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A record 49 GW of clean energy generation came online in the U.S. in 2024, nearly 33% more than in 2023, the American Clean Power Association reported March 5. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/EYhJ50Vbucr Writer: John Cropley

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The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing March 5 to discuss meeting the growing demand for power, with each party’s members claiming the other side’s policies were hindrances. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/zBYb50VbucY Writer: James Downing

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With one notable exception, the offshore wind industry is on track for a global rebound, Rystad Energy predicts in its 2025 outlook, released March 2. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/THB250VaLTV Writer: John Cropley

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced March 4 that the province will enact a retaliatory 25% tariff on its electricity exports to the U.S. — or even halt them. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/4w1X50VaLUl Writer: Amanda Durish Cook

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The headlines in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Loper Bright Enterprises vs. Raimondo were unequivocal. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/zHlh50V9Xav Writer: K Kaufmann

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In preparation for potential fees on electricity imports from Canada, ISO-NE requested authorization from FERC on Feb. 28 to collect import duties. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/zklP50V9X9n Writer: Jon Lamson

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Solar, wind and storage are critical for meeting growing U.S. energy demand because they are cheaper and faster to build than natural gas. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/Cykn50V9421 Writer: K Kaufmann

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Even as President Donald Trump and the new Republican-controlled Congress begin to roll back the clean energy policies of the Biden administration, the grid still needs to expand to meet new demand. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/3qk850V942c Writer: James Downing

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Another mature offshore wind project is facing financial write-downs and a potential yearslong delay in the wake of the Trump administration’s moves to shut the sector down. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/nXPa50V8hKm Writer: John Cropley

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The federal government has put on hold nearly $1 million in funding toward the development of a new independent Western “regional organization” to oversee CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/25lO50V8hzm Writer: Henrik Nilsson

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MISO doesn’t think it needs to step up cost monitoring on its ever-larger transmission projects even as some stakeholders call for tighter measures. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/6eHu50V7mLE Writer: Amanda Durish Cook

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Demand growth coupled with an ongoing changeover in supply has dominated the power industry’s attention, and it was a major theme at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ Winter Policy Summit. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/TUs850V7mnL Writer: James Downing

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The policies of the Biden administration will continue to shape the U.S. power portfolio a while longer, even as the Trump administration tries to make a hard right turn from renewables back to fossil fuel. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/IVpw50V6AKL Writer: John Cropley

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The Bonneville Power Administration will be on the hook for nearly $27 million in funding for the next phase of SPP’s Markets+. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/rU7Q50V6F08 Writer: Robert Mullin and Tom Kleckner

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A report released in February by Aurora Energy Research has found that President Donald Trump’s executive orders have put 43 GW of East Coast offshore wind projects at risk of permitting delay. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/rZnL50V5QqI Writer: Vincent Gabrielle

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The Markets and Reliability Committee endorsed a proposal to rework how demand response (DR) resources are modeled in PJM’s effective load carrying capability (ELCC) framework. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/fRBY50V5QpP Writer: Devin Leith-Yessian

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Energy efficiency upgrades in the commercial and industrial sector have made LED lighting so common that additional upgrades require more than just swapping old bulbs for new technology. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/Pwps50V51sC Writer: James Downing

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Speaking at an annual conference, MISO and SPP executives promised to open their queues’ floodgates. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/Wbqr50V51ss Writer: Amanda Durish Cook

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FERC Chair Mark Christie ran his first open meeting Feb. 20 and addressed President Donald Trump’s executive order on independent regulatory agencies. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/cctr50V3VvB Writer: James Downing

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Page 50 of the 2025 Sustainable Energy Factbook absolutely nails the unevenness of electricity demand growth across the U.S. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/MebO50V414E Writer: K Kaufmann

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FERC Chair Mark Christie ran his first open meeting Feb. 20 and addressed President Donald Trump’s executive order on independent regulatory agencies. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/cctr50V3VvB Writer: James Downing

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Page 50 of the 2025 Sustainable Energy Factbook absolutely nails the unevenness of electricity demand growth across the U.S. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/XpCr50V3tjJ Writer: K Kaufmann

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President Donald Trump on Feb. 18 issued an executive order that seeks to bring independent regulatory agencies like FERC under greater White House control. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/1p1w50V3gNC Writer: James Downing

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With West Virginia lawmakers looking on, U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on Feb. 18 signed an approval granting the state primary authority for permitting carbon dioxide injection wells in the state. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/lSTo50V2t4r Writer: K Kaufmann

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FERC approved a set of wide-ranging changes to PJM’s capacity market, including setting a new reference resource, recognizing the resource adequacy contribution of reliability must-run (RMR) units. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/oNQm50V2t57 Writer: James Downing

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New York’s Public Service Commission has approved an implementation plan to push for installation of 200 MW of residential energy storage and 1,500 MW of retail storage. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/pnjA50V1W7M Writer: John Cropley

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To build a reliable, affordable and clean electric power system that can meet the challenges of unprecedented demand growth, the U.S. energy industry and the customers it serves will need to shift their thinking. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/2zZu50V1Wpu Writer: K Kaufmann

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DTE Energy has announced it will expand its five-year capital expenditure plan to $30 billion, a $5 billion increase in investment. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/8qKO50UZULW Writer: Amanda Durish Cook

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A new paper from Powerex is likely to reignite the debate between supporters of CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market and SPP’s Markets+ just as the competition between the two markets approaches critical junctures. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/C9R650V09p3 Writer: Robert Mullin

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Eversource Energy executives announced during the company’s year-end earnings call Feb. 12 its plan to increase investments in its “core electric and natural gas operations” by $1.9 billion in 2025-2028. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/fz7950UZ4aP Writer: Jon Lamson

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FERC on Feb. 11 approved two PJM proposals aimed at allowing some generation projects to speed through its backlogged interconnection queue. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/ibRP50UZ4bU Writer: Devin Leith-Yessian

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Another target is set for commercial nuclear fusion power: The Tennessee Valley Authority and Type One Energy have a cooperative agreement for a potential commercial plant. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/O6wB50UYcLM Writer: John Cropley

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A new study from Duke University says the existing power system could handle 126 GW of new demand with no additional generation if artificial intelligence data centers can be persuaded to cut their energy use. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/gsca50UYcLU Writer: K Kaufmann

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Too many state pension funds are failing to take adequate steps to address climate-related financial risk, said a report released Feb. 10 by the Sierra Club and “Stand earth.” #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/WKtY50UXF5s Writer: James Downing

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The Members Committee was sharply divided on an agreement in principle between PJM and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to institute a cap and floor on capacity prices for the 2026/27 Base Residual Auction. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/lSFW50UWuKu Writer: Devin Leith-Yessian

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While heating electrification in New England is poised to drive a major increase in peak demand, electrifying about 80% of households could reduce the combined cost of the region’s electric and gas systems by 21 to 29%. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/UgEv50UXF7M Writer: Jon Lamson

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Three companies closely involved in offshore wind power development offered a glum assessment of the sector’s prospects in the U.S. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/ngkW50UVpnL Writer: John Cropley

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FERC Chair Mark Christie wants to help bring down consumers’ power bills by addressing what has driven them up most in recent years. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/15ol50UVpkM Writer: James Downing

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The U.S. can now manufacture enough solar panels to meet domestic demand but still must import most of the core components ― the solar cells and the silicon wafers used to make them. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/qXlh50UUz9P Writer: K Kaufmann

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Georgia Power’s 2025 Integrated Resource Plan proposes to uprate four of its nuclear reactors, upgrade a natural gas plant and push back some coal and gas retirements. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/tQ3Y50UUz89 Writer: John Cropley

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Dominion Energy reported that its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project will cost 9% more than initially expected, thanks to higher-than-expected PJM network upgrade costs. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/OtVO50UTLuS Writer: John Cropley

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President Donald Trump has, at least temporarily, pulled back from starting a trade war with Canada and Mexico, issuing updated executive orders delaying the imposition of tariffs on both until March. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/aaLy50UTLun Writer: James Downing

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As the Trump administration forged last-minute agreements with Canada and Mexico to postpone steep new tariffs. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/uTZp50USW0l Writer: Jon Lamson and Robert Mullin

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D.C. District Court Judge Loren AliKhan on Feb. 3 issued a temporary restraining order on the White House’s Office and Management and Budget from pausing all federal grants and loans. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/h1fl50USW26 Writer: K Kaufmann and Michael Brooks

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Ørsted CEO Mads Nipper has been replaced by Deputy CEO Rasmus Errboe. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/P6Tm50US5mx Writer: John Cropley

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The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) says Congress could take steps to establish more comprehensive transmission and generation planning within the Tennessee Valley Authority. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/1WWU50US5mi Writer: Robert Mullin

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State utility regulators reiterated their concerns about FERC’s efforts to promote transmission development at the Feb. 28 meeting of the task force established for that purpose. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/5zZh50QJFQ5 Writer: John Cropley

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One of the partners behind New Jersey’s Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind has bailed out of the long-running project, taking a billion-dollar impairment in the process. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/b4ei50UQMLF WrierL John Cropley

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Employees of the Bonneville Power Administration received the same buyout offer from the Trump administration as millions of other federal workers, staff have confirmed to RTO Insider. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/ea3S50UQMI1 Writer: Robert Mullin

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The New York Power Authority has finalized a plan to begin executing in its expanded role as a renewable energy developer. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/6RLy50UPY2E Writer: John Cropley

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