The Illinois Commerce Commission will hold a public forum to discuss applications filed by The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company and North Shore Gas Company to adjust retail rates and charges applicable to their gas service. Initially, Peoples Gas requested an increase of approximately $205.1 million, while North Shore Gas requested a $14.4 million increase; the proposals were subsequently revised to $167 million and $10.4 million, respectively. Both proposals include a return on equity of 10.1 percent. P2026-0066

The New York Public Service Commission seeks comments on a comprehensive managed charging report filed by the state’s major electric utilities as well as issues discussed in a technical conference held as part of the commission staff’s ongoing review of residential electric vehicle managed charging programs. In August 2025, the commission approved modifications to utilities’ programs, finding the changes reasonable and aligned with state EV adoption goals. Utilities had petitioned to continue the programs beyond their Dec. 31, 2025 end date until a comprehensive review could be completed, in order to maintain program stability, allow more time to gather data, and prevent a pause that could create customer and market uncertainty. To facilitate a future review, the commission directed utilities to file a report covering program results, grid impacts, customer enrollment, and recommendations for future improvements. Reply comments are due by Aug. 3. 18-E-0138

The Louisiana Public Service Commission staff seeks input to inform its evaluation of private use electrical networks to enable generation for serving new large loads locating in the state. The request follows an April 2026 directive and comes as a state task force examines energy self-generation, industrial microgrids, expedited permitting, and potential statutory changes to ensure sufficient generating capacity to attract new large load customers. At the same time, legislation introduced during the current session would authorize private use electrical networks for qualifying projects. Commission staff seeks responses to a series of questions, including how these networks should be defined, whether they could create stranded costs for other ratepayers, and whether third parties should be allowed to own generation and sell electricity directly to customers within a qualified network without being regulated as a public utility.

The California Energy Commission will hold a workshop to provide an update on activities conducted as part of its proceeding exploring the role of distributed energy resources in the state’s energy future. The workshop will primarily focus on the commission’s use of advanced metering infrastructure data for DER planning, including demand flexibility, as well as the opportunities and challenges for front-of-the-meter DERs in the state. The commission launched the proceeding in 2022 to explore trends in DER technology, capability, deployment, cost, and customer adoption, and to investigate policies to optimize DER value in support of the state’s decarbonization, resilience, affordability, and equity goals. 22-OII-01

The California Energy Commission seeks public comments on its draft solicitation for the Proposition 4 Distributed Electricity Backup Assets, or DEBA, Grant Program, which is designed to support the deployment of new distributed energy resources that improve grid reliability during extreme events. The draft solicitation outlines a framework for a competitive grant program to fund DERs that provide emergency supply or load reduction as part of the state’s Strategic Reliability Reserve. The program was established under AB 205 (2022). Proposition 4, approved by voters in 2024, authorized the issuance of $10 billion in bonds to strengthen communities against climate change, and SB 105 (2025) appropriated $46.1 million to the DEBA Program to fund new clean microgrids and non-residential or aggregated residential distributed clean energy and storage projects. 22-RENEW-01

The Montana Public Service Commission will hold a public hearing on Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.’s application for adjustments of retail rates and charges applicable to its electric service. The company filed an application in September 2025, requesting a total increase of approximately $14.1 million, or a 21.5 percent increase in rates for its individual residential customers. The company also requested interim rate relief. The commission subsequently authorized an increase of approximately $10.4 million on an interim basis beginning April 1, 2026. The Montana Consumer Counsel and Denbury Onshore LLC intervened, opposing various elements of the total increase. In June, the company and the intervenors filed a stipulation and settlement agreement proposing a total increase of approximately $10 million, a 14.8 percent increase for residential customers. 2025.09.072