FERC Chairman Mark Christie emphasized the unsustainable pace of dispatchable generation retirements and the need for additional capacity.

Data centers in the Western Interconnection are dominating the grid connection queues, accounting for nearly 80% of total requests from large load customers.

Projected energy demand from electric vehicles and heating electrification are 47% lower in 2030 than the prior year forecast.

Larger capacity reserves and over 11 GW of battery storage resources are putting the California grid manager on stronger footing as it faces a warmer-than-normal summer.

The new tariff revisions aim to address forecast errors for load and renewable generation, ensuring sufficient flexible resources.

The grid operator’s latest load forecast projects 3.4% lower peak winter demand this year than previously forecasted, with the difference increasing to 5.5% by 2030.