Federal regulators and state governors are advocating for significant revisions to the management of the nation's largest power grid, which serves an area from Pennsylvania to the Chicago region. Discussions between PJM, the organization that manages this grid, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission occurred last week, focusing on operational challenges and potential risks including

At a House Committee on Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing, the chair argued federalizing transmission permitting would "usurp state authority," increase costs for consumers and slow project delivery, and urged state-led planning and carefully targeted permitting reform.