June 10, 2026

Regulatory Update for June 10, 2026

(Covering June 3, 2026 - June 9, 2026)

Our energy regulatory team has compiled a list of state and federal energy regulatory developments to keep you up to speed on key energy regulatory matters from across the United States. Stoel’s energy regulatory team is always available to answer questions about any of these developments. Click here to meet the energy regulatory team.

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State Regulatory Agencies

• California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
• California Energy Commission (CEC)
• Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC)
• Pacific Northwest (OPUC, BPA)
• New York

Federal Regulatory Agencies

• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Independent System Operators (ISO) and Regional Transmission Organizations (RTO)

• California Independent System Operator (CAISO)
• Southwest Power Pool (SPP)
• PJM Interconnection LLC (PJM)
• Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

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State Regulatory Agencies

CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (CPUC or COMMISSION)[1]

Proposed Decisions and Resolutions

None to report.

Voting Meeting

The CPUC will hold a voting meeting in Sacramento, California, on Thursday, June 11, 2026, at 11 a.m. PT. The energy-related items on the agenda are below:

Item 3. Application (A.) 22-05-022 (Application of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) for Review of the Disadvantaged Communities – Green Tariff, Community Solar Green Tariff and Green Tariff Shared Renewables Programs).

This decision adopts a process to implement the customer community renewable energy tariff adopted by D.24-05-065. Following the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s August 2025 termination of California’s Solar for All award and the resulting lack of available external funding, this decision supersedes D.24-05-065 regarding a nonparticipating customer-funded adder.

Item 8. Rulemaking (R.) 12-11-005 (Order Instituting Rulemaking Regarding Policies, Procedures and Rules for the California Solar Initiative, the Self Generation Incentive Program and Other Distributed Generation Issues).

This decision dismisses the Joint Petition for Modification (Petition) of D.15-06-002 filed by the Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association and Local Government Sustainable Energy Coalition. The Petition seeks to provide four additional six-month extensions beyond the three presently authorized. The relief being sought in the Petition was granted in D.25-12-003, which was adopted by the Commission on December 4, 2025, which according to the Commission, makes the Petition moot. 

Item 14. Resolution E-5457.

This Resolution adopts updated contract prices by Product Category for the feed-in tariff program, known as the Renewable Market Adjusting Tariff (ReMAT), using price data from Renewables Portfolio Standard contracts executed between 2020 and 2025. In addition, the Resolution orders PG&E, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) to amend their ReMAT tariff to reflect the adopted fixed prices by Product Category.

Item 23. Resolution E-5467.

This Resolution approves SDG&E’s request for approval of a utility-owned energy storage contract procured to address 2026 and 2027 summer reliability. The contract is a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with RWE AG subsidiary, RWE Clean Energy Asset Holdings, Inc. for the purchase of Westside Canal 2A, LLC, a 119-megawatt project and an associated 10-year Long-Term Services Agreement. This Resolution approves AL 4736-E.  

Item 26. Resolution E-5459.

This Resolution approves Orange County Power Authority’s (OCPA), Pioneer Community Energy’s (Pioneer), and Redwood Coast Energy Authority’s (RCEA) forecasted Bioenergy Market Adjusting Tariff (BioMAT) program costs. OCPA, Pioneer, and RCEA have not executed contracts with any BioMAT facilities and thus forecast zero costs for 2027 and seek no forecast revenue requirements for 2027.

Upcoming Events

Energization Workshop.

On June 18, 2026, at 9 a.m., the CPUC’s Energy Division will host an in-person workshop at the CPUC’s San Francisco office focused on the energization timeline data submitted by the large investor-owned utilities in their biannual energization reports.  A workshop agenda will be distributed closer to the date, and a virtual link is available here.

Interconnection Capacity Analysis (ICA) Workshop.

Pursuant to D.24-10-030, the 2026 Second Quarter ICA Workshop will be held on Thursday, June 25, 2026, from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. PST.  This workshop will be offered both online and in person at the CPUC headquarters at 505 Van Ness Ave in San Francisco, California.  Final invitations with the agenda, room, and workshop access link will be sent on the service list to the Higher Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Future (R.21-06-017) closer to the date of the workshop.

CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION (CEC)

2026 Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) Update

The CEC has set the following preliminary schedule for the 2026 IEPR. The schedule is available on the 2026 IEPR Update page. 

Task / Event	Date
• Final 2026 IEPR Update Scoping Order released	April 2026
• Adopt order instituting informational proceeding	May 2026
• Public workshops on specific topics	May–December 2026
• Release draft 2026 IEPR Update	October 2026
• Release proposed 2026 IEPR Update	January 2027
• Adopt 2026 IEPR Forecast	January 2027
• Adopt 2026 IEPR Update	February 2027

The CEC’s 2026 IEPR Update workshop schedule (which remains subject to change) is set forth below. According to the workshop schedule, all workshops will be held via Zoom and will run from May through December 2026, as follows:

May 20, 2026: Staff Workshop on Forms & Instructions, 2 p.m.–4 p.m. PT. Written comments are now due to the Docket Unit by 5 p.m. PT on June 15, 2026, and should reference Docket No. 26-IEPR-02.  Note that the comment deadline was extended from June 3, 2026, to June 15, 2026, via notice issued on June 5, 2026.

June 19, 2026: Commissioner Workshop on Geothermal Energy (Part 1), 10 a.m.–5 p.m. PT.

June 30, 2026: Commissioner Workshop on Energy Equity & Environmental Justice, 1 p.m.–5 p.m. PT.

July 9, 2026: Commissioner Workshop on Geothermal Energy (Part 2), 10 a.m.–5 p.m. PT.

August 20, 2026: Commissioner Workshop on Forecast Inputs and Assumptions, 1 p.m.–5 p.m. PT.

August 31, 2026: Commissioner Workshop on Load Modifier Inputs and Assumptions, 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. PT.

November 12, 2026: Commissioner Workshop on Load Modifier Draft Results, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. PT.

December 14, 2026: Commissioner Workshop on Overall Forecast Results, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. PT.

For the two-day Workshop on Geothermal Energy being held on June 19, 2026, and July 9, 2026, written comments are due to Docket No. 26-IEPR-04 by 5 p.m. PT, on July 23, 2026.

Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC)

On April 2, 2026, the CEC circulated a “Save the Date” for the CEC’s annual EPIC Symposium indicating that the event is scheduled for Tuesday, September 29, 2026, at the California Natural Resources Agency building (715 P Street) in Sacramento, California. More details will be provided when made available by the CEC.

Resource Planning and Reliability

The CEC hosted a virtual workshop on June 9, 2026, regarding energy system analyses and findings that are published in the draft California Energy Resource and Reliability Outlook.  Written comments are due to Docket No. 21-ESR-01 by 5 p.m. on June 23, 2026.

CEC Announces New Funding Opportunity to Expand EV Charging

On May 28, 2026, the CEC announced the availability of up to $55.2 million in new funding through the California Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Project (CALeVIP) to accelerate the installation of publicly available fast chargers across the state.  The funding will be available through two upcoming incentive windows under CALeVIP’s Fast Charge California Project, giving site owners and developers two opportunities to move ready-to-build charging projects from planning to installation. 

• The October 7, 2026 to Jan. 14, 2027 window will offer incentives covering up to 100% of eligible installation costs for DC fast chargers and up to $100,000 per charging port.
• The Feb. 24, 2027 to May 27, 2027 window will offer incentives covering up to 100% of eligible installation costs for DC fast chargers and up to $55,000 per port regardless of power level with minimum output of 150 kW. 

The new funding builds on the success of CALeVIP’s first window of the Fast Charge California Project, which has awarded $54 million to date for more than 1,200 ready-to-build fast-charging ports in 35 counties across the state. More than 60% of those chargers are in underserved communities.  Additional details, including eligibility requirements and application details, will be available on the CALeVIP website. 

Transportation Fuels Reliability Workshop

The CEC hosted a workshop on June 8, 2026, to discuss the Transportation Fuels Assessment, which was established under Senate Bill (SB) X1-2 (2023), as amended by Assembly Bill (AB) X2-1 and SB 237. Pursuant to this legislation, the CEC is required to assess transportation fuel prices, supply conditions, and reliability in California. AB X2-1 further requires the CEC to consider the effects of refiners’ inventories of fuel, feedstock, and blending components on transportation fuel prices, and authorizes the CEC to consider ways to minimize the impacts of maintenance-related production losses on fuel prices while protecting the health and safety of workers, local communities, and the public. The workshop will be held both remote and in person, and access details are available here.

Land Use and Environmental Information for Energy Planning

CEC staff will hold a virtual workshop at 1 p.m. PT on June 11, 2026, to discuss updates to the CEC’s Land Use Screens for Electric System Planning.  According to the workshop notice, “land-use screens are map-based footprints delineating important environmental and physical characteristics of the land [and] are assembled from an integration of raw data into modeled results at the statewide scale.”  Land-use screens “can show access limitations or competing land-use priorities.” According to the notice, written comments are due to Docket No. 26-LUEP-01 by 5 p.m. on July 13, 2026.  Although there does not yet appear to be an active docket under the referenced docket number available on the CEC website, according to the workshop notice, comments can be submitted via email to docket@energy.ca.gov with a reference to Docket No. 26-LUEP-01.

CEC Business Meetings

The next CEC business meeting is scheduled for June 22, 2026, from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. PT. An agenda and supporting materials will be available here closer to date and at least 10 days before the scheduled meeting. 

CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD (CARB)

Amendments Adopted to Cap-and-Invest Program 

CARB adopted amendments to its Cap-and-Invest Program, which establishes a declining limit on major sources of greenhouse gas emissions in California. The amendments:

• Establish stricter allowance budgets, with an 11% cap decline year-over-year for this decade and an average of 7% from 2031 to 2045;
• Dedicate 80% of allowances to benefit California ratepayers by providing $10 billion for electricity bill credits and maintaining an estimated $8 billion for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund;
• Double the Manufacturing Decarbonization Incentive Fund to $4 billion; and
• Add $800 million in compliance support for industry.

MINNESOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (MPUC)

At its weekly agenda meeting on June 11, 2026, the MPUC will consider adopting the Administrative Law Judge Report related to Northern States Power Co. d/b/a Xcel Energy’s general rate increase application for 2025 and 2026 (Docket No. E-002/GR-24-320). Xcel’s requested increase would result in a net increase in revenues of $353.3 million, or 9.6%, for 2025, and an additional $137.5 million, or 3.6%, in 2026. The total two-year increase would be $490.7 million. The briefing papers are available here.

PACIFIC NORTHWEST (OPUC, WUTC, BPA)

Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC)

On June 9, 2026, the OPUC held a public meeting to consider: (1) the Energy Trust of Oregon’s 2025 annual report (Docket No. ETO 1), (2) PacifiCorp’s shortlist of its 2025 Oregon Situs Request for Proposals (Docket No. UM 2383), and (3) Portland General Electric’s (PGE) compliance filing in the OPUC’s investigation of large customer rates, regarding which OPUC staff recommended suspension of PGE’s Advice No. 26-24 and updates to rate schedules and rules in response to OPUC Order No. 26-154 regarding large load costs and rates (Docket No. UM 2377/Advice No. 26-24).

Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)

On June 8, 2026, BPA hosted a workshop to develop and review certain Provider of Choice Resource Support Service contract provisions for application of non-federal resources. More details on the Provider of Choice initiative are here.

NEW YORK

Proposed Data Center Moratorium

The New York state Senate passed, and sent to Governor Hochul, a bill that would impose a moratorium on data center permits to be issued in the state. The bill reduces the moratorium that was proposed from February 2026 from three years to one year. If passed, data center operators would be required to provide at least 30 days’ notice to residents of host communities of any public hearing, during which the data centers must address efforts it would take to reduce negative impacts to the host community and the environment. The bill would also require the New York Department of Environmental Conservation to issue an environmental impact report on data centers.

Federal Agencies

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION (FERC)

PJM Governance and Stakeholder Reforms Technical Conference

FERC issued a supplemental notice for its upcoming technical conference on July 23, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST, which will examine PJM’s governance and stakeholder processes, with a focus on identifying actionable reforms to improve the Regional Transmission Organization’s (RTO’s) ability to address system needs efficiently and in a timely manner. The conference will be open to the public and will not address specific proceedings but rather focus on identifying reforms to improve PJM’s ability to address system needs in a timely and efficient manner. The technical conference will be in person at FERC and will be webcast. Advanced registration is not required. An agenda for the conference may be found here.

Grid-Enhancing Technologies and Load Forecasting Technical Conference

FERC issued a supplemental notice of a technical conference on July 7 and 8, 2026, to discuss grid-enhancing technologies, load forecasting, and opportunities for increasing market and planning efficiency through improved software. The technical conference will be open to the public. An agenda for the conference may be found here.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

DOE Announces Coal Plant Grants

DOE announced up to $350 million in grants to four coal plants to “build, modernize, and restart” the coal plants. DOE also announced it would use up to $500 million in Defense Production Act funding to expand coal capacity at 13 other plants, which includes up to $425 million for 12 projects to expand and up to $75 million for a rail-served marine export terminal.

Independent System Operators (ISO) and Regional Transmission Organizations (RTO)

CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR (CAISO)

Stakeholder Initiatives: Upcoming Meetings and Deadlines

Cluster 16 Load-Serving Entity (LSE) Commercial Interest Opt-In Window Open.

The CAISO Cluster 16 LSE commercial interest opt-in window is now open. The opt-in form can be found here. LSEs that want to formally opt-in should complete the opt-in form and submit the form to irinfo@caiso.com.

2026 CAISO Stakeholder Symposium.

The 2026 CAISO Stakeholder Symposium will take place on October 6, 2026, at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in Sacramento, California. Registration is now open, and details can be found here.

Save the Date: Resource Interconnection Standards Fair.

CAISO will host the annual Resource Interconnection Standards Fair on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. PT. The fair will take place to provide stakeholders with the opportunity to learn more about CAISO’s interconnection process and recent changes affecting Cluster 16, in preparation of the Cluster 16 window opening on October 1, 2026. Meeting registration details can be found here.

Extended Day-Ahead Market Congestion Revenue Allocation Phase 2.

CAISO revised the schedule for the upcoming working group meetings for Phase 2 of the Extended Day-Ahead Market Congestion Revenue Allocation initiative. The working group meetings will take place May 11, June 2, and June 24, 2026. More details about the meetings can be found here.

Southwest Power Pool (SPP)

Conditional High Impact Large Load Service

On June 5, 2026, FERC accepted, subject to condition, SPP’s proposed revisions to its tariff to add a new type of non-firm transmission service called Conditional High Impact Large Load Service (CHILLS), effective July 1, 2026. The revisions are designed to facilitate timely interconnection and service for large loads that cannot yet obtain long-term firm service due to insufficient designated resources or needed network upgrades. CHILLS is an as-available service with a minimum term of one year and maximum term of seven years.  The revisions establish eligibility pathways and detailed application, study, and operational requirements.  CHILLS will be treated as having equal curtailment priority to monthly non-firm point-to-point service. Further, the rates for CHILLS are substantially similar to rates for non-firm point-to-point transmission service.  The tariff also provides penalties for using transmission service that exceeds the reserved capacity. FERC directed limited compliance revisions to clarify certain provisions.

PJM Interconnection LLC (PJM)

Operating Committee Emergency Operation Endorsements

PJM’s Operating Committee endorsed manual revisions that would clarify procedures for large loads to operate on backup generators in the event of a future DOE 202(c) emergency order. Among the steps, the revisions would direct PJM to communicate directly with impacted transmission owners, communicating expected MW amount of large load to be directed to operate on backup generation to maintain contingency/primary reserves, and transmission owners will coordinate with electric distribution companies and load-serving entities to support communication to large loads so they can operate on backup on-site generation within 15 minutes of PJM’s communication.

Electric Reliablility Council of Texas (ERCOT)

Large Load Rules

ERCOT’s Board of Directors approved ERCOT’s new “Batch Zero” rules for studying up to 100 GW of large load interconnection requests. The new framework establishes new definitions and eligibility criteria for large loads; creates detailed categorization of loads in the Batch Zero process (including base load, studied load, and load to be studied in a future batch); and introduces procedures for submitting, modifying, and evaluating large load interconnection requests.

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[1] Per the CPUC’s Rules of Practice and Procedure Rule 14.3, comments on proposed decisions are due 20 days after issuance of the proposed decision, and reply comments are due five days thereafter.  Comments on draft resolutions are due 20 days after the draft resolution appears in the CPUC’s daily calendar, per Rule 14.5.