Renewables Round Up: ferc's own chair calls the pjm backlog a mess

Senate lawmakers advanced a bipartisan permitting bill meant to streamline transmission siting and strengthen FERC's authority, with modeling suggesting it could unlock nearly 100 GW of new wind, solar and storage.

PJM delayed a backstop power auction as reliability problems boiled over amid runaway data center demand growth, prompting FERC's own chair to publicly call the situation a mess rather than a routine shortfall.

Governor Newsom signed a slate of energy-affordability bills in California, two of which open the door to virtual power plants after years of resistance, while the Nuclear Regulatory Commission pushed forward a rulemaking package meant to accelerate new reactor deployment.