AEP fires warning shot at SPP, PJM. Move faster on transmission interconnection or we might say "adios." 🔌💡 www.rtoinsider.com/131650-aep-e... @yes-energy.bsky.social

Are data centers pushing Virginia too far? ⚡ UVA Law professors Richard Schragger & Cale Jaffe break down the energy, environmental, and legal pressures behind state pushback on data center growth https://ow.ly/RASt50YUzoT

American Electric Power has fired a warning shot across the bows of the nation’s grid operators. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/w4pY50YVmOs#energyskyWriter: Tom Kleckner

Looks like the Great Plains are pretty windy, judging from this map. 🔌💡

@pablo.show For real. Tony Kornheiser and Pablo Torre now have one Pulitzer Prize between them. Congrats! or LaCheeserie!

Breaking news: PJM Elevates David Mills to President and CEO. 🔌💡 www.rtoinsider.com/131477-pjm-e... @yes-energy.bsky.social

The New England transmission owners have asked FERC to increase their base return on equity from 9.57% to 11.39%, a proposal that already has drawn strong opposition from consumer groups. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/Jbbj50YT34a#energyskyWriter: Jon Lamson

⏰CAISO's EDAM & DAME go live May 1. Many utility professionals underestimate what it takes—not just to go live but to stay aligned as the market continues to evolve after May 1. We put together a practical breakdown of what's changing and what you need to do now. www.yesenergy.com/blog/caisos-... 🔌💡

Two more U.S. offshore wind concepts will not generate a watt, as the developers have agreed to cancel their leases at the behest of the Trump administration. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/lygo50YQSs9#energyskyWriter: John Cropley

The new "bad guys?" Data Center Developers: ‘Prepare to be Shouted at’ 🔌💡 www.rtoinsider.com/130805-data-... @yes-energy.bsky.social

Dam good story, Amanda.

Last night, after an hours-long public hearing, Monterey Park became the first city in California to pass an ordinance permanently banning data centers. The city council voted unanimously to declare data centers a public nuisance, and to "prohibit all data centers within city limits." My story:

I don't write often, but data centers, whoa. What a challenge. We are living in interesting times. 🔌💡 www.rtoinsider.com/130510-edito...

Interesting to watch.

Always "fun" to tune in.

FERC Demands $1.1 Billion in ‘Large and Brazen Fraud Case’ (I don't write much, but this was too big to pass up) 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social www.rtoinsider.com/130337-ferc-...

Oil no longer sets the price of electricity in most of the U.S., but oil shocks shape how end users think about the cost of all energy. So, utilities, grid operators and regulators have to focus on affordability. 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social www.rtoinsider.com/130001-grid-...

The “compute heat rate” may offer value in tracking costs by location and over time as the use of AI accelerates and the technology evolves. 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social

When @pablo.show and @minakimes.bsky.social hosted PTI recently, I thought: "These Millenials are the future hosts!" Mina has common sense like Mike, and Pablo is neurotic like Tony. What a match. (And I don't hate Seattle sports teams like an ex-pat Oregonian should.)

Big trend in states: regulations emerging for data center electrcity usage. 🔌💡 www.rtoinsider.com/129790-xcel-... @yes-energy.bsky.social

A friend and neighbor. We walked our dogs together many, many times. So sad. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/b...

Constellation wants FERC waiver to fast-track nuclear restart. 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social www.rtoinsider.com/129694-const...

Transmission owners want to eliminate competition to accommodate the data center explosion. Opponents say the plan is “tone deaf” to concerns about ratepayer affordability. 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social www.rtoinsider.com/129698-group...

🚀SPP’s RTO Expansion (RTOE) launching April 1, 2026, raises important considerations across trading, operations, and risk. We compiled answers to the most common questions about this major market shift to help you understand what’s changing and the impacts. hubs.ly/Q04995520 🔌💡

Highly specialized energy reporting job. Good news: it's full-time. Bad news: it reports to me. 😉 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social job-boards.greenhouse.io/yesenergy/jo...

The latest skirmish in the $22 billion war with the MISO board on one side, rebellious states and the MISO independent market monitor on the other. 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social www.rtoinsider.com/128884-group...

ABD people. Anyone but Duke...

Peter Kelly-Detwiler: White House pledges and data company commitments may protect us rate-paying pawns for only the first few limited moves in a vast multitrillion-dollar global game of high-stakes chess whose outcome is uncertain. 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social www.rtoinsider.com/128429-white...

The Trump administration announced energy, technology and resource deals worth $56 billion stemming from an Asia-Pacific energy summit. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/is5s50YvEyq#energyskyWriter: John Cropley

SPP will launch its RTO Expansion (RTOE) April 1. This expands SPP’s RTO into the Western Interconnection, making it the first RTO to operate organized wholesale markets across Eastern/Western interconnections. Learn about how to prep www.yesenergy.com/blog/prepari... 🔌💡

See the highlights from key sessions at our biggest user conference yet in a letter from CEO Michael McNair. hubs.ly/Q046-MLY0 🔌💡

Webinar: An overview of SPP RTOE and what that means for market participants in SPP. 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social www.yesenergy.com/spp-rto-laun...

This is a really good explainer (along with a product pitch) for how hybrid systems work in the market. 🔌💡

New York energy storage and solar trade groups are seeking an immediate end to what they say is an effective freeze on interconnection of distributed storage facilities by the state’s largest investor-owned utility. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/clbX50YsGcC#energyskyWriter: John Cropley

Washington’s attorney general and a coalition of public interest organizations have filed separate lawsuits to overturn the U.S. Department of Energy’s order. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/l7yj50YpBfe#energyskyWriter: Robert Mullin

@mariarobinson.bsky.social whatever became of the National Transmission Planning Study? www.rtoinsider.com/88631-doe-fu...

Excellent panel: SPP's Lanny Nickell and CAISO's Eliott Mainzer polite but competitive as you would expect. 🔌💡 www.rtoinsider.com/127044-top-c... #empower26 @rtoinsider.bsky.social @yes-energy.bsky.social

Confused by the real-time price spike in PJM on Sun. night? With Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station down for maintenance, our Live Power sensors saw a sudden 1.1 GW loss of gen. at South Field Energy minutes before real-time LMPs spiked to ^$3000/MWh. Learn more www.yesenergy.com/products/liv... 🔌💡

Packed house, beautiful venue, fantastic presentations. EMPOWER26 in Boulder last week. @yes-energy.bsky.social www.rtoinsider.com/126892-empow... @jessedjenkins.com

📈On Feb. 26, MISO real-time prices hit the $10,000 cap during the evening ramp. The data shows multiple stressors lining up fast: wind underperformance & a 600+ MW unit trip tightening supply during a key ramp window. Learn about getting power market data fast www.yesenergy.com/products/pow...

Pardon the interruption with some basketball. This guy. Maybe the next Damian Lillard? From Oakland, No. 0 on his uniform: 6'-3" guard Mikey Lewis made seven 3-pointers and scored 31 points to help Saint Mary's beat Gonzaga. #dametime www.espn.com/mens-college...

🔥Day 2 of #EMPOWER26 is off to a great start with Lanny Nickell & Elliot Mainzer exploring the western markets' evolution, a discussion of ERCOT changes, and a look at evolving natural gas dynamics. Couldn't make EMPOWER? See if we're coming to an event near you www.yesenergy.com/events 🔌💡

Energy nerds: This was so good. Eliott Mainzer and Lanny Nickell in a Q&A with Robert Mullin of @rtoinsider.bsky.social @yes-energy.bsky.social at #empower26 in Boulder this morning. 🔌💡

Louisiana utility players described their pull-out-all-the-stops, gas-propelled campaign to attract data centers. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/nbL750YmfFh#energyskyWriter: Amanda Durish Cook

Study: keeping coal plant open, $80 million/year. 🔌💡

Despite the hoopla, the data shows a continued optimism for renewable energy development and a continued lag for fossil-fired generation. 🔌💡

Trump admin aruges purely political motives are legitimate justification (!) for blue state cancellations of project funding that red states continue to get. $7.6 billion. 🔌💡

Interesting they consider natural gas to be renewable.🤷‍♂️ 🔌💡

MISO was one step away from load shedding (aka forced blackouts) at the height of the January storm. Thermal outages were an issue. 🔌💡 www.rtoinsider.com/126100-miso-...

📈Stay ahead of fast-moving energy markets. Get concise updates, key trends, and market insights delivered directly to your inbox. 👉 Download your copy of the @rtoinsider.bsky.social February Energy Briefing (one-time download): info.yesenergy.com/energy-brief... 🔌💡