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E&E News: States Seek Ways to Coax Utilities into Making the Grid More Efficient

Echo Stewart April 20, 2026 No Comments

E&E News reports that Colorado lawmakers recently passed the Colorado Grid Optimization Act (HB 1081) with bipartisan majorities that will require major utilities to consider advanced transmission technologies (ATTs) as part of their long-range…

E&E News: Competing Power Markets Press Ahead in the West. But at What Cost?

Eric Gordon July 8, 2025 No Comments

E&E News discusses the potential consequences of a bifurcated regional grid between the West's two electricity market options—California's Extended Day-Ahead Market and the Southwest Power Pool's Markets+. United's Brian Turner warned…

E&E News: Texas PUC Approves High-Voltage Transmission Plan for Permian

Eric Gordon April 25, 2025 No Comments

POLITICO reports the Public Utility Commission of Texas has approved the state's first-ever high-voltage transmission lines. Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance's Executive Director Matthew Boms explains why this is an…

E&E News: Two Sprawling Power Markets Take Shape in the West

Eric Gordon March 7, 2025 No Comments

E&E News reports that Bonneville Power Administration has issued a draft decision to join Southwest Power Pool's Markets+. This move could cement a bifurcated electricity market in the West. United's…

Author: Jason Plautz

E&E News: States Seek Ways to Coax Utilities into Making the Grid More Efficient

E&E News: Competing Power Markets Press Ahead in the West. But at What Cost?

E&E News: Texas PUC Approves High-Voltage Transmission Plan for Permian

E&E News: Two Sprawling Power Markets Take Shape in the West