New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) signed a bill requiring the state to procure at least 1,100 MW of new nuclear power while aiming to avoid burdening ratepayers with cost overruns associated with building the plants. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/sVQs50Zn9k6 Writer: James Downing

Coal remains a valuable part of America’s energy mix, and this administration is right to defend it as a resource the country cannot afford to regulate out of existence. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/FRNv50Zn9kn Writer: Nick Myers

Following are summaries of the agenda items for FERC’s monthly open meeting, to be held July 16. It was furnished by the White & Case law firm, with contributions from Ruta Skučas, George Fatula and Chimera Thompson. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/f4Pj50Zn6MP Writer: Aaron Bryant

Texas regulators have approved a rulemaking that replaces ERCOT’s four coincident peak — or 4CP — cost-management mechanism with a 12CP methodology. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/N4cM50ZmK1r Writer: Tom Kleckner

As Massachusetts nears the conclusion of its official legislative session at the end of July, members of the state Senate and House face a difficult proposition of reconciling two omnibus energy bills. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/NjEz50ZmK1b Writer: Jon Lamson

A new report tallies the Trump administration’s negative impact on the U.S. clean energy sector at $91 billion up front with a $55 billion annual reduction in the U.S. gross domestic product to follow. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/hSKi50Zmgv9 Writer: John Cropley

FERC Commissioner David LaCerte told attendees at the WIRES Summer Member Meeting that the U.S. grid must expand if the power industry is going to successfully deal with the new wave of load growth. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/u7fo50Zmgya Writer: James Downing

Arizona utility Salt River Project has signed an agreement with Pattern Energy to buy 600 MW of wind energy from Pattern’s SunZia project in New Mexico. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/hOAj50ZlRw7 Writer: Elaine Goodman

Load forecasting had its issues before the age of large loads. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/a1Mq50ZlRt0 Writer: James Downing

While it’s still too early to see major impacts from the interconnection rule changes FERC mandated three years ago, evidence shows that incremental improvements are taking shape around the nation. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/4yk950ZlnPz Writer: James Downing

Grid Strategies once again has taken issue with a NERC reliability assessment. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/IQbq50ZlnNE Writer: Holden Mann

New Jersey’s Board of Public Utilities on June 30 approved 12 solar projects totaling 238 MW in a program that offers incentives to grid-scale solar projects. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/F34k50ZkUYB Writer: Hugh Morley

Maryland state officials are asking FERC to scrap millions of dollars in financial incentives for utilities and other transmission system operators to join an RTO. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/HZ4B50ZkV0m Writer: Sean Reilly

MISO’s Independent Market Monitor released six new market design recommendations that would limit instances of market repricing. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/NpFh50ZksSO Writer: Amanda Durish Cook

The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission has ordered TXNM Energy and a Blackstone subsidiary to reverse Blackstone’s purchase of 8 million shares of TXNM stock. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/maVL50ZksSV Writer: Elaine Goodman

PJM has declared a capacity emergency and called all resources into service as loads exceeded 162 GW, fueled by a heat wave with temperatures exceeding 100 degrees. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/4zVB50ZksWR Writer: Devin Leith-Yessian

NERC will post a proposed reliability standard for a shortened industry comment and ballot period in order to meet FERC’s deadline for the project. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/Ma5G50ZjtFE Writer: Holden Mann

It remains to be seen how the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Slaughter and the newly empowered presidency will impact what used to be an independent agency. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/eIhi50ZjtC0 Writer: James Downing

PJM’s Members Committee voted on dozens of proposals to address accelerating data center load. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/kcB050ZiZIr Writer: Devin Leith-Yessian

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that proponents say will boost the state’s green hydrogen industry, which has faced setbacks during the Trump administration. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/a77H50ZiZIi Writer: Elaine Goodman

The Trump administration and Duke Energy have agreed to terminate a wind energy lease off the North Carolina coast where the utility had long since decided to shelve development. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/lCyo50Ziv1S Writer: John Cropley

The Supreme Court has overturned a 90-year-old precedent that was core to the design of independent agencies like FERC. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/5iQK50Ziv3n Writer: James Downing

State officials, industry leaders and labor organizers gathered at the New York Power Authority’s Clark Energy Center to celebrate the completion of the 100-mile Smart Path Connect transmission project. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/GqWS50ZhZPF Writer: Vincent Gabrielle

As the data center boom and rising residential rates across much of the country have driven energy affordability to the forefront of political debates, states have looked to a diverse array of policy changes. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/ShuB50ZhZPo Writer: Jon Lamson

Oracle has filed a lawsuit accusing the Wisconsin Public Service Commission of setting too high of a bar on credit and collateral requirements for power-hungry customers of We Energies. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/c2gb50ZhpVo Writer: Amanda Durish Cook

The owners of an aging gas-fired peaker plant in New York have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing a disputed NYISO capacity shortfall penalty as the reason. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/Fex650ZhpU6 Writer: John Cropley

Renew Home, Sunrun and Tesla are collaborating to create a national virtual power plant to serve the data center sector and utilities with a potential capacity of nearly 17 GW. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/Lkl450ZgIr1 Writer: John Cropley

Gov. Mike Braun has transferred the chair position of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission from Andy Zay to Commissioner Anthony Swinger. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/936T50ZgIrn Writer: Amanda Durish Cook

Most of the ISO/RTOs have made progress on improving their interconnection queues as they have implemented FERC Order 2023. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/5TJW50Zg538 Writer: James Downing

Despite an apparent increase in support from the New England governors for new gas pipeline capacity into the region, power generators remain skeptical about the viability of entering long-term contracts. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/McH350ZfuMh Writer: Jon Lamson