RTO Insider Daily Headlines

RTO Insider Daily Headlines for September 25, 2026. In this episode: • Energy Storage Marks Another Strong Quarter (RTO Insider) A new report shows battery storage installation soaring in the United States and the average duration of installed batteries growing longer. https://www.rtoinsider.com/146261-second-quarter-us-energy-storage-report/ • Second Judge Blocks N.Y. Climate Change Superfund Act (NetZero Insider) New York’s attempt to charge fossil fuel companies $75 billion in compensation for climate damage has been shot down by a second federal judge. https://www.rtoinsider.com/146727-ny-climate-change-superfund-act-struck-down-again/ • NYISO Breaks Down Summer System Conditions (RTO Insider) New York had 10 days with a system peak load of over 27,000 MW this summer, NYISO reported to stakeholders at the end of August. https://www.rtoinsider.com/142327-nyiso-breaks-down-2026-summer-season-performance/ • Fixing PJM’s Real Problem: Interconnection Delays (RTO Insider commentary) PJM's interconnection queue for reviewing and approving requests wasn’t flexible enough to handle the increased volume in recent years and has seized up, writes Tom Rutigliano of the NRDC. https://www.rtoinsider.com/146711-fixing-pjms-real-problem/ • Trump Administration Prioritizing Large-Scale Energy Storage (RTO Insider) The Trump administration has spent the past year course correcting its policies on energy storage, making it a top priority in its efforts to lower energy costs as the buildout of data centers and the artificial intelligence industry strains the nation’s aging power grid, according to a senior Department of Energy official. https://www.rtoinsider.com/146721-trump-administration-prioritizing-large-scale-energy-storage/ • Ariz. Utilities’ Day-ahead Market Choices Face Fresh Scrutiny (RTO Insider) An Arizona regulator has asked utilities in the state for updated analysis on their choice of day-ahead market — including the impact of Bonneville Power Administration potentially switching from SPP’s Markets+ to CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market. https://www.rtoinsider.com/146709-ariz-utilities-day-ahead-market-choices-face-fresh-scrutiny/ • Experts Debate Restructuring vs. Vertical Integration at AEI (RTO Insider) The return of major load growth has brought back basic debates about how to economically regulate the power industry, and the American Enterprise Institute gathered a group of experts to discuss the topic. https://www.rtoinsider.com/146725-experts-debate-restructuring-versus-vertical-integration-at-aei/ • CISA, FBI Warn of Attacks on ICS Integrators (ERO Insider) Federal agencies said malicious cyber actors may be targeting third-party industrial control system integration services. https://www.rtoinsider.com/146714-cisa-issues-ics-integrator-guidance/ • DOE Awards $1.9B for 31 Grid Modernization Projects (RTO Insider) Recipients are expected to reconductor or replace more than 1,500 miles of transmission lines and add grid-enhancing technologies to nearly 21,000 miles. https://www.rtoinsider.com/146729-doe-announces-speed-power-transmission-grants/ • MISO Asks FERC for Queue Restudy Cutback, 1-shot Exit Ramp for 2022 Projects (RTO Insider) MISO has filed a plan with FERC to reduce restudies in its interconnection queue and hand out a one-time pardon for generation proposals that entered its queue in 2022, allowing them to exit without consequence in late 2026. https://www.rtoinsider.com/146694-miso-asks-ferc-queue-restudy-cutback-one-shot-exit-ramp/ • IESO Finalizes Long Lead-Time Procurement Changes as Registration Opens (RTO Insider) IESO has finalized changes to its Long Lead-Time request for proposals, including a mechanism to replace unsigned or disqualified awards, new contract language allowing it to share project progress reports with the Ontario government and revisions to storage requirements. https://www.rtoinsider.com/146715-ieso-finalizes-long-lead-time-procurement-changes/ Chapters: 00:07 Introduction 00:14 Energy Storage Marks Another Strong Quarter 00:25 Second Judge Blocks N.Y. Climate Change Superfund Act 00:38 NYISO Breaks Down Summer System Conditions 00:50 Commentary: Fixing PJM’s Real Problem: Interconnection Delays 01:08 Trump Administration Prioritizing Large-Scale Energy Storage 01:29 Ariz. Utilities’ Day-ahead Market Choices Face Fresh Scrutiny 01:48 Experts Debate Restructuring vs. Vertical Integration at AEI 02:04 CISA, FBI Warn of Attacks on ICS Integrators 02:16 DOE Awards $1.9B for 31 Grid Modernization Projects 02:31 MISO Asks FERC for Queue Restudy Cutback, 1-shot Exit Ramp for 2022 Projects 02:52 IESO Finalizes Long Lead-Time Procurement Changes as Registration Opens 03:13 Subscribe Read these stories and more at W-W-W dot R-T-O Insider dot com. Music provided by BreakzStudios.

RTO Insider Daily Headlines for September 24, 2026. In this episode: • MISO Nominates Intel Expert to Board of Directors (RTO Insider) The MISO Board of Directors is likely to have a new member beginning in 2027, one with cybersecurity and government intelligence experience. https://www.rtoinsider.com/145304-miso-nominates-intel-expert-board-of-directors/ • NERC Approves MISO’s Move to SERC as Primary Reliability Corp. (RTO Insider) MISO announced NERC has approved its request for SERC Reliability to serve as its new main regional entity, replacing a 10-year relationship with ReliabilityFirst. https://www.rtoinsider.com/146433-nerc-approves-miso-move-to-serc-primary-reliability-corp/ • FERC Commissioners Trade Concurrences on $1 Collateral from Data Center (RTO Insider) FERC declined to weigh in on a contract dispute, outside of several concurrences that argued for clearer terms on deals between utilities and large loads and to highlight the paucity of a $1 letter of credit. https://www.rtoinsider.com/146251-ferc-commissioners-trade-concurrences-collateral-data-center/ • Campbell Decision Clouds New DOE Must-run Orders for Indiana Coal Plants (RTO Insider) The U.S. Department of Energy issued fresh orders to again delay the scheduled closures of two Indiana coal plants as questions swirl over their legality. https://www.rtoinsider.com/145347-campbell-uncertainty-clouds-doe-must-run-orders-indiana-coal-plants/ • Heinrich Proposes Tax Credits for Upgraded Tx (RTO Insider) Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced a bill that would offer a 30% investment tax credit to transmission projects that upgrade their capacity using advanced conductors. https://www.rtoinsider.com/146253-heinrich-proposes-tax-credits-upgraded-transmission/ • N.Y. Awards 8 Storage, 13 Renewable Energy Contracts (RTO Insider) The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority announced the state has contracted new storage and renewable energy projects with a combined capacity of 1.7 GW. https://www.rtoinsider.com/146426-new-york-procures-renewable-energy-storage-contracts/ • Independence is a Lousy Principle of Governance for ISOs (RTO Insider commentary) The West seeks to inject independence into its regime so participants can be confident market outcomes are not beholden to the interests of California. In contrast, stakeholders in the East are pushing to make an independent PJM more responsive, nimble and accountable to a large and complex variety of interests, writes energy consultant Vincent Duane. https://www.rtoinsider.com/145258-independence-is-a-lousy-principle-of-governance/ • New Data Center Power Metric Could Guide Flexibility, Aurora Says (RTO Insider) Researchers at Aurora Energy hope their metric for measuring the value a data center obtains from consuming electricity could result in more targeted tools to avoid burdening existing customers with higher costs. https://www.rtoinsider.com/143207-new-data-center-power-metric-could-guide-flexibility-aurora-says/ • Western Natural Gas Prices near Record Low in Q1 2026 (RTO Insider) Natural gas prices decreased almost 50% in some parts of the West in Q1 2026 compared to Q1 2025, a report by CAISO’s Department of Market Monitoring found. https://www.rtoinsider.com/145353-natural-gas-prices-near-record-low-q1-2026-in-west/ • SERC Speakers Outline Issues Involving Large Loads (RTO Insider) Speakers at a SERC Reliability Board of Directors meeting discussed issues involving large loads, including NERC's plans for standards development. https://www.rtoinsider.com/146159-serc-speakers-outline-issues-large-loads/ • IESO Defends Import Guarantee Changes as Traders Warn of Higher Costs (RTO Insider) IESO is sticking with its late January 2027 timetable for restricting import guarantees and rejecting calls for a delay. Traders warn the changes could discourage imports and raise Ontario’s wholesale power costs. https://www.rtoinsider.com/145330-market-design-tension-ieso-defends-import-guarantee-changes/ • BPA Markets Discussion Pits Design Against Fundamentals (RTO Insider) In a letter to the Regional Organization for Western Energy, BPA Administrator Travis Kavulla made clear the agency intended to review its previous record of decision to join SPP’s Markets+ rather than CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market. https://www.rtoinsider.com/146161-bpa-markets-discussion-pits-design-against-fundamentals/ • Abbott Tightens Pause on ERCOT Data Center Interconnections (RTO Insider) Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has further tightened his de facto moratorium on data center interconnections with the ERCOT grid. https://www.rtoinsider.com/146155-abbott-puts-halt-more-approvals-large-loads/ Chapters: 00:07 Introduction 00:14 MISO Nominates Intel Expert to Board of Directors 00:26 NERC Approves MISO’s Move to SERC as Primary Reliability Corp. 00:42 FERC Commissioners Trade Concurrences on $1 Collateral from Data Center 00:58 Campbell Decision Clouds New DOE Must-run Orders for Indiana Coal Plants 01:13 Heinrich Proposes Tax Credits for Upgraded Tx 01:28 N.Y. Awards 8 Storage, 13 Renewable Energy Contracts 01:43 Commentary: Independence is a Lousy Principle of Governance for ISOs 02:07 New Data Center Power Metric Could Guide Flexibility, Aurora Says 02:24 Western Natural Gas Prices near Record Low in Q1 2026 02:41 SERC Speakers Outline Issues Involving Large Loads 02:54 IESO Defends Import Guarantee Changes as Traders Warn of Higher Costs 03:12 BPA Markets Discussion Pits Design Against Fundamentals 03:31 Abbott Tightens Pause on ERCOT Data Center Interconnections 03:42 Subscribe Read these stories and more at W-W-W dot R-T-O Insider dot com. Music provided by BreakzStudios.

RTO Insider Daily Headlines for September 23, 2026. In this episode: • States File 3 More Challenges to OSW Lease Buyouts (NetZero Insider) New York leads a coalition of eight states as plaintiffs in two complaints over buyouts along the northeast coast and California is the plaintiff in a complaint over a buyout off its coast. https://www.rtoinsider.com/145341-three-new-lawsuits-target-trump-admin-offshore-wind-buyouts/ • How Much Flexible AI Compute Can the Grid Actually Count On? (RTO Insider commentary) With capacity in major ISOs being rapidly outstripped by new data loads, the question concerning flexibility becomes increasingly critical. How grid planners address the issue obviously has major implications for resource adequacy. https://www.rtoinsider.com/145201-how-much-flexible-ai-compute-can-the-grid-actually-count-on/ • Entergy Objects to MISO’s $70M JTIQ Cost Assignment for Lone Star Plant (RTO Insider) Entergy Texas has filed a complaint against MISO over the grid operator proposing to assign $70 million in interregional transmission upgrades to the utility’s Lone Star power station. https://www.rtoinsider.com/145298-entergy-objects-miso-cost-jtiq-assignment-lone-star-plant/ • Temporary Gas Plants Approved for 2 Nevada Data Centers (RTO Insider) Nevada regulators have approved permits for two behind-the-meter gas plants to power data centers until NV Energy is able to permanently supply the campuses with electricity. https://www.rtoinsider.com/145338-temporary-gas-plants-approved-nevada-data-centers/ • Exelon’s Butler Expounds on Data Center Backlash at Atlantic Council (RTO Insider) The political backlash to data center development is largely owed to the lack of communication and community buy-in, Exelon CEO Calvin Butler said at an Atlantic Council event in New York City. https://www.rtoinsider.com/145344-exelons-butler-expounds-data-center-backlash-atlantic-council/ • Review of MISO Monitor Shows Stakeholder Desire for Guardrails, Board Supervision (RTO Insider) The third-party best practices review of the MISO Independent Market Monitor ordered by the Board of Directors may place sharper parameters on the IMM’s duties and governance. https://www.rtoinsider.com/145301-miso-review-imm-overreach-bias-succession-planning-board-involvement/ • NERC’s Large Load Standards Pass First Ballot (ERO Insider) NERC reported that five proposed standards to address computational loads passed their first industry ballot. https://www.rtoinsider.com/145328-nerc-large-load-standards-pass-first-ballot/ Chapters: 00:07 Introduction 00:14 States File 3 More Challenges to OSW Lease Buyouts 00:28 Commentary: How Much Flexible AI Compute Can the Grid Actually Count On? 00:47 Entergy Objects to MISO’s $70M JTIQ Cost Assignment for Lone Star Plant 01:04 Temporary Gas Plants Approved for 2 Nevada Data Centers 01:18 Exelon’s Butler Expounds on Data Center Backlash at Atlantic Council 01:34 Review of MISO Monitor Shows Stakeholder Desire for Guardrails, Board Supervision 01:50 NERC’s Large Load Standards Pass First Ballot 01:59 Subscribe Read these stories and more at W-W-W dot R-T-O Insider dot com. Music provided by BreakzStudios.

RTO Insider Daily Headlines for September 22, 2026. In this episode: • CPUC Approves Rulemaking to Implement California IOU Participation in ROWE (RTO Insider) The California Public Utilities commission unanimously approved a new rulemaking to spell out how the agency will authorize the state’s investor-owned utilities to participate in a regional market operated by CAISO but governed by an independent body. https://www.rtoinsider.com/143675-cpuc-approves-rulemaking-implement-california-iou-participation/ • EPA Termination of Solar for All Ruled Unlawful (NetZero Insider) A federal judge has declared EPA’s August 2025 termination of the Solar for All program unlawful and ordered the termination vacated. https://www.rtoinsider.com/145225-epa-termination-of-solar-for-all-ruled-unlawful/ • Is New England Ready for New Nuclear? (RTO Insider) About five decades after New England’s original nuclear development boom and following years of retirements, the region may be on the verge of another nuclear renaissance, though this is far from a guarantee. https://www.rtoinsider.com/144189-is-new-england-ready-for-new-nuclear/ • TVA Sued over Coal Retirement Renege (RTO Insider) Environmental advocacy organizations have sued the Tennessee Valley Authority for backing out on promises to retire a coal plant while still constructing its gas-fired replacement, thereby violating air quality standards permitting. https://www.rtoinsider.com/145240-tva-sued-over-coal-retirement-renege/ • Propel NY Clears Key Hurdle in Long-running Regulatory Review (RTO Insider) New York PSC approval of the certificate of environmental compatibility and public need for Propel NY sets the stage for other approvals, such as the first phases of the construction plan. https://www.rtoinsider.com/145223-propel-ny-transmission-line-proposal-gains-key-approval/ • Changes Coming to IESO Program that Helps Facilities Identify Energy Savings (RTO Insider) IESO outlined proposed changes to its Expanded Energy Management program, which helps industrial, commercial and institutional facilities reduce energy use via the funding of staff and monitoring systems. https://www.rtoinsider.com/144771-changes-ieso-program-helps-facilities-identify-energy-savings/ • The Energy Authority: 2 Western Markets Better than 1 (RTO Insider) The Energy Authority says continued market competition between CAISO and SPP in the West is the best way to end up with efficient markets. https://www.rtoinsider.com/144570-energy-authority-2-western-markets-better-than-1/ • Flexibility, Innovation and Integration: What MISO’s September Tells Us About the Work Ahead (RTO Insider commentary) The generator interconnection process is not going to be fixed by one more adjustment to one more deposit schedule. What it needs is flexibility from the entities that run it, innovation in how the studies are conceived, and integration between interconnection and the transmission planning that should have been clearing its path all along. https://www.rtoinsider.com/145216-what-miso-september-tells-us-about-the-work-ahead/ Chapters: 00:07 Introduction 00:14 CPUC Approves Rulemaking to Implement California IOU Participation in ROWE 00:34 EPA Termination of Solar for All Ruled Unlawful 00:46 Is New England Ready for New Nuclear? 01:00 TVA Sued over Coal Retirement Renege 01:16 Propel NY Clears Key Hurdle in Long-running Regulatory Review 01:32 Changes Coming to IESO Program that Helps Facilities Identify Energy Savings 01:50 The Energy Authority: 2 Western Markets Better than 1 02:02 Commentary: Flexibility, Innovation and Integration: What MISO’s September Tells Us About the Work Ahead 02:28 Subscribe Read these stories and more at W-W-W dot R-T-O Insider dot com. Music provided by BreakzStudios.

RTO Insider Daily Headlines for September 21, 2026. In this episode: • Nevada Governor Moves to Establish Data Center Guardrails (RTO Insider) Nevada’s Republican governor is signing a new executive order that sets regulatory parameters for data center projects amid growing public concern over the state’s approach to managing the power-guzzling facilities needed to support the booming AI industry. https://www.rtoinsider.com/144629-nevada-governor-moves-to-establish-data-center-guardrails/ • Virginia Gov. Spanberger’s New Data Center Rules Seek Cleaner, Cheaper Power (RTO Insider) Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger released a new framework for data centers that seeks to bring down costs for other customers and make electricity supplying the facilities cleaner, among other policies. https://www.rtoinsider.com/145098-spanberger-issues-data-center-framework/ • N.Y. PSC Directs Utilities to Report How They Use AI (RTO Insider) The order is a first step to assess utility AI use and could lead to regulations designed to minimize risks. https://www.rtoinsider.com/144185-psc-initiates-review-new-yorkj-utilities-use-ai/ • Is Compensating Utility Customers for Power Outages a Good Idea? (RTO Insider commentary) Electric utilities rarely compensate their customers for power outages, regardless of their duration and the damage they caused. https://www.rtoinsider.com/143524-is-compensating-utility-customers-power-outages-good-idea/ • MISO Stakeholders Repeat Calls for Fair Cost Splits on Large Load Tx Work (RTO Insider) MISO stakeholders are increasingly concerned about the potential for cost spillover from large load customers who require increasingly complex transmission projects onto the RTO’s other customers and said so in front of the RTO’s board of directors. https://www.rtoinsider.com/144200-miso-stakeholders-repeat-calls-fair-cost-splits-large-load-tx-work/ • Congestion Forces SPP to Issue Brief EEA Level 1 (RTO Insider) SPP says congestion issues on the eastern seam of its eastern balancing authority area led to the region’s first energy emergency alert in two years. https://www.rtoinsider.com/144447-congestion-forces-spp-issue-brief-eea-level-1/ • Utah-Nevada Tx Line Aims to Spur Geothermal Development (RTO Insider) The Bureau of Land Management has opened public comment for Silver Rock Transmission, a proposed 330-mile, up-to-600-kV line BLM says will help facilitate geothermal leasing in Nevada and Utah. https://www.rtoinsider.com/144253-utah-nevada-tx-line-aims-boost-geothermal-development/ • BPA Seeks $250M Rate Increase Following Spill Order (RTO Insider) The Bonneville Power Administration said it could hike power prices to mitigate a potential $250 million revenue shortfall after a federal judge ordered the agency to increase spill over dams to protect migrating salmon. https://www.rtoinsider.com/145147-bpa-seeks-250m-rate-increase-following-spill-order/ • Ohio Commission Advances AES Acquisition (RTO Insider) PUCO has approved a change in ownership for AES Ohio, but with an unusual proviso barring members of the company’s board from participating in all decision-making related to data centers if they have “pecuniary interests” in the industry. https://www.rtoinsider.com/144258-puco-approves-change-ownership-aes-ohio/ Chapters: 00:07 Introduction 00:14 Nevada Governor Moves to Establish Data Center Guardrails 00:32 Virginia Gov. Spanberger’s New Data Center Rules Seek Cleaner, Cheaper Power 00:48 N.Y. PSC Directs Utilities to Report How They Use AI 01:00 Commentary: Is Compensating Utility Customers for Power Outages a Good Idea? 01:13 MISO Stakeholders Repeat Calls for Fair Cost Splits on Large Load Tx Work 01:31 Congestion Forces SPP to Issue Brief EEA Level 1 01:45 Utah-Nevada Tx Line Aims to Spur Geothermal Development 02:03 BPA Seeks $250M Rate Increase Following Spill Order 02:22 Ohio Commission Advances AES Acquisition 02:39 Subscribe Read these stories and more at W-W-W dot R-T-O Insider dot com. Music provided by BreakzStudios.