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RTO Insider @rtoinsider.bsky.social · 6d

The U.S. Department of Energy is looking for developers that want to build artificial intelligence data centers — and the power generation to run them — on two nuclear sites.
#energysky 🔌💡

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Writer: John Cropley

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RTO Insider @rtoinsider.bsky.social · 13d

IESO system planners today recommended the construction of a $1.5 billion HVDC line to meet Toronto’s growing energy needs, saying it would be more “future proof” than two cheaper options.
#energysky 🔌💡

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Writer: Rich Heidorn Jr.

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RTO Insider @rtoinsider.bsky.social · 13d

The House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) introduced its “Cheap Energy Agenda” on Sept. 24.
#energysky 🔌💡

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Writer: James Downing

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Ken Sands @kensands.bsky.social · 14d

Hardball.
Escalating Conflict with Utilities Leads to Resignation of Top Conn. Regulator.
Supporters of PURA Chair Worry About Ripple Effects Nationally.
'This resignation sends a chilling message.' -- Vote Solar.
💡🔌
@yes-energy.bsky.social
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Ken Sands @kensands.bsky.social · 15d

Snoqualmie Falls. Twin Peaks.

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RTO Insider @rtoinsider.bsky.social · 15d

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin requested that PJM reopen the nomination process for two open seats on its Board of Managers to consider two candidates recommended by the states.
#energysky 🔌💡

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Writer: Devin Leith-Yessian

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Ken Sands @kensands.bsky.social · 15d

Amazing data resource. Check it out. 💡🔌
@yes-energy.bsky.social

Yes Energy @yes-energy.bsky.social · 15d

🖥️Northern Virginia is the world’s largest data center market with 5.9 GW in operation, 1.8 GW under construction, and an additional 15.4 GW in the pipeline. Want to get more insights like this on power markets straight to your inbox? Subscribe to our blog: hubs.ly/Q03KBwqL0 🔌💡

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Ken Sands @kensands.bsky.social · 15d

"Renewables Ready to Out-innovate, Outlast Trump."
The drive for fossil fuels and nukes assumes the need for traditional 24/7 generation. Radical and rapid growth in electricity demand presents complex challenges that call for new and complex solutions. 💡🔌
www.rtoinsider.com/114888-livew...

Livewire: Renewables Ready to Out-innovate, Outlast Trump

The U.S. clean energy industry is so over tax credits, and clean energy professionals descended on Las Vegas Sept. 8-11 for RE+.

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Yes Energy @yes-energy.bsky.social · 16d

How will natural gas power & data center demand evolve in the coming years?
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📈 Natural gas power generation trends
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Connect with Natural Gas Intelligence and Yes Energy for a 60-minute webinar exploring the natural gas supply and demand swings that have sent forward natural prices considerably lower over the summer...

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Ken Sands @kensands.bsky.social · 16d

A federal judge has lifted a stop-work order on Revolution Wind, handing a rare victory to the U.S. offshore wind industry amid the Trump administration’s relentless effort to torpedo it. 🔌💡
@yes-energy.bsky.social
www.rtoinsider.com/115390-judge...

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RTO Insider @rtoinsider.bsky.social · 26d

The two nominees to open seats on FERC, Laura Swett and David LaCerte, both cleared the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in largely party line votes of 12-8 in a hearing Sept. 11.
#energysky 🔌💡

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Writer: James Downing

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Yes Energy @yes-energy.bsky.social · 27d

⚡ ERCOT’s biggest market overhaul in 15 years is coming Dec. 5. The rollout of RTC+B will change real-time market operations & energy storage modeling.

👉 Stay ahead with our new resource hub, including blog posts and a webinar to prepare you.

Check it out! hubs.ly/Q03HVsYM0 🔌💡

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RTO Insider @rtoinsider.bsky.social · 29d

Host | Yes Energy

ERCOT is overhauling its real-time market on December 5, 2025, in what may be the largest market change since the inception of ERCOT’s Standard Market Design 15 years ago.

Registration | ow.ly/xjwC50WPSG4

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RTO Insider @rtoinsider.bsky.social · 28d

Permitting reform legislation is starting to move through Congress, with a key House committee holding a hearing and supporters lobbying legislators.
#energysky 🔌💡

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Writer: James Downing

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Yes Energy @yes-energy.bsky.social · Sep 8

SB 540 supporters are under pressure to ensure a stripped-down version of the legislation is printed before 12 am Sept. 9 to comply with a legislative rule requiring an amended bill to be in print for 72 hours before lawmakers can vote. @rtoinsider.bsky.social. www.rtoinsider.com/114302-senat... 🔌💡

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Ken Sands @kensands.bsky.social · Sep 8

Seems like real money. A billion here, a billion there, as the saying goes. 🔌💡

RTO Insider @rtoinsider.bsky.social · Sep 8

The cost estimate for MISO’s 2025 Transmission Expansion Plan (MTEP 25) has fallen slightly from previous estimates to $12.36 billion.

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Writer: Amanda Durish Cook

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Ken Sands @kensands.bsky.social · Sep 4

Confirmation fireworks on FERC nominees:
“Its job is to serve the public interest fairly and impartially, guided by our laws and the Constitution, not by political whims from the White House," Martin Heinrich, D-N.M.
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Ken Sands @kensands.bsky.social · Sep 4

No surprise: billions of dollars at stake.
Revolution Wind Sues to Lift Federal Stop-work Order.
🔌💡
@yes-energy.bsky.social
www.rtoinsider.com/114127-revol...

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Ken Sands @kensands.bsky.social · Sep 2

In this changed environment, a question is whether the U.S. will be able to supply enough electricity with acceptable reliability. If the pipeline of planned clean energy projects dries up further, what will fill the void? 🔌💡
@yes-energy.bsky.social
www.rtoinsider.com/113744-polit...

Power Play: Political Intermittency is Now the Biggest Threat to the Grid

When a government’s word is no longer its bond, investors get nervous, and investors in U.S. clean energy generation plants are nervous.

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RTO Insider @rtoinsider.bsky.social · Aug 29

Clean energy investments plateaued in the second quarter of 2025 and the pipeline of new project announcements has contracted sharply, a new report shows.

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Writer: John Cropley

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RTO Insider @rtoinsider.bsky.social · Sep 2

A state with plenty of brownfields and lots of ambition for clean energy is having trouble bringing the two together.
#energysky 🔌💡

See Full Story: ow.ly/7q1m50WPw5a
Writer: John Cropley

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RTO Insider @rtoinsider.bsky.social · Sep 2

CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market clinched a set of wins Aug. 29 when FERC approved the market’s revised congestion revenue allocation model and authorized participation for the EDAM’s first two members.
#energysky 🔌💡

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Writer: Robert Mullin

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Yes Energy @yes-energy.bsky.social · Aug 28

Breaking news: The U.S. Department of Energy has issued another emergency order keeping Units 3 and 4 of the Eddystone Generating Station in Pennsylvania in operation. www.rtoinsider.com/113620-doe-e... 🔌💡

Eddystone Ordered to Remain Operational for PJM 90 More Days

Units 3 and 4 of the Eddystone Generating Station must remain operational under an emergency order to "secure grid reliability."

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Ken Sands @kensands.bsky.social · Aug 28

Jefferies contends that renewables have the upper hand to that of gas generation when it comes to quickly deploying generation. 🔌💡

RTO Insider @rtoinsider.bsky.social · Aug 28

Investment bank Jefferies’ latest analysis finds that the levelized cost of solar-plus-battery storage is cheaper than that of gas.
#energysky 🔌💡

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Writer: Henrik Nilsson

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Ken Sands @kensands.bsky.social · Aug 27

Just as renewable energy advocates predicted, MISO's claim of a "broad mix" of energy sources in the interconnection queue express lane actually means 74% gas plants. 🔌💡
@yes-energy.bsky.social
www.rtoinsider.com/113407-gas-g...

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