RTO Insider Daily Headlines

RTO Insider Daily Headlines for November 3, 2026.

In this episode:

• Consumer Groups File FERC Complaint Against SPP (RTO Insider)
Two consumer groups focused on power costs have filed a complaint with FERC under the Federal Power Act, challenging SPP’s decision to exempt nearly $3.8 billion in transmission projects from competitive bidding.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150239-consumer-groups-file-ferc-complaint-against-spp/

• NYISO Large Load Proposal Passes with ‘State Exempt’ Provision (RTO Insider)
The NYISO Management Committee approved proposed tariff revisions intended to satisfy FERC’s Order to Show Cause on large load interconnections after the ISO added a “State Exempt Large Load” category to account for to-be-issued rules by New York state.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150139-nyiso-large-load-proposal-passes-mc/

• The Grid is not Half Empty (RTO Insider commentary)
We have built a large electricity system that, for many hours of the year, carries well below its full capacity. Using more of it would be beneficial, but it is not as simple as it sounds, says Arshad Mansoor of EPRI.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150258-the-grid-is-not-half-empty/

• Analyses Find Senate Permitting Bill Would Benefit Consumers (RTO Insider)
The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act would benefit electricity consumers by having data centers pay for upgraded and expanded transmission infrastructure, which in turn would allow for more generation resources to interconnect, according to two analyses.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150395-grid-strategies-rhodium-finds-consumer-benefits-from-baaja/

• FERC Revokes Tucson Electric Power's MBRA Within its Own BAA (RTO Insider)
FERC revoked Tucson Electric Power’s market-based rate authority within the TEP balancing authority area following the addition of generating capacity from two projects.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150410-ferc-revokes-tucson-electric-powers-mbra/

• N.J. Solar Sector Sees Opportunity in State’s Energy Straits (RTO Insider)
Solar developers say New Jersey’s extensive untapped roof space and the potential for installing storage on existing solar sites means the sector could be a key solution to the state’s effort to rapidly create new electricity generation sources.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150152-nj-solar-sector-sees-opportunity-states-energy-straits/

• ISO-NE Argues Transitional Cluster Costs Fair, Cites Shrinking Headroom (RTO Insider)
ISO-NE defended its cluster study methodology and argued that the high network upgrade cost estimates stemmed from shrinking headroom on its transmission system.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150393-iso-ne-argues-transitional-cluster-costs-fair/

• FERC Approves $544K in NERC Penalties (ERO Insider)
FERC commissioners approved penalties against utilities in the territories of SERC, RF, WECC and MRO.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150400-ferc-approves-544k-nerc-penalties/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Consumer Groups File FERC Complaint Against SPP
00:29 NYISO Large Load Proposal Passes with ‘State Exempt’ Provision
00:49 Commentary: The Grid is not Half Empty
01:04 Analyses Find Senate Permitting Bill Would Benefit Consumers
01:24 FERC Revokes Tucson Electric Power's MBRA Within its Own BAA
01:38 N.J. Solar Sector Sees Opportunity in State’s Energy Straits
01:57 ISO-NE Argues Transitional Cluster Costs Fair, Cites Shrinking Headroom
02:11 FERC Approves $544K in NERC Penalties
02:23 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for November 2, 2026.

In this episode:

• EDAM Skepticism is Not a Scare, It's About its Record (RTO Insider commentary)
Four of the five inaugural ROWE board nominees have substantial California or CAISO ties. Knowledge was never the test. Independence was, writes Holt Edwards, in response to a previous op-ed piece.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150027-edam-skepticism-is-not-a-scare-its-a-record/

• Data Centers’ Futures Hinge on What Governors Will Do (RTO Insider commentary)
The midterm elections could leave Democrats leading a majority of states and potentially heating up tensions between the party’s left and center over data center and AI development.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/data-centers-futures-hinge-on-what-governors-will-do/

• PJM Refiles Reliability Backstop Procurement (RTO Insider)
PJM has refiled its Reliability Backstop Procurement a month after FERC recommended the RTO submit a revised proposal or face a five-month paper hearing.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150274-pjm-refiles-reliability-backstop-procurement/

• BPA to Issue Draft Day-ahead Market Decision in Early December (RTO Insider)
The Bonneville Power Administration expects to issue a draft decision on its day-ahead market choice in early December and a final record of decision in February 2027.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150279-bpa-to-issue-draft-day-ahead-market-decision-in-early-december/

• DOE Offers $237M to Boost Domestic Supply of Grid Components (RTO Insider)
DOE is offering $237 million to boost the domestic supply of key grid components.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150270-doe-offers-237m-boost-domestic-supply-grid-components/

• Oregon PUC Rejects Penalty Waiver for PGE, PacifiCorp as EDAM RA Program Develops (RTO Insider)
The Oregon Public Utility Commission declined granting Portland General Electric and PacifiCorp penalty waivers from the state’s resource adequacy program, saying development of a new program aligned with CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market is too far from being finished.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150024-oregon-puc-rejects-penalty-waiver-pge-pacificorp/

• Dominion Holds Earnings Call as Merger Review in Virginia Ramps Up (RTO Insider)
Dominion's third quarter earnings call focused on its proposed merger with NextEra Energy as the regulatory review in Virginia ramps up.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150267-dominion-holds-earnings-call-as-merger-review-ramps-up/

• MISO Initiates 2 More Tx Reviews as ATC and Xcel Face Delays, Cost Overruns (RTO Insider)
MISO has opened two more reviews into long-range transmission projects in Wisconsin that developers are struggling to complete on their original terms.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150108-miso-initiates-2-more-tx-reviews-atc-xcel-face-delays-cost-overruns/

• PJM's Tx Owners Would Lock In What a Data Center Pays (RTO Insider commentary)
The plan secures a minimum payment on behalf of each large load. It leaves the local upgrades built for that load in the zone's shared rate, with no test of whether the payment covers them.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150118-pjm-transmission-owners-would-lock-in-what-data-center-pays/

• Xcel Joins Industry’s Capital Investment Binge (RTO Insider)
Xcel Energy updated its five-year capital expenditure plan to $70B as it joins America's energy renaissance building out and modernizing the electric grid to meet ever-growing demand.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150235-xcel-energy-3q-earnings-call/

• BPA Reveals RA Position Not as Long as ‘Many Might Assume’ (RTO Insider)
BPA Administrator Travis Kavulla revealed the agency is not as long on capacity as many in the industry might expect.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150303-bpa-reveals-ra-position-not-as-long-as-might-assume/

• With Rapid Advances in AI, Future Data Center Load Profile Uncertain (RTO Insider)
Grid operators, utilities and regulators have been grappling for years with the question of just how much data center load will come online, and when, but the question of how that load will behave is just as complex and uncertain.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150289-with-rapid-advances-ai-future-data-center-load-profile-uncertain/

• Ameren Mo. Exec Advises Responsible Growth While Adding 5 St. Louises’ Worth of Demand to Territory (RTO Insider)
Melda told MISO state regulators to approach load growth responsibly as Ameren Missouri prepares to serve 30% more load within four years.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150272-ameren-mo-exec-advises-responsible-growth/

• N.Y. Gives AES Final Siting Permits to Repower 6 Wind Farms (RTO Insider)
The six repowered wind farms would contribute up to 672 MW to the grid and help move the state closer to its elusive decarbonization goals.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150265-ny-gives-aes-final-siting-permits-repower-wind-farms/

• State Regulators Displeased with MISO Large Load Cost-shifting Plan (RTO Insider)
MISO state regulators said MISO’s plan to prevent cost shifts from data centers onto existing customers isn’t up to scratch, with states in the dark on key aspects.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150245-state-regulators-displeased-miso-large-load-cost-shifting-plan/

• MISO, SPP Commit to Improve Joint Study (RTO Insider)
MISO and SPP have told their stakeholders they are committed to improving their Coordinated System Plan process after yet another joint study was unable to agree upon joint transmission projects.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150237-miso-spp-commit-improve-joint-study/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Commentary: EDAM Skepticism is Not a Scare, It's About its Record
00:31 Commentary: Data Centers’ Futures Hinge on What Governors Will Do
00:46 PJM Refiles Reliability Backstop Procurement
00:59 BPA to Issue Draft Day-ahead Market Decision in Early December
01:15 DOE Offers $237M to Boost Domestic Supply of Grid Components
01:26 Oregon PUC Rejects Penalty Waiver for PGE, PacifiCorp as EDAM RA Program Develops
01:50 Dominion Holds Earnings Call as Merger Review in Virginia Ramps Up
02:02 MISO Initiates 2 More Tx Reviews as ATC and Xcel Face Delays, Cost Overruns
02:17 Commentary: PJM's Tx Owners Would Lock In What a Data Center Pays
02:33 Xcel Joins Industry’s Capital Investment Binge
02:49 BPA Reveals RA Position Not as Long as ‘Many Might Assume’
03:01 With Rapid Advances in AI, Future Data Center Load Profile Uncertain
03:21 Ameren Mo. Exec Advises Responsible Growth While Adding 5 St. Louises’ Worth of Demand to Territory
03:36 N.Y. Gives AES Final Siting Permits to Repower 6 Wind Farms
03:51 State Regulators Displeased with MISO Large Load Cost-shifting Plan
04:05 MISO, SPP Commit to Improve Joint Study
04:21 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for October 30, 2026.

In this episode:

• PJM’s Answer to Large Load Growth Puts Interconnection Progress at Risk (RTO Insider commentary)
PJM must demonstrate that the "mega queue" will provide the benefits PJM describes and not simply shift cost, timing and development risk onto generation, says American Clean Power's Brett White.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150036-pjm-answer-large-load-growth-puts-interconnection-progress-at-risk/

• Past and Present OMS Regulators Seek Multi-RTO Platform to Coax Interregional Planning (RTO Insider)
Past and present MISO state utility commissioners are discussing the possibility of reconstituting a group that would bring together regulators from the MISO and SPP footprints to help move the needle on interregional planning.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150105-past-present-oms-regulators-seek-states-platform-coax-planning/

• Analysts Forecast Major Tx Expansion if BAAJA Passes (RTO Insider)
Senators introduced the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act a month before Election Day, which gave Resources for the Future plenty of time to study and release an analysis.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150116-analysts-forecast-major-transmission-expansion-if-baaja-passes/

• AEP Looking to Capitalize on Large Load Growth (RTO Insider)
American Electric Power CEO Bill Fehrman says the company is at the center of the utility sector’s “unprecedented surge” in electric demand, presenting it with an opportunity to capitalize on the situation.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150111-aep-earnings-looking-capitalize-large-load-growth/

• Stakeholders Support Proposed NERC Standards Process Changes (ERO Insider)
Stakeholders overwhelmingly supported NERC's proposed changes to its Standard Processes Manual intended to update and modernize the ERO's standard development process.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150127-stakeholders-accept-nerc-standards-process-changes/

• PGE Draws ‘Red Line’ on Oregon PUC’s Conditions for Holding Company (RTO Insider)
Portland General Electric’s bid to reorganize under a holding company hangs in the air as the utility called conditions imposed by the Oregon Public Utility Commission “unworkable.”
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150122-pge-earnings-call-red-line-opuc-conditions/

• In Reversal, Duke Energy to Seek Large Load Tariff for South Carolina (RTO Insider)
As Duke Energy readies a large load tariff proposal for its South Carolina operations, the utility sees “broad agreement” on key principles, according to a recent regulatory filing.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150058-in-reversal-duke-energy-seek-large-load-tariff-south-carolina/

• ISO-NE Updates CAR-SA Proposal, Agrees to Extend Transition Period (RTO Insider)
ISO-NE has announced a series of changes to the second phase of its Capacity Auction Reform project, including extending the proposed transition period from two to three years.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150033-iso-ne-updates-car-sa-proposal/

• Regulators Amplify Call for Greater State Involvement in PJM Policy (RTO Insider)
Several speakers at a conference of state regulators amplified a call for PJM to adopt a governance structure that provides states a greater role in shaping grid policy as the RTO prepares a FERC filing containing broad changes to its decision-making processes.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150129-regulators-amplify-call-greater-state-involvement-pjm-policy/

• IESO Unlikely to Fully Apply New Capacity Accreditation Method in LT2 Window 2 (RTO Insider)
IESO indicated that it is unlikely to fully apply its preferred capacity accreditation methodology in the second window of Ontario’s Long-Term 2 procurement, acknowledging that some implementation options could conflict with existing government policy.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150018-ieso-unlikely-fully-apply-new-capacity-accreditation-method-lt2-window/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Commentary: PJM’s Answer to Large Load Growth Puts Interconnection Progress at Risk
00:31 Past and Present OMS Regulators Seek Multi-RTO Platform to Coax Interregional Planning
00:52 Analysts Forecast Major Tx Expansion if BAAJA Passes
01:06 AEP Looking to Capitalize on Large Load Growth
01:23 Stakeholders Support Proposed NERC Standards Process Changes
01:36 PGE Draws ‘Red Line’ on Oregon PUC’s Conditions for Holding Company
01:52 In Reversal, Duke Energy to Seek Large Load Tariff for South Carolina
02:08 ISO-NE Updates CAR-SA Proposal, Agrees to Extend Transition Period
02:24 Regulators Amplify Call for Greater State Involvement in PJM Policy
02:44 IESO Unlikely to Fully Apply New Capacity Accreditation Method in LT2 Window 2
03:06 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for October 29, 2026.

In this episode:

• Common Charge Releases Blueprint for States to Unlock DERs (RTO Insider)
Common Charge has released a guidebook authored by dozens of practitioners on how states can maximize the use of and benefits from distributed energy resources.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149910-common-charge-state-guide-for-ders/

• Alliant Energy Gets $5.1B Loan for Gas, Storage Projects (RTO Insider)
The Department of Energy loan will help Alliant Energy develop 1.8 GW of additional gas-fired generation and 1 GW of storage in Iowa and Wisconsin.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150026-doe-loans-alliant-5-1b-expand-generation-boost-reliability/

• EDF Tallies Cost of Trump’s Support for Coal Power (RTO Insider)
The support for coal is costing taxpayers and ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars and continuing the release of harmful emissions, EDF said.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150031-edf-reports-trump-has-subsidized-half-us-coal-plants/

• ROWE Solicits Input on Choosing Headquarters Location (RTO Insider)
The Regional Organization for Western Energy’s recently seated board is seeking stakeholder feedback on how to choose the headquarters location for the new entity.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150022-rowe-solicits-input-choosing-headquarters-location/

• Grid Held Last Winter; Weather Forecasts Missed at Both Extremes (RTO Insider commentary)
The FERC-NERC review of last winter’s arctic cold gives the grid credit for getting through Winter Storms Fern and Gianna without shedding firm load, even as U.S. demand peaked at 666 GW on Jan. 27.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149785-grid-held-last-winter-weather-forecasts-missed-at-both-extremes/

• CAISO Board Approves Large Loads Proposal (RTO Insider)
CAISO’s Board of Governors approved a large loads proposal designed to accommodate growing artificial intelligence data center demand in the ISO.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149821-caiso-board-approves-large-loads-proposal/

• MISO, SPP Fail Again to Find Interregional Projects (RTO Insider)
Expectations for the first joint interregional project between MISO and SPP, a 500-kV transmission project from Oklahoma to Arkansas, have vanished with the grid operators’ decision to conclude a two-year study without a recommendation.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150040-miso-spp-fail-again-find-interregional-projects/

• Report Examines SPP's Western BAA Energy Alerts (RTO Insider)
A report from SPP’s Market Monitoring Unit digs into energy emergency alerts issued for the RTO’s West balancing authority area on three days over the summer, concluding that the West BAA’s reliability issues extend beyond a capacity shortage.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/150020-report-examines-spp-energy-alerts-in-western-baa/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Common Charge Releases Blueprint for States to Unlock DERs
00:27 Alliant Energy Gets $5.1B Loan for Gas, Storage Projects
00:44 EDF Tallies Cost of Trump’s Support for Coal Power
00:56 ROWE Solicits Input on Choosing Headquarters Location
01:09 Commentary: Grid Held Last Winter; Weather Forecasts Missed at Both Extremes
01:28 CAISO Board Approves Large Loads Proposal
01:40 MISO, SPP Fail Again to Find Interregional Projects
01:58 Report Examines SPP's Western BAA Energy Alerts
02:18 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for October 28, 2026.

In this episode:

• DOE to Loan Constellation up to $5B for Nuclear Uprates (RTO Insider)
The U.S. Department of Energy has made a conditional commitment to loan Constellation Energy up to $5 billion to increase the output of eight nuclear plants by nearly 1.1 GW.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149917-doe-to-loan-constellation-5b-nuclear-uprates/

• PJM Urges FERC to Reject Mon Power’s Winter Operations Complaint (RTO Insider)
PJM asked FERC to reject a complaint from Mon Power seeking refunds of $145 million, with the RTO saying its operational decisions were justified and market certainty should be preserved.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149912-pjm-responds-to-mon-power-ferc-complaint/

• PG&E Data Center Applications Increase, Completed Projects Lag (RTO Insider)
Pacific Gas and Electric continues to add new data centers to its project queue, but the number of facilities coming online in the past two years has been lighter than one might think.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149914-pge-data-center-applications-increase-completed-projects-not-as-substantial/

• 9th Circuit Decision Opens Door for BPA to Join EDAM, Observers Say (RTO Insider)
Though Markets+ supporters prevailed after an appeals court tossed a challenge against BPA's day-ahead market choice, the court simultaneously opened the door for the agency to pivot to CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market, experts said.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149907-9th-circuit-decision-opens-door-bpa-join-edam-stakeholders-say/

• Electric Vehicles: It’s Time to Forget Flying Cars and Focus on What Matters (RTO Insider commentary)
After being eviscerated when federal incentives expired last year, electric vehicle sales numbers suggest we may be seeing a new post-incentive equilibrium.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149635-electric-vehicles-time-to-forget-flying-cars-focus-on-what-matters/

• ISO-NE Stakeholders Debate Treatment of Large Loads (RTO Insider)
Prior to an upcoming vote on ISO-NE’s proposed large load tariff changes, substantial disagreements remain about the RTO’s proposed price-based curtailment method for flexible large loads.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149906-iso-ne-stakeholders-debate-large-load-design/

• Brattle, ESIG Drill Down on Large Loads’ Effect on Rates (RTO Insider)
The authors conclude grid headroom, market structure, load forecast accuracy, tariff structure and cost allocation each have bearing on whether existing customers see rate increases or decreases after the new load comes online.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149915-brattle-esig-report-assesses-large-loads-rate-impact/

• New Seams Management Process Introduced in 4th CAISO, SPP Workshop (RTO Insider)
CAISO and SPP used their fourth joint market seams workshop to introduce stakeholders to a new process for managing seams issues in the West called Western Interconnect Loading Relief.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149919-new-seams-management-process-introduced-caiso-spp/

• FERC Hears Update About Drought Impacts on Western Grid (RTO Insider)
While the West is closely watching the impact of drought on hydropower generation, drought also can have consequences for thermal generation and wildfire risk, speakers said during a FERC conference.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149901-ferc-hears-update-drought-impacts-western-grid/

• CISA Sets Objectives for ‘Aggressive’ Strategy (ERO Insider)
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released a strategy document aimed at reorienting the agency toward a more active role in U.S. cyber defense.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149903-cisa-sets-objectives-for-aggressive-strategy/

• Battery Operators Warn IESO Settlement Plan Could Encourage Misreporting (RTO Insider)
Battery operators warned IESO that proposed settlement rules could create an unintended incentive to report batteries as fully charged when they might not be, allowing operators to avoid day-ahead charging schedules and buy cheaper electricity in real time.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149726-ieso-advances-storage-der-market-integration-plans/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 DOE to Loan Constellation up to $5B for Nuclear Uprates
00:29 PJM Urges FERC to Reject Mon Power’s Winter Operations Complaint
00:48 PG&E Data Center Applications Increase, Completed Projects Lag
01:03 9th Circuit Decision Opens Door for BPA to Join EDAM, Observers Say
01:22 Commentary: Electric Vehicles: It’s Time to Forget Flying Cars and Focus on What Matters
01:37 ISO-NE Stakeholders Debate Treatment of Large Loads
01:53 Brattle, ESIG Drill Down on Large Loads’ Effect on Rates
02:11 New Seams Management Process Introduced in 4th CAISO, SPP Workshop
02:29 FERC Hears Update About Drought Impacts on Western Grid
02:43 CISA Sets Objectives for ‘Aggressive’ Strategy
02:57 Battery Operators Warn IESO Settlement Plan Could Encourage Misreporting
03:16 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for October 27, 2026.

In this episode:

• Leading with Leverage: BPA will Improve the ROWE (RTO Insider commentary)
The promise of ROWE is that joining a bigger, deeper market that includes California no longer means being a house guest subject, at least at some level, to house rules, writes Spencer Gray.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149632-leading-with-leverage-bpa-will-improve-the-rowe/

• FERC Approves New Rules, Penalties for Demand Response in MISO (RTO Insider)
FERC approved new penalties designed to ensure demand response shows up when called upon by MISO.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149777-ferc-approves-new-rules-penalties-demand-response-miso/

• NERC Trustees Approve Large Loads Standards in Special Meeting (ERO Insider)
NERC's board agreed to send five new standards addressing computational loads to FERC for final approval.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149724-nerc-trustees-approve-large-loads-standards/

• LaCerte Lauds Southeast, Decries Politics-driven Energy Decisions (RTO Insider)
Speaking before a conference of energy traders, FERC Commissioner David LaCerte praised the Southeastern states for enabling infrastructure and data center buildout while criticizing New England and Texas for making decisions based on politics.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149708-lacerte-lauds-southeast-decries-politics-energy-decisions/

• Small-scale Resources Presented as Grid Solutions (RTO Insider)
Two new reports promote the value of distributed energy resources in meeting the needs of a stressed grid.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149779-reports-play-up-grid-benefits-distributed-solar-storage/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Commentary: Leading with Leverage: BPA will Improve the ROWE
00:30 FERC Approves New Rules, Penalties for Demand Response in MISO
00:40 NERC Trustees Approve Large Loads Standards in Special Meeting
00:50 LaCerte Lauds Southeast, Decries Politics-driven Energy Decisions
01:10 Small-scale Resources Presented as Grid Solutions
01:20 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for October 26, 2026.

In this episode:

• ROWE Elects Board Chair, Moves ‘Very Rapidly’ on CEO Appointment (RTO Insider)
The Regional Organization for Western Energy has chosen its board chair and now focuses on appointing a CEO as the organization prepares to assume governance over CAISO’s energy markets.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149235-rowe-elects-board-chair-moves-very-rapidly/

• 9th Circuit Denies Nonprofits’ Bid to Reverse BPA’s Markets+ Decision (RTO Insider)
A split three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tossed a suit filed by a group of nonprofits alleging the Bonneville Power Administration’s decision to pursue participation in SPP’s Markets+ could harm ratepayers, saying the plaintiffs lack standing because the market does not yet exist.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149626-9th-circ-denies-enviros-bid-to-reverse-bpas-dam-decision/

• ACORE Forum Underscores Grid Strain, Openings to Ease It (RTO Insider)
The American Council on Renewable Energy’s grid forum offered a panoramic snapshot of a status quo under stress from soaring load growth. It also highlighted an array of options for relief.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149642-acore-forum-underscores-grid-strain/

• New York TOs to Propose Cost Recovery Agreement on Large Loads (RTO Insider)
The New York Transmission Owners are exercising their 205 Filing rights while hoping to avoid a protracted legal battle over state vs FERC authority.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149238-nytos-separately-file-large-load-proposal-ferc/

• Local Governments Step in to Tighten Data Center Regs (RTO Insider)
Counties and municipalities across the West are not waiting for state leaders to address growing public concern about data centers during upcoming legislative sessions that start in January 2027.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149615-local-governments-tighten-data-center-regs/

• MISO Members Largely Denounce DOE Emergency Coal Plant Orders (RTO Insider)
MISO’s Advisory Committee has precious few supporters in its ranks of the U.S. Department of Energy’s use of emergency orders to prevent the retirement of three coal plants in the RTO's footprint.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149296-miso-members-denounce-doe-emergency-coal-orders/

• ISO-NE Transmission Owners Add $1.8B to Asset Condition List (RTO Insider)
ISO-NE transmission owners added new asset condition projects totaling $1.8 billion since the last update to their project list, the RTO told the Planning Advisory Committee.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149212-iso-ne-transmission-owners-add-asset-condition-list/

• MISO Plans External Resource Capacity Accreditation, Including HVDC-Enabled Gen (RTO Insider)
MISO is drawing up a single method for accrediting the capacity of external resources, including those carried into the footprint via HVDC lines.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149306-miso-plans-external-resource-capacity-accreditation/

• MISO to Raise Member Rates, Requests Largest-ever $550M Budget in 2027 (RTO Insider)
MISO is raising the rates it collects on members in 2027, mostly due to the interest refunds it owes to the large number of interconnection customers leaving its queue.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149303-miso-raise-member-rates-requests-550m-2027-budget/

• PJM to Refile Reliability Backstop Procurement (RTO Insider)
PJM intends to refile its Reliability Backstop Procurement with FERC on Oct. 29, taking the commission up on its recommendation to resubmit the proposal with changes to three core areas.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149336-pjm-to-refile-reliability-backstop-procurement/

• SPP Confident of Compliance with FERC Show Cause (RTO Insider)
SPP says it is 90% compliant with FERC’s show-cause order on large load interconnection processes, pointing to its development of a new participation model for flexible price-sensitive loads as a major reason why.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149647-spp-confident-compliance-with-ferc-show-cause/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 ROWE Elects Board Chair, Moves ‘Very Rapidly’ on CEO Appointment
00:30 9th Circuit Denies Nonprofits’ Bid to Reverse BPA’s Markets+ Decision
00:52 ACORE Forum Underscores Grid Strain, Openings to Ease It
01:08 New York TOs to Propose Cost Recovery Agreement on Large Loads
01:22 Local Governments Step in to Tighten Data Center Regs
01:36 MISO Members Largely Denounce DOE Emergency Coal Plant Orders
01:52 ISO-NE Transmission Owners Add $1.8B to Asset Condition List
02:08 MISO Plans External Resource Capacity Accreditation, Including HVDC-Enabled Gen
02:24 MISO to Raise Member Rates, Requests Largest-ever $550M Budget in 2027
02:40 PJM to Refile Reliability Backstop Procurement
02:57 SPP Confident of Compliance with FERC Show Cause
03:13 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for October 23, 2026.

In this episode:

• ‘The Market is Working': EDAM Operations Successful, PacifiCorp Says (RTO Insider)
Six months in, PacifiCorp said CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market is working well for the utility, with many operational kinks now resolved and natural gas-fired exports reaching new highs.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148953-edam-market-is-working-pacificorp-pge/

• N.J. Using $500M of RGGI Funds to Ease Energy Bills as Critics Question Participation (RTO Insider)
New Jersey is directing $500 million in funds from the state’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative allocation to help ease surging electricity bills amid a growing debate about whether the cap-and-invest program is no longer effective and has become a ratepayer burden.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148680-nj-500m-rggi-funds-ease-energy-bills-critics-question-participation/

• MISO Advisory Committee Asks for Role in IMM Best Practices Review (RTO Insider)
MISO’s Advisory Committee is seeking involvement in the ongoing third-party best practices review of the RTO's Independent Market Monitor, which could reshape the boundaries of the IMM’s role and strengthen board oversight.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149160-miso-advisory-committee-asks-for-role-imm-review/

• Majority of New Projects in ISO-NE Transitional Cluster have Withdrawn (RTO Insider)
Facing interconnection cost estimates averaging over $100 million, most new projects and the majority of new capacity participating in ISO-NE’s Transitional Cluster Study have withdrawn from the RTO’s interconnection queue.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149149-new-iso-ne-projects-transitional-cluster-study-withdrawn/

• ACORE Grid Forum Examines Transmission Policy at a Time of Change (RTO Insider)
U.S. transmission policy is changing as regions implement FERC Order 1920 and Congress weighs passage of the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act during a lame duck session.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149220-acore-grid-forum-examines-transmission-policy-time-of-change/

• Ransomware Group Targeting Infrastructure, CISA Warns (ERO Insider)
CISA and its partners said the SafePay ransomware group has targeted around 600 critical infrastructure organizations worldwide since 2024.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149216-ransomware-group-targeting-infrastructure-cisa-warns/

• Ontario Distribution Utilities Face Potentially Sweeping Policy Changes (RTO Insider)
Ontario Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce is preparing a series of “reforms” to the province’s local electricity distribution sector, including changes to board qualifications and municipal shareholder practices.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149214-ontario-distribution-utilities-face-potentially-sweeping-reforms/

• Lukewarm Stakeholder Support for NYISO Large Load Interconnection Framework (RTO Insider)
NYISO’s proposed framework to comply with FERC’s Order to Show Cause on large load interconnections does not have the full endorsement of stakeholders, with most abstaining from votes recommending its approval and some state agencies in opposition.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149222-nyiso-large-load-reform-framework-passes-bic-fails-oc/

• MISO, SPP Say JTIQ Portfolio ‘Fully Subscribed’ (RTO Insider)
MISO and SPP say their mutual transmission planning initiative to relieve congestion and connect new generation projects along their seam — the Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue — has been fully subscribed.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149237-miso-spp-say-jtiq-portfolio-now-fully-subscribed/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 ‘The Market is Working': EDAM Operations Successful, PacifiCorp Says
00:30 N.J. Using $500M of RGGI Funds to Ease Energy Bills as Critics Question Participation
00:54 MISO Advisory Committee Asks for Role in IMM Best Practices Review
01:11 Majority of New Projects in ISO-NE Transitional Cluster have Withdrawn
01:30 ACORE Grid Forum Examines Transmission Policy at a Time of Change
01:45 Ransomware Group Targeting Infrastructure, CISA Warns
01:58 Ontario Distribution Utilities Face Potentially Sweeping Policy Changes
02:15 Lukewarm Stakeholder Support for NYISO Large Load Interconnection Framework
02:34 MISO, SPP Say JTIQ Portfolio ‘Fully Subscribed’
02:50 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for October 22, 2026.

In this episode:

• EQR Data Governance: FERC Order 917 will Put it to the Test (RTO Insider commentary)
FERC’s Order 917 is triggering major changes to Electric Quarterly Report filing requirements for public utilities and certain non-public utilities.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148519-eqr-data-governance-ferc-order-917-will-put-it-to-the-test/

• NextEra’s Ketchum Discusses Dominion Deal During Q3 Earnings Call (RTO Insider)
NextEra Energy reported third-quarter earnings of about $4.78 billion, holding a call with analysts just days after the Virginia State Corporation Commission heard initial testimony on the company’s proposed merger with Dominion Energy.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149153-nextera-talks-va-merger-case-q3-call/

• BPA Kickstarts Large Load Initiative Under ‘Aggressive’ Schedule (RTO Insider)
The Bonneville Power Administration provided more details on its plan to speed up the connection of large loads, with the goal of having a final record of decision by Spring 2027.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149151-bpa-kickstarts-large-load-initiative-under-aggressive-schedule/

• FERC Tech Conference Explores the Nitty Gritty of Data Center Flexibility (RTO Insider)
A FERC reliability technical conference turned into a lengthy discussion on how to reliably integrate flexible data centers onto the grid.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149155-ferc-tech-conference-explores-nitty-gritty-data-center-flexibility/

• NERC Committee Approves Next Large Loads Project (ERO Insider)
NERC's Standards Committee approved a new standards project focused on ride-through and active power recovery requirements for computational loads.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149147-nerc-standards-committee-approves-large-load-project/

• Ontario Data Center Developers Focus on Grid Access as Province Weighs Higher Rates (RTO Insider)
Data center developers at the Ontario Energy Conference expressed more concern about potential restrictions on grid access than the prospect of higher electricity rates, as the province considers new requirements for large facilities.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149047-ontario-data-center-developers-focus-grid-access/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Commentary: EQR Data Governance: FERC Order 917 will Put it to the Test
00:30 NextEra’s Ketchum Discusses Dominion Deal During Q3 Earnings Call
00:49 BPA Kickstarts Large Load Initiative Under ‘Aggressive’ Schedule
01:03 FERC Tech Conference Explores the Nitty Gritty of Data Center Flexibility
01:16 NERC Committee Approves Next Large Loads Project
01:28 Ontario Data Center Developers Focus on Grid Access as Province Weighs Higher Rates
01:47 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for October 21, 2026.

In this episode:

• Building America’s Next Grid Starts with Understanding the One We Have (RTO Insider commentary)
Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power must answer a question now that no state had required of utilities until 2026: “How much of the grid are you actually using?”
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148854-building-americas-next-grid-understanding-one-we-have/

• CEC Boosts VPP Funding Amidst Accelerated AI Data Center Growth (RTO Insider)
The California Energy Commission approved funding for two large virtual power plant projects as the state tries to offset a huge increase in AI data center demand.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148950-cec-boosts-vpp-funding-wildfire-mitigation/

• FERC Rejects Centralia Cost Recovery for 2nd Time, Keeps Door Open (RTO Insider)
FERC for the second time in a month rejected a TransAlta proposal to recover costs stemming from the U.S. Department of Energy’s order to keep Unit 2 of the coal-fired Centralia Power Plant open past its planned retirement at the end of 2025.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149074-ferc-rejects-centralia-cost-recovery-but-holds-door-open/

• BLM to Revisit Approval of Controversial Data Center in Nevada (RTO Insider)
A hotly contested data center project proposed on federal land in Nevada is going back to the drawing board.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149063-blm-revisit-approval-controversial-data-center-nevada-blm/

• Permitting Bill’s Lame Duck Fate Depends on Countervailing Issues (RTO Insider)
While Senators hope to vote on a bipartisan permitting bill meant to speed up energy deployment and Congress members have been in their home states seeking re-election, groups have firmed up their views of the bill.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149050-permitting-bills-lame-duck-fate-depends-countervailing-issues/

• ISO-NE Announces Further Reduction to Non-performance Factor (RTO Insider)
ISO-NE announced the reduction of its non-performance factor from 115% to 110%, a change that will reduce its operating reserve requirements in the real-time and day-ahead energy markets.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/149076-iso-ne-further-reduction-non-performance-factor/

• NV Energy's Standard Large Load Agreement Scrutinized (RTO Insider)
Debate is swirling around NV Energy’s proposal for a standard energy supply agreement for large load customers, with some parties saying regulators should scrap the idea and focus on a large load tariff instead.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148540-nv-energy-standard-large-load-agreement-raises-questions/

• Feds, Environmentalists Clash at 9th Circ. over Northwest Dams Spill (RTO Insider)
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in a suit over spill levels at federal hydroelectric dams in the Northwest, with the opposing sides clashing over whether a 2020 biological opinion does enough to protect imperiled salmon.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148957-feds-environmentalists-clash-9th-circ-over-northwest-dams-spill/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Commentary: Building America’s Next Grid Starts with Understanding the One We Have
00:29 CEC Boosts VPP Funding Amidst Accelerated AI Data Center Growth
00:44 FERC Rejects Centralia Cost Recovery for 2nd Time, Keeps Door Open
01:02 BLM to Revisit Approval of Controversial Data Center in Nevada
01:13 Permitting Bill’s Lame Duck Fate Depends on Countervailing Issues
01:28 ISO-NE Announces Further Reduction to Non-performance Factor
01:45 NV Energy's Standard Large Load Agreement Scrutinized
02:01 Feds, Environmentalists Clash at 9th Circ. over Northwest Dams Spill
02:21 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for October 20, 2026.

In this episode:

• Trump Admin Gives $42M to Help Build Constitution Pipeline (RTO Insider)
The Trump Administration is using a decades old law to give Williams Companies $42 million to help build the Constitution Pipeline from Pennsylvania to New York.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148946-trump-admin-announces-42m-constitution-pipeline/

• Before the Grid Relies on New Load, What Evidence is Required? (RTO Insider commentary)
To connect large loads, speed matters. But it does not answer a more fundamental question: What evidence justifies relying on a forecast, proposed project, or assumed operating arrangement in the first place?
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148476-before-the-grid-relies-on-new-load-what-evidence-is-required/

• SPP Stakeholders Endorse $23.7B Transmission Plan (RTO Insider)
SPP's MOPC has endorsed a $23.7 billion transmission plan that includes six more 765-kV projects to address increasing load growth and has a projected baseline value of $86 billion.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148559-spp-stakeholders-approve-23b-itp-2026/

• N.J. Utilities’ Response to PJM Vote Inquiry Sparks Concern (RTO Insider)
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities says state utilities “submitted incomplete and deficient reports on their PJM voting history” in the first report required under a law.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148683-nj-utilities-response-to-pjm-vote-inquiry-sparks-concern/

• FERC Approves ISO-NE’s ‘First-of-its-kind’ Asset Condition Reviewer (RTO Insider)
FERC approved ISO-NE’s proposal to create an asset condition project reviewer, a role within the RTO intended to add transparency and scrutiny to local transmission upgrades in the region.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148960-ferc-approves-iso-ne-first-asset-condition-reviewer/

• Deseret Power Cleared to Participate in SPP’s RTOE, CAISO’s EDAM (RTO Insider)
FERC has conditionally accepted Deseret Power Electric Cooperative’s status change and authorized it to participate in both SPP’s RTO Expansion and CAISO’s Extended Day-ahead Market.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148694-deseret-power-cleared-participate-spp-rtoe-caiso-edam/

• Spanberger, Va. SCC Staff Seek More Conditions for NextEra-Dominion Merger (RTO Insider)
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger called on NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy to freeze residential rates for six years and triple monthly customer bill credits as conditions to win approval for their proposed merger.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148955-spanberger-va-scc-seek-more-conditions-nextera-dominion-merger/

• MRO Engineer Urges Strong Oversight of AI Adoption (ERO Insider)
In a webinar, a CIP expert with MRO recommended utilities exercise control over their employees' use of AI tools.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148948-mro-engineer-urges-strong-oversight-ai-adoption/

• Ontario Energy Conference Attendees Seek Aggressive Development (RTO Insider)
The specter of Donald Trump and Canada’s increasingly strained relationship with the U.S. hovered over much of the fifth annual Ontario Energy Conference, but attendees also discussed plans for aggressive energy infrastructure development.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148564-dispatch-from-the-2026-ontario-energy-conference/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Trump Admin Gives $42M to Help Build Constitution Pipeline
00:28 Commentary: Before the Grid Relies on New Load, What Evidence is Required?
00:46 SPP Stakeholders Endorse $23.7B Transmission Plan
01:06 N.J. Utilities’ Response to PJM Vote Inquiry Sparks Concern
01:22 FERC Approves ISO-NE’s ‘First-of-its-kind’ Asset Condition Reviewer
01:37 Deseret Power Cleared to Participate in SPP’s RTOE, CAISO’s EDAM
01:53 Spanberger, Va. SCC Staff Seek More Conditions for NextEra-Dominion Merger
02:11 MRO Engineer Urges Strong Oversight of AI Adoption
02:23 Ontario Energy Conference Attendees Seek Aggressive Development
02:40 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for October 19, 2026.

In this episode:

• Montana PSC Sued over Climate Consideration Snub (RTO Insider)
Seventeen organizations — including healthcare providers, youth organizations and clean energy and climate advocates — sued the Montana Public Service Commission for refusing to consider climate change impacts in its utility regulations.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148655-montana-psc-sued-over-climate-consideration-snub/

• Severe Weather Keeps Stress-testing Our Grid; The Fix is Waiting on Congress (RTO Insider commentary)
Congress has an extraordinary opportunity to protect consumers from high electricity prices and severe weather. The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 would enable us to build the electricity system we need, write Rachel Levine and Evan Vaughan.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148534-severe-weather-keeps-stress-testing-grid-waiting-on-congress/

• Editor's Note: ‘Volatility’ Describes Market Reforms, Demand, Transmission in 2026 (RTO Insider commentary)
Market reform in PJM and the Western markets can be described with one word: volatility. Meanwhile, public opposition to data centers is growing across North America, with at least 500 local governments in the U.S. approving moratoria or bans on data centers.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147861-editors-note-volatility-describes-market-reforms/

• Warming Climate Could Jumble Western Energy Demand, Report Finds (RTO Insider)
Electricity demand in the West will become rockier in the summer and winter as the effects of climate change continue to set in globally, according to a new report published by the California Energy Commission.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148267-warming-climate-could-jumble-western-energy-demand/

• MISO Stakeholders Want Large Load-Driven Tx Project Traceability Before MTEP 27 (RTO Insider)
Stakeholders have asked MISO to develop a way to assign data center developers the costs of reliability projects they trigger with their massive demand ahead of the RTO’s 2027 transmission planning cycle.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148657-miso-stakeholders-want-large-load-driven-tx-project-traceability/

• Moody’s: New York Weathering Economic Headwinds Better than U.S. (RTO Insider)
Moody’s Analytics says New York state is holding up better than the rest of the U.S. despite the national economic headwinds of inflation and high energy prices caused by the Iran War and President Donald Trump’s global trade tariffs.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148691-moodys-new-york-weathering-economic-headwinds-better-than-us/

• NYISO, Monitor Spar over RNA Assumptions; Final Draft Advances (RTO Insider)
NYISO’s Market Monitoring Unit, Potomac Economics, says the ISO has adopted “increasingly conservative” assumptions in its Reliability Needs Assessment and that market incentives are inadequate to address the identified capacity deficiencies.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148689-nyiso-monitor-spar-over-rna-assumptions-final-draft-advances/

• Western RA Programs Tout Transparency to Tackle Seams (RTO Insider)
Transparency and data accuracy are key to ensuring seams are efficiently handled between the various resource adequacy programs operating in the West, representatives from the efforts said.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148685-western-ra-programs-tout-transparency-to-tackle-seams/

• ISO-NE Generators Raise Concerns About Treatment of Large Loads (RTO Insider)
New England generators have raised concerns about potential legal issues with ISO-NE’s proposed treatment of new large loads, taking issue with the redispatch price threshold for those with non-firm service.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148676-iso-ne-generators-raise-concerns-treatment-large-loads/

• Group Questions Transparency of State Complaint over MISO Long-range Transmission (RTO Insider)
An investigation into how the complaint against MISO’s $22 billion long-range transmission portfolio was orchestrated shows an absence of public input among the five states that signed onto it.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148659-new-report-questions-origins-5-state-miso-long-range-tx-complaint/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Montana PSC Sued over Climate Consideration Snub
00:31 Commentary: Severe Weather Keeps Stress-testing Our Grid; The Fix is Waiting on Congress
00:54 Commentary: Editor's Note: ‘Volatility’ Describes Market Reforms, Demand, Transmission in 2026
01:18 Warming Climate Could Jumble Western Energy Demand, Report Finds
01:34 MISO Stakeholders Want Large Load-Driven Tx Project Traceability Before MTEP 27
01:52 Moody’s: New York Weathering Economic Headwinds Better than U.S.
02:10 NYISO, Monitor Spar over RNA Assumptions; Final Draft Advances
02:28 Western RA Programs Tout Transparency to Tackle Seams
02:44 ISO-NE Generators Raise Concerns About Treatment of Large Loads
02:59 Group Questions Transparency of State Complaint over MISO Long-range Transmission
03:16 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for October 16, 2026.

In this episode:

• PJM Regional Transmission Cost Adjustments Increase by Hundreds of Millions of Dollars (RTO Insider)
PJM presented changes to several projects approved in previous Regional Transmission Expansion Plan windows, increasing transmission costs by about $783 million for projects within Exelon’s regions, $60 million for projects within Dominion and $25 million within PPL.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148557-pjm-regional-transmission-cost-adjustments-increase-hundreds-of-millions/

• Canadian Policymakers Using U.S. Experience to Address Data Center Demand (RTO Insider)
Canadian policymakers are learning from the U.S.’s experience with data centers — and offering their southern neighbors some lessons as well.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148516-canadian-policymakers-using-us-experience-address-data-center-demand/

• FERC Approves Sale of FirstLight Resources to Hull Street Energy (RTO Insider)
FERC approved the sale of FirstLight Power’s U.S. generation resources to Hull Street Energy, finding that the transaction would not adversely affect competition, rates or regulation.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148543-ferc-approves-sale-firstlight-resources-to-hull-street-energy/

• National Ramifications Seen in Ohio AEP Tariff Suit (RTO Insider)
The Ohio Supreme Court is weighing an industry group’s challenge to the American Electric Power data center tariff that Ohio utility regulators approved in 2025.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148560-national-ramifications-seen-in-ohio-aep-tariff-suit/

• State-regulated IRP Model Superior for Democratic Accountability, Consumer Protection (RTO Insider commentary)
Former FERC Chair Mark Christie says that keeping responsibility for the all-important electric power grid at the state level best serves democratic accountability, and that means best serving the people who pay the bills.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148244-state-regulated-irp-model-superior-for-democratic-accountability-consumer-protection/

• FERC Proposes 'Landmark' Changes to How it Reviews LNG, Gas Pipelines (RTO Insider)
FERC proposed streamlined review of smaller upgrades to LNG facilities and to end its own air pollution tests for Natural Gas Act infrastructure approvals.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148542-ferc-proposes-landmark-changes-how-reviews-lng-gas-pipelines/

• AEPCO, WAPA Team Up on Day-ahead Market Decision (RTO Insider)
Arizona Electric Power Cooperative said it is working with the Western Area Power Administration to analyze the costs and benefits of joining either CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market or SPP’s Markets+.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148547-aepco-wapa-team-up-day-ahead-market-decision/

• Northwest Cautiously Awaits BPA’s ‘Open Season’ Proposal (RTO Insider)
Stakeholders responded with cautious optimism to the Bonneville Power Administration’s proposal to connect large loads to the grid faster through an open season process, with the Public Power Council saying money shouldn’t be the only determinant of who gets transmission.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148536-bpa-seeks-to-connect-large-loads-under-open-season/

• FERC Approves ERO 2027 Budgets, Reserve Withdrawals (ERO Insider)
FERC approved the budgets for NERC and the regional entities at its October open meeting.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148538-ferc-approves-ero-2027-budgets/

• PJM OC Briefs: Oct. 8, 2026 (RTO Insider)
PJM’s Joe Ciabattoni presented a problem statement and issue charge to explore how it can send advance notice that system conditions are expected to be tight during periods of moderate temperature or light load.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148553-pjm-oc-briefs-100826/

• PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: Oct. 6, 2026 (RTO Insider)
PJM presented updates to its proposal to establish voltage and frequency ride-through requirements for large computational loads.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148555-pjm-pc-teac-briefs-100626/

• The Exxon Case: A Battle over Climate Reparations (RTO Insider commentary)
Natural disasters often are called “acts of God,” even when climate change is implicated. Should they also be considered “acts of Exxon”?
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148550-exxon-case-a-battle-over-climate-reparations/

• Reliability Officials Urge Proper Cyber Hygiene amid AI Era (RTO Insider)
Even as AI becomes more prevalent in cyber crime, and the risks posed by agentic AI emerge from the pages of science fiction into reality, the best defense remains maintaining good cyber hygiene, speakers at the EBA's Energy Forum said.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148246-reliability-officials-urge-proper-cyber-hygiene-amid-ai-era/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 PJM Regional Transmission Cost Adjustments Increase by Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
00:37 Canadian Policymakers Using U.S. Experience to Address Data Center Demand
00:50 FERC Approves Sale of FirstLight Resources to Hull Street Energy
01:05 National Ramifications Seen in Ohio AEP Tariff Suit
01:19 Commentary: State-regulated IRP Model Superior for Democratic Accountability, Consumer Protection
01:37 FERC Proposes 'Landmark' Changes to How it Reviews LNG, Gas Pipelines
01:52 AEPCO, WAPA Team Up on Day-ahead Market Decision
02:08 Northwest Cautiously Awaits BPA’s ‘Open Season’ Proposal
02:27 FERC Approves ERO 2027 Budgets, Reserve Withdrawals
02:36 PJM OC Briefs: Oct. 8, 2026
02:53 PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: Oct. 6, 2026
03:06 Commentary: The Exxon Case: A Battle over Climate Reparations
03:19 Reliability Officials Urge Proper Cyber Hygiene amid AI Era
03:38 Subscribe

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RTO Insider Daily Headlines for October 15, 2026.

In this episode:

• Large Loads a Force Behind Nearly $15B in MTEP 26 (RTO Insider)
MISO’s 2026 Transmission Expansion Plan has dropped to $14.74 billion from an earlier $17 billion portfolio and remains driven by large load additions.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/147660-large-load-related-projects-force-behind-15b-mtep-26/

• DOE, TVA Spending $581M to Add 2.5 GW of Grid Capacity (RTO Insider)
DOE and TVA are putting up a combined $581 million to expand grid capacity across eight states in the federal utility's footprint.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148252-doe-tva-spending-581m-add-25gw-grid-capacity/

• Brattle Report: Growing VPPs Can Offset Residential Bill Increases (RTO Insider)
Scaling up residential virtual power plants rapidly over the next five years could cut expected bill increases in half while providing hundreds of megawatts of capacity, the Brattle Group found in a report.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148263-brattle-report-growing-vpps-offset-residential-bill-increases/

• Permitting Bill Only Part of the Solution on Transmission, EBA Panelists Say (RTO Insider)
Congress’ latest proposal to streamline permitting of energy infrastructure could remove some hurdles but fails to address jurisdictional obstacles hindering regional transmission development, panelists at the Energy Bar Association’s Energy Forum said.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148254-permitting-bill-only-part-of-solution-transmission-eba-panel-says/

• Trump Administration Renews Challenge to Revolution Wind (RTO Insider)
A late-stage challenge by the Trump administration to the Revolution Wind project has been met with widespread condemnation in New England.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148248-trump-administration-renews-challenge-to-revolution-wind/

• Oregon Pauses Data Center Permitting Until July 2027 (RTO Insider)
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has dealt a major blow to Big Tech developers looking to build or expand data centers in the state. She directed the Department of Environmental Quality to pause issuing any new air or water quality permits associated with data center projects until July 2027.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148459-oregon-pauses-data-center-permitting-until-july-2027/

• Arizona Utilities Outline Reasons for Markets+ Support (RTO Insider)
While several Arizona utilities are doubling down on their commitment to SPP’s Markets+, interest in CAISO’s competing Extended Day-Ahead Market may be bubbling up in part of the state.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148242-arizona-utilities-file-day-ahead-market-responses/

• CPUC Delays Google Data Center Vote for 4th Time (RTO Insider)
For the fourth month in a row, the California Public Utilities Commission has postponed its vote on an “exceptional” case agreement for a large Google data center in San Jose.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148192-cpuc-delays-vote-on-google-data-center-again/

• Markets+ is ‘Proven Path’ for West, BPA, SPP Contends (RTO Insider)
SPP's white paper contends that BPA should stick with its 2025 decision to join Markets+ because the day-ahead offering already meets all the criteria new Administrator Travis Kavulla said he wants to examine after ordering the agency to revisit its market choice.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148398-markets-is-proven-path-for-west-bpa-spp-contends/

• FERC Auditors Warn of AI, Registration Risks (ERO Insider)
FERC's latest round of audits on compliance with NERC's CIP standards revealed increasing use of artificial intelligence tools at many registered entities.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/148240-ferc-released-cip-audits-report/

Chapters:
00:07 Introduction
00:14 Large Loads a Force Behind Nearly $15B in MTEP 26
00:31 DOE, TVA Spending $581M to Add 2.5 GW of Grid Capacity
00:47 Brattle Report: Growing VPPs Can Offset Residential Bill Increases
01:05 Permitting Bill Only Part of the Solution on Transmission, EBA Panelists Say
01:24 Trump Administration Renews Challenge to Revolution Wind
01:35 Oregon Pauses Data Center Permitting Until July 2027
01:58 Arizona Utilities Outline Reasons for Markets+ Support
02:12 CPUC Delays Google Data Center Vote for 4th Time
02:26 Markets+ is ‘Proven Path’ for West, BPA, SPP Contends
02:47 FERC Auditors Warn of AI, Registration Risks
03:00 Subscribe

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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
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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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