I don't write often, but data centers, whoa. What a challenge. We are living in interesting times.
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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-...

Grid Largely Immune from Oil Price Shocks; But We Can’t Ignore Them Yes, electricity prices are painfully high. No, they’re not related to oil prices, at least for customers of the RTOs.

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

Karen Petrou, Influential Fiscal Policy Analyst and Critic, Dies at 72

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 RTO Expansion: Frequently Asked Questions See the answers to the most common questions about SPP's RTO Expansion to help you understand what’s changing and the market impacts.

🚀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...

Group Raises Questions over MISO IMM Involvement in $22B Tx Plan Complaint A new group has raised questions about interactions between MISO’s IMM and the state agencies seeking to overturn the RTO’s $22 billion LRTP.

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
Writer: John Cropley

Preparing for SPP’s RTO Expansion: What Market Participants Need to Know Starting April 1, SPP will extend its RTO into the Western Interconnection, bringing new market participants, trading opportunities and market dynamics.

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... 🔌💡

A Letter from the CEO: A Lookback on EMPOWER 2026 While the resources on the grid are changing and demand is growing, congestion is increasing.

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
Writer: 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
Writer: Robert Mullin

Are you working on data centers now? Even more of a hot topic than transmission...

@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... 🔌💡

Data Center Demand Challenges Dominate EMPOWER 26 Presentations The challenges of meeting accelerating load growth dominated discussions at EMPOWER 26, Yes Energy’s annual summit.

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...

Saint Mary's 70-59 Gonzaga (Feb 28, 2026) Game Recap - ESPN Expert recap and game analysis of the Saint Mary's Gaels vs. Gonzaga Bulldogs NCAAM game from February 28, 2026 on ESPN.

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...