entitlement-share/

• NRC Authorizes TVA to Build 1st U.S. Small Modular Reactor (RTO Insider)
The TVA said a construction date has not been set and cost-sharing negotiations with industry partners still are underway.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147009-nrc-authorizes-tva-build-1st-us-small-modular-reactor/

• Utilize Coalition Report Lays out Strategies for Increasing Grid Use (RTO Insider)
The Utilize Coalition released a policy paper laying out how the effective use of transmission and distribution infrastructure can be measured over time.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147001-utilize-coalition-report-designing-state-programs/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Commentary: MISO’s Market Monitor Needs a Record the Public Can Trust
00:28 PJM Stakeholders Present Terms of Governance Changes
00:43 Wash. PUDs Settle with Feds over Canadian Entitlement Share
00:58 NRC Authorizes TVA to Build 1st U.S. Small Modular Reactor
01:11 Utilize Coalition Report Lays out Strategies for Increasing Grid Use
01:24 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for September 29, 2026.

In this episode:

• The Next Frontier of Grid Resilience: Wildfire Prevention and Utility Asset Protection (RTO Insider commentary)
The next frontier in grid asset protection is not simply responding to fires faster, but deploying targeted solutions that reduce the likelihood of ignition and spread before a fire starts, writes industry leader Wes Bolsen.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146163-next-frontier-grid-resilience-wildfire-prevention-utility-asset-protection/

• DTE Proposes Gas Plants, Storage, Renewables in IRP (RTO Insider)
DTE Electric is pitching an all-of-the-above-except-coal energy mix in its 2026 Integrated Resource Plan, reaffirming its commitment to end coal use by 2032.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146928-dte-affirms-coal-phaseout-in-latest-irp-submission/

• FERC Approves $425K in NERC Penalties (ERO Insider)
FERC approved penalties against TransAlta, NLPC and Pepco for violations of NERC reliability standards.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146922-ferc-approves-425k-in-nerc-penalties/

• IESO Proposes New Capacity Accreditation Method for Future Procurements (RTO Insider)
IESO is recommending marginal reliability impact as its method for accrediting capacity in future procurements, moving away from its current reliance on unforced capacity.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146833-ieso-proposes-new-capacity-accreditation-method-future-procurements/

• PGE Says Oregon PUC Order on Holding Company Proposal is Too Strict (RTO Insider)
Portland General Electric rejected the Oregon Public Utility Commission’s conditional order approving the utility’s proposed holding company structure, saying tighter controls on dividends would restrict “ordinary business activities” and limit necessary investments.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146926-pge-says-oregon-puc-conditions-holding-company-plan-too-strict/

• Texas Nuclear Summit Speakers See Bright Future for Industry (RTO Insider)
Speakers at the third annual Texas Nuclear Summit reflected on the event's growth and discussed the potential for new nuclear power aided by federal government support.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146863-texas-nuclear-summit-bright-future-for-industry/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Commentary: The Next Frontier of Grid Resilience: Wildfire Prevention and Utility Asset Protection
00:33 DTE Proposes Gas Plants, Storage, Renewables in IRP
00:49 FERC Approves $425K in NERC Penalties
01:01 IESO Proposes New Capacity Accreditation Method for Future Procurements
01:17 PGE Says Oregon PUC Order on Holding Company Proposal is Too Strict
01:36 Texas Nuclear Summit Speakers See Bright Future for Industry
01:50 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for September 28, 2026.

In this episode:

• Democrats Fume Over Data Center Development on Public Lands (RTO Insider)
Congressional Democrats are ramping up opposition to the Trump administration efforts to potentially use thousands of acres of federal lands in the West to house data centers in the wake of the BLM’s recent approval of a controversial project in Nevada.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146841-democrats-fume-over-data-center-development-on-public-lands/

• Pathways Reveals Proposed ROWE Board Members (RTO Insider)
The group standing up ROWE announced the names of five industry veterans poised to become the organization’s first board directors amid pressure to show it can provide independent governance over CAISO’s energy markets.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146741-pathways-announces-rowe-inaugural-board/

• Grid Operators Need Authority Budgets Before AI Agents Get More Power (RTO Insider commentary)
Grid organizations should use AI aggressively where it improves forecasting, compliance, maintenance, planning and analysis. But as AI shifts from advising people to agents that can act across systems, the industry needs a harder limit on delegated power.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146165-grid-operators-need-authority-budgets-before-ai-agents-get-more-power/

• ISO Governance Speed is Not a Legal Abstraction; it's an Engineering Constraint (RTO Insider commentary)
There's a cost to "shared governance" ISO gridlock that doesn't show up in a tariff filing: the physical grid does not wait for administrative consensus to finish forming, warns engineering analyst Mica C. Tufillaro.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146859-iso-governance-speed-not-legal-abstraction-engineering-constraint/

• Earthjustice Report Suggests Cost Allocation Methods for Large Loads (RTO Insider)
Earthjustice has released a report by Energy Futures Group on how to allocate the costs caused by the addition of large loads like data centers.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146831-earthjustice-report-suggests-cost-allocation-methods-for-large-loads/

• FERC Reaffirms ROE Reduction, Refund Requirements for ISO-NE TOs (RTO Insider)
Responding to a rehearing request by the ISO-NE transmission owners, FERC reaffirmed its reduction of the TOs’ base return on equity and its requirement for the companies to refund customers for the overcollection of funds dating back to 2011.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146828-ferc-reaffirms-roe-reduction-refund-iso-ne-tos/

• Storage Developers Face Evolving Challenges, Opportunities in ISO-NE (RTO Insider)
While advancements in battery technology, increasing arbitrage opportunities and state programs are boosting the case for energy storage in ISO-NE, regulatory challenges continue to pose substantial barriers to development.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146697-iso-ne-storage-devs-face-evolving-challenges-opportunities/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Democrats Fume Over Data Center Development on Public Lands
00:31 Pathways Reveals Proposed ROWE Board Members
00:46 Commentary: Grid Operators Need Authority Budgets Before AI Agents Get More Power
01:07 Commentary: ISO Governance Speed is Not a Legal Abstraction; it's an Engineering Constraint
01:26 Earthjustice Report Suggests Cost Allocation Methods for Large Loads
01:38 FERC Reaffirms ROE Reduction, Refund Requirements for ISO-NE TOs
01:58 Storage Developers Face Evolving Challenges, Opportunities in ISO-NE
02:15 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for September 25, 2026.

In this episode:

• Energy Storage Marks Another Strong Quarter (RTO Insider)
A new report shows battery storage installation soaring in the United States and the average duration of installed batteries growing longer.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146261-second-quarter-us-energy-storage-report/

• Second Judge Blocks N.Y. Climate Change Superfund Act (NetZero Insider)
New York’s attempt to charge fossil fuel companies $75 billion in compensation for climate damage has been shot down by a second federal judge.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146727-ny-climate-change-superfund-act-struck-down-again/

• NYISO Breaks Down Summer System Conditions (RTO Insider)
New York had 10 days with a system peak load of over 27,000 MW this summer, NYISO reported to stakeholders at the end of August.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/142327-nyiso-breaks-down-2026-summer-season-performance/

• Fixing PJM’s Real Problem: Interconnection Delays (RTO Insider commentary)
PJM's interconnection queue for reviewing and approving requests wasn’t flexible enough to handle the increased volume in recent years and has seized up, writes Tom Rutigliano of the NRDC.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146711-fixing-pjms-real-problem/

• Trump Administration Prioritizing Large-Scale Energy Storage (RTO Insider)
The Trump administration has spent the past year course correcting its policies on energy storage, making it a top priority in its efforts to lower energy costs as the buildout of data centers and the artificial intelligence industry strains the nation’s aging power grid, according to a senior Department of Energy official.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146721-trump-administration-prioritizing-large-scale-energy-storage/

• Ariz. Utilities’ Day-ahead Market Choices Face Fresh Scrutiny (RTO Insider)
An Arizona regulator has asked utilities in the state for updated analysis on their choice of day-ahead market — including the impact of Bonneville Power Administration potentially switching from SPP’s Markets+ to CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146709-ariz-utilities-day-ahead-market-choices-face-fresh-scrutiny/

• Experts Debate Restructuring vs. Vertical Integration at AEI (RTO Insider)
The return of major load growth has brought back basic debates about how to economically regulate the power industry, and the American Enterprise Institute gathered a group of experts to discuss the topic.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146725-experts-debate-restructuring-versus-vertical-integration-at-aei/

• CISA, FBI Warn of Attacks on ICS Integrators (ERO Insider)
Federal agencies said malicious cyber actors may be targeting third-party industrial control system integration services.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146714-cisa-issues-ics-integrator-guidance/

• DOE Awards $1.9B for 31 Grid Modernization Projects (RTO Insider)
Recipients are expected to reconductor or replace more than 1,500 miles of transmission lines and add grid-enhancing technologies to nearly 21,000 miles.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146729-doe-announces-speed-power-transmission-grants/

• MISO Asks FERC for Queue Restudy Cutback, 1-shot Exit Ramp for 2022 Projects (RTO Insider)
MISO has filed a plan with FERC to reduce restudies in its interconnection queue and hand out a one-time pardon for generation proposals that entered its queue in 2022, allowing them to exit without consequence in late 2026.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146694-miso-asks-ferc-queue-restudy-cutback-one-shot-exit-ramp/

• IESO Finalizes Long Lead-Time Procurement Changes as Registration Opens (RTO Insider)
IESO has finalized changes to its Long Lead-Time request for proposals, including a mechanism to replace unsigned or disqualified awards, new contract language allowing it to share project progress reports with the Ontario government and revisions to storage requirements.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146715-ieso-finalizes-long-lead-time-procurement-changes/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Energy Storage Marks Another Strong Quarter
00:25 Second Judge Blocks N.Y. Climate Change Superfund Act
00:38 NYISO Breaks Down Summer System Conditions
00:50 Commentary: Fixing PJM’s Real Problem: Interconnection Delays
01:08 Trump Administration Prioritizing Large-Scale Energy Storage
01:29 Ariz. Utilities’ Day-ahead Market Choices Face Fresh Scrutiny
01:48 Experts Debate Restructuring vs. Vertical Integration at AEI
02:04 CISA, FBI Warn of Attacks on ICS Integrators
02:16 DOE Awards $1.9B for 31 Grid Modernization Projects
02:31 MISO Asks FERC for Queue Restudy Cutback, 1-shot Exit Ramp for 2022 Projects
02:52 IESO Finalizes Long Lead-Time Procurement Changes as Registration Opens
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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for September 24, 2026.

In this episode:

• MISO Nominates Intel Expert to Board of Directors (RTO Insider)
The MISO Board of Directors is likely to have a new member beginning in 2027, one with cybersecurity and government intelligence experience.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/145304-miso-nominates-intel-expert-board-of-directors/

• NERC Approves MISO’s Move to SERC as Primary Reliability Corp. (RTO Insider)
MISO announced NERC has approved its request for SERC Reliability to serve as its new main regional entity, replacing a 10-year relationship with ReliabilityFirst.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146433-nerc-approves-miso-move-to-serc-primary-reliability-corp/

• FERC Commissioners Trade Concurrences on $1 Collateral from Data Center (RTO Insider)
FERC declined to weigh in on a contract dispute, outside of several concurrences that argued for clearer terms on deals between utilities and large loads and to highlight the paucity of a $1 letter of credit.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146251-ferc-commissioners-trade-concurrences-collateral-data-center/

• Campbell Decision Clouds New DOE Must-run Orders for Indiana Coal Plants (RTO Insider)
The U.S. Department of Energy issued fresh orders to again delay the scheduled closures of two Indiana coal plants as questions swirl over their legality.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/145347-campbell-uncertainty-clouds-doe-must-run-orders-indiana-coal-plants/

• Heinrich Proposes Tax Credits for Upgraded Tx (RTO Insider)
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced a bill that would offer a 30% investment tax credit to transmission projects that upgrade their capacity using advanced conductors.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146253-heinrich-proposes-tax-credits-upgraded-transmission/

• N.Y. Awards 8 Storage, 13 Renewable Energy Contracts (RTO Insider)
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority announced the state has contracted new storage and renewable energy projects with a combined capacity of 1.7 GW.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146426-new-york-procures-renewable-energy-storage-contracts/

• Independence is a Lousy Principle of Governance for ISOs (RTO Insider commentary)
The West seeks to inject independence into its regime so participants can be confident market outcomes are not beholden to the interests of California. In contrast, stakeholders in the East are pushing to make an independent PJM more responsive, nimble and accountable to a large and complex variety of interests, writes energy consultant Vincent Duane.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/145258-independence-is-a-lousy-principle-of-governance/

• New Data Center Power Metric Could Guide Flexibility, Aurora Says (RTO Insider)
Researchers at Aurora Energy hope their metric for measuring the value a data center obtains from consuming electricity could result in more targeted tools to avoid burdening existing customers with higher costs.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143207-new-data-center-power-metric-could-guide-flexibility-aurora-says/

• Western Natural Gas Prices near Record Low in Q1 2026 (RTO Insider)
Natural gas prices decreased almost 50% in some parts of the West in Q1 2026 compared to Q1 2025, a report by CAISO’s Department of Market Monitoring found.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/145353-natural-gas-prices-near-record-low-q1-2026-in-west/

• SERC Speakers Outline Issues Involving Large Loads (RTO Insider)
Speakers at a SERC Reliability Board of Directors meeting discussed issues involving large loads, including NERC's plans for standards development.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146159-serc-speakers-outline-issues-large-loads/

• IESO Defends Import Guarantee Changes as Traders Warn of Higher Costs (RTO Insider)
IESO is sticking with its late January 2027 timetable for restricting import guarantees and rejecting calls for a delay. Traders warn the changes could discourage imports and raise Ontario’s wholesale power costs.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/145330-market-design-tension-ieso-defends-import-guarantee-changes/

• BPA Markets Discussion Pits Design Against Fundamentals (RTO Insider)
In a letter to the Regional Organization for Western Energy, BPA Administrator Travis Kavulla made clear the agency intended to review its previous record of decision to join SPP’s Markets+ rather than CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146161-bpa-markets-discussion-pits-design-against-fundamentals/

• Abbott Tightens Pause on ERCOT Data Center Interconnections (RTO Insider)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has further tightened his de facto moratorium on data center interconnections with the ERCOT grid.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/146155-abbott-puts-halt-more-approvals-large-loads/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 MISO Nominates Intel Expert to Board of Directors
00:26 NERC Approves MISO’s Move to SERC as Primary Reliability Corp.
00:42 FERC Commissioners Trade Concurrences on $1 Collateral from Data Center
00:58 Campbell Decision Clouds New DOE Must-run Orders for Indiana Coal Plants
01:13 Heinrich Proposes Tax Credits for Upgraded Tx
01:28 N.Y. Awards 8 Storage, 13 Renewable Energy Contracts
01:43 Commentary: Independence is a Lousy Principle of Governance for ISOs
02:07 New Data Center Power Metric Could Guide Flexibility, Aurora Says
02:24 Western Natural Gas Prices near Record Low in Q1 2026
02:41 SERC Speakers Outline Issues Involving Large Loads
02:54 IESO Defends Import Guarantee Changes as Traders Warn of Higher Costs
03:12 BPA Markets Discussion Pits Design Against Fundamentals
03:31 Abbott Tightens Pause on ERCOT Data Center Interconnections
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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for September 23, 2026.

In this episode:

• States File 3 More Challenges to OSW Lease Buyouts (NetZero Insider)
New York leads a coalition of eight states as plaintiffs in two complaints over buyouts along the northeast coast and California is the plaintiff in a complaint over a buyout off its coast.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/145341-three-new-lawsuits-target-trump-admin-offshore-wind-buyouts/

• How Much Flexible AI Compute Can the Grid Actually Count On? (RTO Insider commentary)
With capacity in major ISOs being rapidly outstripped by new data loads, the question concerning flexibility becomes increasingly critical. How grid planners address the issue obviously has major implications for resource adequacy.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/145201-how-much-flexible-ai-compute-can-the-grid-actually-count-on/

• Entergy Objects to MISO’s $70M JTIQ Cost Assignment for Lone Star Plant (RTO Insider)
Entergy Texas has filed a complaint against MISO over the grid operator proposing to assign $70 million in interregional transmission upgrades to the utility’s Lone Star power station.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/145298-entergy-objects-miso-cost-jtiq-assignment-lone-star-plant/

• Temporary Gas Plants Approved for 2 Nevada Data Centers (RTO Insider)
Nevada regulators have approved permits for two behind-the-meter gas plants to power data centers until NV Energy is able to permanently supply the campuses with electricity.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/145338-temporary-gas-plants-approved-nevada-data-centers/

• Exelon’s Butler Expounds on Data Center Backlash at Atlantic Council (RTO Insider)
The political backlash to data center development is largely owed to the lack of communication and community buy-in, Exelon CEO Calvin Butler said at an Atlantic Council event in New York City.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/145344-exelons-butler-expounds-data-center-backlash-atlantic-council/

• Review of MISO Monitor Shows Stakeholder Desire for Guardrails, Board Supervision (RTO Insider)
The third-party best practices review of the MISO Independent Market Monitor ordered by the Board of Directors may place sharper parameters on the IMM’s duties and governance.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/145301-miso-review-imm-overreach-bias-succession-planning-board-involvement/

• NERC’s Large Load Standards Pass First Ballot (ERO Insider)
NERC reported that five proposed standards to address computational loads passed their first industry ballot.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/145328-nerc-large-load-standards-pass-first-ballot/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 States File 3 More Challenges to OSW Lease Buyouts
00:28 Commentary: How Much Flexible AI Compute Can the Grid Actually Count On?
00:47 Entergy Objects to MISO’s $70M JTIQ Cost Assignment for Lone Star Plant
01:04 Temporary Gas Plants Approved for 2 Nevada Data Centers
01:18 Exelon’s Butler Expounds on Data Center Backlash at Atlantic Council
01:34 Review of MISO Monitor Shows Stakeholder Desire for Guardrails, Board Supervision
01:50 NERC’s Large Load Standards Pass First Ballot
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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for September 22, 2026.

In this episode:

• CPUC Approves Rulemaking to Implement California IOU Participation in ROWE (RTO Insider)
The California Public Utilities commission unanimously approved a new rulemaking to spell out how the agency will authorize the state’s investor-owned utilities to participate in a regional market operated by CAISO but governed by an independent body.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143675-cpuc-approves-rulemaking-implement-california-iou-participation/

• EPA Termination of Solar for All Ruled Unlawful (NetZero Insider)
A federal judge has declared EPA’s August 2025 termination of the Solar for All program unlawful and ordered the termination vacated.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/145225-epa-termination-of-solar-for-all-ruled-unlawful/

• Is New England Ready for New Nuclear? (RTO Insider)
About five decades after New England’s original nuclear development boom and following years of retirements, the region may be on the verge of another nuclear renaissance, though this is far from a guarantee.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/144189-is-new-england-ready-for-new-nuclear/

• TVA Sued over Coal Retirement Renege (RTO Insider)
Environmental advocacy organizations have sued the Tennessee Valley Authority for backing out on promises to retire a coal plant while still constructing its gas-fired replacement, thereby violating air quality standards permitting.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/145240-tva-sued-over-coal-retirement-renege/

• Propel NY Clears Key Hurdle in Long-running Regulatory Review (RTO Insider)
New York PSC approval of the certificate of environmental compatibility and public need for Propel NY sets the stage for other approvals, such as the first phases of the construction plan.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/145223-propel-ny-transmission-line-proposal-gains-key-approval/

• Changes Coming to IESO Program that Helps Facilities Identify Energy Savings (RTO Insider)
IESO outlined proposed changes to its Expanded Energy Management program, which helps industrial, commercial and institutional facilities reduce energy use via the funding of staff and monitoring systems.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/144771-changes-ieso-program-helps-facilities-identify-energy-savings/

• The Energy Authority: 2 Western Markets Better than 1 (RTO Insider)
The Energy Authority says continued market competition between CAISO and SPP in the West is the best way to end up with efficient markets.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/144570-energy-authority-2-western-markets-better-than-1/

• Flexibility, Innovation and Integration: What MISO’s September Tells Us About the Work Ahead (RTO Insider commentary)
The generator interconnection process is not going to be fixed by one more adjustment to one more deposit schedule. What it needs is flexibility from the entities that run it, innovation in how the studies are conceived, and integration between interconnection and the transmission planning that should have been clearing its path all along.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/145216-what-miso-september-tells-us-about-the-work-ahead/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 CPUC Approves Rulemaking to Implement California IOU Participation in ROWE
00:34 EPA Termination of Solar for All Ruled Unlawful
00:46 Is New England Ready for New Nuclear?
01:00 TVA Sued over Coal Retirement Renege
01:16 Propel NY Clears Key Hurdle in Long-running Regulatory Review
01:32 Changes Coming to IESO Program that Helps Facilities Identify Energy Savings
01:50 The Energy Authority: 2 Western Markets Better than 1
02:02 Commentary: Flexibility, Innovation and Integration: What MISO’s September Tells Us About the Work Ahead
02:28 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for September 21, 2026.

In this episode:

• Nevada Governor Moves to Establish Data Center Guardrails (RTO Insider)
Nevada’s Republican governor is signing a new executive order that sets regulatory parameters for data center projects amid growing public concern over the state’s approach to managing the power-guzzling facilities needed to support the booming AI industry.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/144629-nevada-governor-moves-to-establish-data-center-guardrails/

• Virginia Gov. Spanberger’s New Data Center Rules Seek Cleaner, Cheaper Power (RTO Insider)
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger released a new framework for data centers that seeks to bring down costs for other customers and make electricity supplying the facilities cleaner, among other policies.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/145098-spanberger-issues-data-center-framework/

• N.Y. PSC Directs Utilities to Report How They Use AI (RTO Insider)
The order is a first step to assess utility AI use and could lead to regulations designed to minimize risks.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/144185-psc-initiates-review-new-yorkj-utilities-use-ai/

• Is Compensating Utility Customers for Power Outages a Good Idea? (RTO Insider commentary)
Electric utilities rarely compensate their customers for power outages, regardless of their duration and the damage they caused.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143524-is-compensating-utility-customers-power-outages-good-idea/

• MISO Stakeholders Repeat Calls for Fair Cost Splits on Large Load Tx Work (RTO Insider)
MISO stakeholders are increasingly concerned about the potential for cost spillover from large load customers who require increasingly complex transmission projects onto the RTO’s other customers and said so in front of the RTO’s board of directors.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/144200-miso-stakeholders-repeat-calls-fair-cost-splits-large-load-tx-work/

• Congestion Forces SPP to Issue Brief EEA Level 1 (RTO Insider)
SPP says congestion issues on the eastern seam of its eastern balancing authority area led to the region’s first energy emergency alert in two years.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/144447-congestion-forces-spp-issue-brief-eea-level-1/

• Utah-Nevada Tx Line Aims to Spur Geothermal Development (RTO Insider)
The Bureau of Land Management has opened public comment for Silver Rock Transmission, a proposed 330-mile, up-to-600-kV line BLM says will help facilitate geothermal leasing in Nevada and Utah.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/144253-utah-nevada-tx-line-aims-boost-geothermal-development/

• BPA Seeks $250M Rate Increase Following Spill Order (RTO Insider)
The Bonneville Power Administration said it could hike power prices to mitigate a potential $250 million revenue shortfall after a federal judge ordered the agency to increase spill over dams to protect migrating salmon.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/145147-bpa-seeks-250m-rate-increase-following-spill-order/

• Ohio Commission Advances AES Acquisition (RTO Insider)
PUCO has approved a change in ownership for AES Ohio, but with an unusual proviso barring members of the company’s board from participating in all decision-making related to data centers if they have “pecuniary interests” in the industry.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/144258-puco-approves-change-ownership-aes-ohio/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Nevada Governor Moves to Establish Data Center Guardrails
00:32 Virginia Gov. Spanberger’s New Data Center Rules Seek Cleaner, Cheaper Power
00:48 N.Y. PSC Directs Utilities to Report How They Use AI
01:00 Commentary: Is Compensating Utility Customers for Power Outages a Good Idea?
01:13 MISO Stakeholders Repeat Calls for Fair Cost Splits on Large Load Tx Work
01:31 Congestion Forces SPP to Issue Brief EEA Level 1
01:45 Utah-Nevada Tx Line Aims to Spur Geothermal Development
02:03 BPA Seeks $250M Rate Increase Following Spill Order
02:22 Ohio Commission Advances AES Acquisition
02:39 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for September 18, 2026.

In this episode:

• House Passes Ratepayer Protection Act ahead of Midterm Elections (RTO Insider)
The House passed the Ratepayer Protection Act to encourage state adoption of large load tariffs for data centers and a few other pieces of electric legislation ahead of a long-break that runs through the midterm elections this November.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143739-house-passes-ratepayer-protection-act-other-energy-bills/

• NERC Standards Committee Prepares for Elections (ERO Insider)
NERC’s Standards Committee will hold its planned membership elections and keep its regular meeting schedule as plans proceed for its replacement, NERC staff told members at their monthly open meeting.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143743-nerc-standards-committee-prepares-elections/

• NV Energy Commits to Join EDAM in 2028 (RTO Insider)
NV Energy will be the ninth entity to join CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market as the utility tries to continue to benefit from a Western regional market.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/144161-nv-energy-commits-edam-2028/

• How Realistic are Statewide Data Center Bans in the West? (RTO Insider)
State lawmakers and gubernatorial candidates across the West are vowing to approve statewide data center bans in upcoming legislative sessions starting in January 2027.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/144069-how-realistic-statewide-data-center-bans-in-the-west/

• America Doesn't Have a Data Center Problem: It's an Electricity Architecture Problem (RTO Insider commentary)
America is building a new industrial economy with an electricity system designed for an earlier age. Some new customers are so different from traditional customers, that treating them as merely “big small loads” no longer makes sense.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143245-america-doesnt-have-data-center-problem-its-electricity-architecture-problem/

• MISO Lowers Customer Experience Survey Goals, Cites On-edge Industry (RTO Insider)
MISO is moving the goalposts and creating a new definition of “excellent” in its customer experience survey as it’s forced to implement more drastic measures to maintain reliability that could be unpopular with certain stakeholders.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/144183-miso-lowers-customer-experience-survey-goals/

• Regulators Confront AI Data Center Threats to Grid Operations (RTO Insider commentary)
People who run much of the nation's power grid are urgently plying human intelligence the risk that AI data factories reacting to relatively small grid disturbances could cause potentially fatal wide-area blackouts.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/144052-regulators-confront-ai-data-center-threats-to-grid-operations/

• PowerLines Releases Utility Affordability Guidebook for Governors (RTO Insider)
PowerLines has released a policy guide for governors ahead of November’s elections that offers strategic levers, pathways and communications strategies to make electricity more affordable.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/144154-powerlines-releases-playbook-governors-electricity-affordability/

• MISO Powers Through ‘Hot, Hot, Hot’ Summer; IMM Decries Max Gen Reprice (RTO Insider)
The Independent Market Monitor said MISO’s repricing of several hours a summertime emergency brought on by one of many heatwaves in the 2026 season eroded faith in MISO’s markets.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/144181-miso-powers-through-heat-summer-imm-decries-max-gen-reprice/

• ERCOT CEO’s Compensation Package Put on Hold (RTO Insider)
A top Texas lawmaker has intervened in the ERCOT board's approval of a five-year contract extension for CEO Pablo Vegas, saying now is not the time to hand out a multimillion-dollar pay raise "on the backs of ratepayers."
https://www.rtoinsider.com/144076-ercot-ceos-compensation-package-put-on-hold/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 House Passes Ratepayer Protection Act ahead of Midterm Elections
00:30 NERC Standards Committee Prepares for Elections
00:44 NV Energy Commits to Join EDAM in 2028
00:56 How Realistic are Statewide Data Center Bans in the West?
01:11 Commentary: America Doesn't Have a Data Center Problem: It's an Electricity Architecture Problem
01:30 MISO Lowers Customer Experience Survey Goals, Cites On-edge Industry
01:48 Commentary: Regulators Confront AI Data Center Threats to Grid Operations
02:05 PowerLines Releases Utility Affordability Guidebook for Governors
02:20 MISO Powers Through ‘Hot, Hot, Hot’ Summer; IMM Decries Max Gen Reprice
02:37 ERCOT CEO’s Compensation Package Put on Hold
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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for September 17, 2026.

In this episode:

• Policy Vets Launch Think Tank: The Lighthouse Energy Institute (RTO Insider)
A nonpartisan think tank dedicated to improving energy policy at the state and federal levels called the Lighthouse Energy Institute is launching.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143659-lighthouse-energy-institute-launches-think-tank/

• MISO Says it’s Slowing Use of AI Agents For Now, Building Rulebook (RTO Insider)
MISO said it’s allowing some lag time before putting AI agents in charge of consequential grid work while it becomes increasingly savvy and vigilant about its AI governance.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143803-miso-slowing-use-of-ai-agents-building-rulebook/

• Vineyard Wind, GE Vernova Resolve Dispute over Withheld Payments (RTO Insider)
Vineyard Wind and GE Vernova have settled a legal dispute that threatened an 806-MW wind project during the late stages of its construction.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143745-vineyard-wind-ge-vernova-resolve-dispute-withheld-payments/

• Small and Rural BPA Customer Group Supports Markets+ While Working Constructively to Improve EDAM (RTO Insider commentary)
A market that works for Bonneville Power Administration’s load-following NITS customers is a market that works for the region, argues a regional trade association that represents about 60 small and rural BPA customers.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143530-small-rural-bpa-group-supports-markets-working-improve-edam/

• Stakeholders Question MISO Routes for Large Load Interconnections (RTO Insider)
Representatives from MISO’s environmental sector told the RTO to rethink adding two new specialized interconnection queue tracks for large loads and instead turn its focus to making its existing queue an adaptable, one-stop shop.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143807-stakeholders-doubt-miso-directions-large-load-interconnections/

• ISO-NE Details Large Load Proposal, Restarts Work on Order 1920 (RTO Insider)
ISO-NE gave additional details on its proposed response to FERC’s large load show-cause order, expanding upon its proposed “bring-your-own-new-capacity” requirements for new loads of 50 MW or more.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/144063-iso-ne-details-large-load-proposal-restarts-order-1920-work/

• PJM OC Briefs: Sept. 10, 2026 (RTO Insider)
PJM presented a first read on a set of manual revisions to implement the second phase of PJM’s redesign of its regulation market.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/144055-pjm-oc-briefs-091026/

• 4th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments on Appeal of FERC Order 1920 (RTO Insider)
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard lengthy oral arguments on the challenge to FERC Order 1920 as parties made their cases to eliminate or change the rule that directed changes to regional transmission planning and cost allocation.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143666-4th-circuit-hears-oral-arguments-appeal-ferc-order-1920/

• PPC, NRU Urge BPA to Maintain Markets+ Commitment During DAM Review (RTO Insider)
Northwest Requirements Utilities and the Public Power Council addressed the Bonneville Power Administration’s decision to reevaluate its commitment to SPP’s Markets+, saying they support improvements to CAISO’s EDAM but are skeptical changes can be implemented fast enough to justify BPA joining the market.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/144066-ppc-nru-urge-bpa-maintain-markets-commitment-dam-review/

• North Carolina AG Urges Creation of a Data Center Tariff (RTO Insider)
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson is pushing for the creation of a separate data center rate class for Duke Energy customers that would go beyond what state utility regulators have proposed.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143725-north-carolina-ag-urges-creation-data-center-tariff/

• PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: Sept. 8, 2026 (RTO Insider)
The Planning Committee deferred action on a package of revisions to Manual 21B: PJM Rules and Procedures for Determination of Generating Capability, pushing back the vote for a second consecutive meeting.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/144049-pjm-pc-teac-briefs-090826/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Policy Vets Launch Think Tank: The Lighthouse Energy Institute
00:27 MISO Says it’s Slowing Use of AI Agents For Now, Building Rulebook
00:42 Vineyard Wind, GE Vernova Resolve Dispute over Withheld Payments
00:55 Commentary: Small and Rural BPA Customer Group Supports Markets+ While Working Constructively to Improve EDAM
01:15 Stakeholders Question MISO Routes for Large Load Interconnections
01:33 ISO-NE Details Large Load Proposal, Restarts Work on Order 1920
01:51 PJM OC Briefs: Sept. 10, 2026
02:03 4th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments on Appeal of FERC Order 1920
02:22 PPC, NRU Urge BPA to Maintain Markets+ Commitment During DAM Review
02:45 North Carolina AG Urges Creation of a Data Center Tariff
03:01 PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: Sept. 8, 2026
03:18 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for September 16, 2026.

In this episode:

• Duke’s Nicholas Institute Models Costly Restart of Net Zero After Trump (NetZero Insider)
Duke University’s Nicholas Institute has released a new policy brief finding that the Trump administration’s abandonment of any climate mitigation efforts has made any return to such policies more expensive.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143361-duke-nichols-center-costly-restart-net-zero-trump/

• MISO Regulatory Group Takes Break from DER Survey, Explores Data Exchange Platform (RTO Insider)
The Organization of MISO States will not conduct its annual survey quantifying distributed energy resources across the MISO footprint in 2026 while it evaluates how to modernize it and — in a related effort — explores the creation of a centralized DER data exchange platform.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143552-miso-reg-group-takes-break-der-survey-explores-data-exchange-platform/

• Invenergy Seeks Process to Change Planned Resource Fuel Type in PJM (RTO Insider)
The PJM Planning Committee endorsed an Invenergy issue charge seeking to allow resources that have received interconnection service agreements but still are under development to change their fuel type if it is determined there would be no material impact.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143459-invenergy-seeks-process-change-planned-resource-fuel-type-pjm/

• CPUC Safety Division Opposes Overhead Line Rule Proposal (RTO Insider)
The California PUC’s safety division opposed a proposed decision issued that would revise how overhead power lines are designed and built in California.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143629-cpuc-safety-division-opposes-overhead-line-design-rule-change/

• The Software Fix that Could Save PJM Customers Billions (RTO Insider commentary)
A recent FERC ruling presents an opportunity for PJM states to streamline access to meter data, which could help reduce power bills, Sam Peinado argues.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143538-the-software-fix-that-could-save-pjm-customers-billions/

• FERC Approves Changes to ISO-NE Day-ahead Ancillary Services (RTO Insider)
FERC approved a series of changes to ISO-NE’s day-ahead ancillary services market intended to reduce overall costs to consumers.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143651-ferc-approves-changes-iso-ne-day-ahead-ancillary-services/

• Montana Lawmakers Prep Data Center Ratepayer Protection Bill (RTO Insider)
Montana lawmakers are moving forward with legislation designed to shield residential electric utility ratepayers from the costs to accommodate power-hungry data centers and other large load customers.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143581-montana-legislators-propose-protections-data-centers-consumers/

• PJM Curtailment Proposal Draws Protest From Ohio Consumer Representative (RTO Insider)
Ohio’s statutory ratepayer advocate is calling on FERC to reject parts of a PJM proposal intended to manage temporary electricity shortages if large load power demands strain the grid.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143517-pjm-curtailment-proposal-draws-protest-ohio-consumer-rep/

• ISO-NE, States Proceeding with LTTP Selection (RTO Insider)
ISO-NE and the New England states are proceeding with the selection of a $2.2 billion transmission project proposed by Avangrid and Eversource Energy.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143679-iso-ne-states-proceeding-with-lttp-selection/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Duke’s Nicholas Institute Models Costly Restart of Net Zero After Trump
00:30 MISO Regulatory Group Takes Break from DER Survey, Explores Data Exchange Platform
00:55 Invenergy Seeks Process to Change Planned Resource Fuel Type in PJM
01:13 CPUC Safety Division Opposes Overhead Line Rule Proposal
01:27 Commentary: The Software Fix that Could Save PJM Customers Billions
01:41 FERC Approves Changes to ISO-NE Day-ahead Ancillary Services
01:54 Montana Lawmakers Prep Data Center Ratepayer Protection Bill
02:09 PJM Curtailment Proposal Draws Protest From Ohio Consumer Representative
02:27 ISO-NE, States Proceeding with LTTP Selection
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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for September 15, 2026.

In this episode:

• Georgia Power’s Grid Expansion Plans Spur Questions (RTO Insider)
Georgia Power is touting regulatory approval of more than 1,100 MW in solar purchase power agreements while also releasing a summary of an electric service contract for a 3.2-GW OpenAI data center.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143303-georgia-power-grid-expansion-plans-spur-questions/

• NYISO to Large Loads: Please Bring Your Own Generation (RTO Insider)
NYISO’s new large load integration process would involve increased readiness obligations for such projects, a new Bulk Electric Large Load study process and a new “non-firm withdrawal” service for loads that do not bring new generation to the grid.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/142329-nyiso-to-large-loads-please-bring-generation/

• CPUC Asks CAISO to Prevent Gaming Behavior in Large Loads Proposal (RTO Insider)
The California Public Utilities Commission is asking CAISO to prevent gaming tactics under the new large loads straw proposal.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143220-cpuc-asks-caiso-prevent-gaming-behavior-large-loads-proposal/

• Why More Generation for PJM Doesn't Require a Return to Utility Ownership (RTO Insider commentary)
Policymakers are hearing arguments that vertically integrated utilities once again should build generation in states that deliberately separated monopoly electricity delivery from competitive power generation three decades ago. This would be a bad idea, EPSA CEO Todd Snitchler writes.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143199-why-more-generation-pjm-doesnt-require-return-to-utility-ownership/

• NextEra, Dominion Expand Merger Commitments for Virginia (RTO Insider)
NextEra and Dominion doubled proposed residential credits, promised to add jobs to Virginia, and committed to data centers paying their fair share after getting feedback on their merger proposal.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143357-nextera-dominion-expand-merger-commitments-for-virginia/

• NYISO Finds Reliability Deficiencies in RNA Base Case Results (RTO Insider)
The base case results of NYISO’s 2026 Reliability Needs Assessment show the state will be 200 MW short by 2033, increasing to 1,800 MW by 2036.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143282-nyiso-finds-reliability-deficiencies-rna-base-case-results/

• Energy Storage Canada Proposes New Track for Ontario BTM Batteries (RTO Insider)
Ontario has built a large utility-scale battery market, but Energy Storage Canada, a trade association that promotes the advancement of Canada’s storage sector, says the province still lacks a comparable way to procure batteries behind commercial and industrial meters as dependable capacity.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143286-energy-storage-canada-proposes-new-track-ontario-btm-batteries/

• CISA Adds AI, Remote Work to Insider Threat Guide (ERO Insider)
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency updated its insider threat guidance to account for technological developments since 2020.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143349-cisa-adds-ai-remote-work-insider-threat-guide/

• Pennsylvania PUC to Revamp Key Policies Linked to Large Loads (RTO Insider)
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission will swiftly relook at its cost allocation and emergency load control procedures in a direct response to Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s hardening stance on data center development.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143511-pennsylvania-puc-revamp-key-policies-large-loads/

• PJM Proposes Large Load Ride-through Requirements (RTO Insider)
PJM has proposed requirements for how large loads are expected to respond during voltage and frequency disturbances in the wake of nearly 4 GW of data centers abruptly dropping off the grid when a nearby transmission line tripped in July.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143564-pjm-proposes-large-load-ride-through-requirements/

• EPA Stops Short of Eliminating All GHG Standards — for Now (RTO Insider)
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin says the agency seeks to repeal all remaining standards for greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143528-epa-stops-short-eliminating-all-ghg-standards-for-now/

• ERCOT Completes Batch Zero Conditional Classification (RTO Insider)
ERCOT has completed a conditional classification of 362 large load interconnection requests, totaling 191.8 GW of load, with 204 projects and 66.4 GW listed as base load and eligible for Batch Zero.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/143214-ercot-completes-batch-zero-condition-classification/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Georgia Power’s Grid Expansion Plans Spur Questions
00:31 NYISO to Large Loads: Please Bring Your Own Generation
00:49 CPUC Asks CAISO to Prevent Gaming Behavior in Large Loads Proposal
01:01 Commentary: Why More Generation for PJM Doesn't Require a Return to Utility Ownership
01:24 NextEra, Dominion Expand Merger Commitments for Virginia
01:39 NYISO Finds Reliability Deficiencies in RNA Base Case Results
01:57 Energy Storage Canada Proposes New Track for Ontario BTM Batteries
02:18 CISA Adds AI, Remote Work to Insider Threat Guide
02:32 Pennsylvania PUC to Revamp Key Policies Linked to Large Loads
02:48 PJM Proposes Large Load Ride-through Requirements
03:07 EPA Stops Short of Eliminating All GHG Standards — for Now
03:22 ERCOT Completes Batch Zero Conditional Classification
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