The New York Department of Public Service will hold a hearing to consider Hoffman Falls Wind LLC’s proposed 100-megawatt wind energy facility in Madison County. The project would consist of 24 turbines located on private land in the towns of Fenner, Nelson, Smithfield, and Eaton and is expected to provide $63 million in local investment. Construction activities are expected to take place from 2026 to 2027.

The Maryland Public Service Commission seeks comments on a request by the Maryland Energy Storage Initiative Workgroup’s leader to consider revised proposed regulations in accordance with the Renewable Energy Certainty Act, enacted in May. The law requires agencies to establish standardized land-use requirements for siting solar projects larger than 1 megawatt and for energy storage facilities. The legislation also preempts local zoning requirements. The commission will hold a rulemaking session on Sept. 10 to consider whether to publish the proposed regulations as initially submitted or revised based on comments received. READ MORE

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is due to receive applications for up to $320 million in competitive grant funding for industrial decarbonization projects offered through its Reducing Industrial Sector Emissions in Pennsylvania, or RISE, program. The statewide initiative aims to reduce industrial sector greenhouse gas emissions, which accounts for about 30 percent of the state’s total emissions. Selected projects will utilize various innovative technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industrial processes, including electrification, energy efficiency, fuel-switching for transition to low-carbon alternatives, renewable energy, and carbon capture technologies. READ MORE

The California Energy Commission is due to receive comments addressing barriers and solutions to accelerating clean energy interconnection and energization as part of its 2025 Integrated Energy Policy Report, or IEPR, proceeding. A recent workshop, building on the 2023 IEPR, reviewed improvements to interconnection and energization processes and gathered suggestions for policies or process changes to further improve them and address ongoing issues. The IEPR is prepared every two years to provide assessments and forecasts of energy industry supply, production, transportation, delivery and distribution, demand, and prices. 25-IEPR-06

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission will hold a remote evidentiary hearing en banc on Xcel Energy’s Aggregated Virtual Power Plant, or VPP, program and tariff, as well as the associated program budget and cost recovery methodology. The company’s application includes a tariff for performance-based compensation for a qualified VPP. Last May, the state enacted legislation requiring qualifying retail electric utilities to develop VPP programs and seek regulatory approval to implement them. Among other requirements, the company must consider the role VPPs can play in modeling and meeting system needs in the resource planning process, as well as eligibility requirements for distributed energy resource aggregators and technologies. An additional hearing will be held from Sept. 2-5. READ MORE

The Arizona Corporation Commission will hold a workshop on the expansion of natural gas infrastructure and storage in the state. The move comes amid growing concerns about resource adequacy. The closure of coal-fired power plants, the increase in intermittent resources, and projected load growth from data centers and large industrial customers are driving the need for substantial firm capacity from natural gas generation to maintain reliability. Over the past 18 months, the commission has approved nearly 1,000 megawatts of new or expanded utility-owned natural gas plants. G-00000A-25-0029

The California Public Utilities Commission will hold a virtual public forum to discuss Liberty Utilities’ request for authority to increase its retail electric service rates. The company is requesting an increase of approximately $39.8 million, or 19.1 percent, for 2025, with a return on equity of 11 percent. Additional increases would follow in 2026 and 2027, based on the utility’s planned capital investments. If the proposal is approved, the average monthly bill for a residential customer not enrolled in the California Alternate Rates for Energy program and using 548 kWh per month would increase by 20.6 percent in 2025. A2409010

The California Air Resources Board and Québec’s Ministry of the Environment, the Fight against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks will release the results of their 44th joint quarterly carbon auction, which offered allowances for current and future years. The current auction offered 2025 vintage allowances totaling about 51.9 million, and the advance auction offered 2028 future allowances totaling about 6.8 million. At the previous auction, held in May, current allowances cleared at the reserve price of $25.87 per allowance and sold about 86 percent of the 51 million permits offered. The advance auction, which offered about 6.8 million allowances, sold out, settling at $26.15, slightly higher than the reserve price. READ MORE