June 3, 2026

Regulatory Update for June 3, 2026

(Covering May 28, 2026 - June 2, 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)

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

• California Independent System Operator (CAISO)
• Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)
• ISO New England (ISO-NE)

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State Regulatory Agencies

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

Proposed Decisions and Resolutions

Resolution E-5455.  

This Resolution approves, with modifications, Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) Advice Letter (AL) 7785-E, filed on December 18, 2025, requesting Commission approval of an exceptional case agreement between PG&E and Google LLC (Google) to support the energization of a new 250 megawatt transmission-level retail electric load at 230 kV in San Jose, California.  The Commission approves the AL, with modifications, requiring additional ratepayer protections.

Resolution TL-19156.  

This Resolution approves the Center for Sustainable Energy’s (CSE) AL 1 and 1A submission of the initial Implementation Plan and Handbook for the Drivers Assistance Program (DAP) per the Clean Miles Standard (CMS) D.24-03-001 (CMS Phase 1 Decision). Consumer Protection and Enforcement Division staff found the submission to be sufficient and complete in meeting the requirements outlined in D.24 03-001. This Resolution establishes the initial CMS incentive amounts, eligibility requirements, driver application process, procedures for tracking and verifying eligibility and disbursing incentives to drivers, program budget and implementation timeline, and reporting requirements and formats for CSE, the Program Administrator of the DAP.

Resolution E-5456.

This Resolution approves a request from Southern California Edison (SCE) to create an option within its CBP-E tariff to allow any customer, bundled or unbundled, to directly enroll in the CBP-E program. SCE would act as the aggregator for the directly enrolled customers.

Resolution E-5451.

This Resolution approves PG&E AL 7738-E, with modifications. The Resolution approves changes that allow for a more streamlined online enrollment process for making updates to customer enrollments in the Base Interruptible Program through an aggregator.

Resolution E-5450.

This Resolution approves PG&E AL 7748-E, with modifications. In this AL, PG&E requested six distinct changes to its Automated Response Technology (ART) Program. Requests to increase capacity incentives and to remove zeroing out of negative performance are denied. Requests to remove the optionality of Day of Adjustments, increase the Performance Evaluation timeline to 30 days, make tariff changes to comply with the tariff of the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), and make clarifying and formatting changes to the ART tariff are approved.

Rulemaking (R.) 24-09-012 (Order Instituting Rulemaking to Establish Policies, Processes, and Rules to Ensure Safe and Reliable Gas Systems in California and Perform Long-Term Gas System Planning).

This decision establishes the process for gas corporations to submit applications for neighborhood decarbonization pilot projects to the Commission. Senate Bill (SB) 1221 requires the Commission to establish a voluntary pilot program to facilitate the cost-effective decarbonization of priority decarbonization zones, not to exceed 30 pilot projects across the state. Each pilot project must demonstrate cost effectiveness by showing that the avoided costs of gas infrastructure investment would be greater than the costs of implementing the zero-emission alternative. This decision allocates those 30 projects among PG&E, San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E), Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), Southwest Gas Corporation (Southwest Gas), and the smaller Commission-regulated gas corporations primarily in proportion to their share of gas demand. The decision sets three deadlines (December 15, 2026, December 15, 2027, and June 1, 2028) by which interested gas corporations may submit applications containing their proposals.

Rulemaking (R.) 25-10-003 (Order Instituting Rulemaking to Oversee the Resource Adequacy Program, Consider Program Reforms and Refinements, and Establish Forward Resource Adequacy Procurement Obligations).

This decision adopts Local Capacity Requirements for 2027-2029, Flexible Capacity Requirements for 2027, and program refinements to the Resource Adequacy (RA) program scoped for Track 1. The refinements include adopting an Unforced Capacity framework for implementation in the 2028 RA year, clarifying requirements for bidding and revenue allocation for Residual Unit Commitment and Imbalance Reserve products in the CAISO market, clarifying the definition of “load migration” to account for changes to community choice aggregators’ implementation plans, and modifying the RA penalty structure to account for deficiencies in charging sufficiency. Further, the refinements also include various modifications to the qualifying capacity (QC) counting methodologies, including modifications to QC counting rules for storage resources to account for nonlinearity, modifications to the charging sufficiency rules to allow excess energy produced by a co-located energy only resource to count towards charging sufficiency requirements up to the Point of Interconnection limit, charging sufficiency requirements for long-duration energy storage resources, and modifications to QC counting for demand response resources on an interim basis to address misalignment issues.

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 PG&E (U39E) 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 current 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, SCE, and SDG&E to amend their ReMAT tariff to reflect the adopted fixed prices by Product Category.

Item 23. Resolution E-5437.

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

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 hybrid, 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 due to the Docket Unit by 5 p.m. PT on June 3, 2026, and should reference Docket No. 26-IEPR-02.

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 will host a virtual workshop on June 9, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. regarding energy system analyses and findings that are published in the draft California Energy Resource and Reliability Outlook.  According to the workshop notice, a detailed schedule will be posted prior to the workshop at Docket No. 21-ESR-01.  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 will host a workshop on June 8, 2026, from 9 a.m.–12 p.m. PT to discuss the Transportation Fuels Assessment, which was established under 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 CEC held a business meeting on May 26, 2026, and the meeting agenda and related materials are available here. 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 4, 2026, the MPUC will consider: (1) approval of Minnesota Power’s request of its 2026 rate adjustment mechanism under its rider for Transmission Cost Recovery (E015/M-25-433), (2) action on the Large Power Intervenors’ motion to compel Minnesota Power to provide responses to certain information requests regarding its integrated resource plan (E015/RP-25-127), (3) approval of the acquisition and construction of Xcel Energy’s proposed ERAS 2 projects and proposed cost recovery approach (Docket No. E002/RP-24-67), (4) issuance of a route permit and referral for contested case for Minnesota Power and American Transmission Company’s Iron Range – St. Louis County – Arrowhead 345 kV Transmission Project (E015/CN-25-111; E015/TL-25-112), and (5) modification of the existing gas line extension policies for rate regulated gas utilities in Minnesota (Docket No. G999/CI-21-565).

Additionally, on June 1, 2026, Minnesota Power filed its petition for approval of a corporate reorganization to form a holding company (“New ALLETE”), a condition of the MPUC order approving the acquisition of ALLETE, Inc., by Global Infrastructure Partners and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in December 2025. The reorganization would establish Minnesota Power as a wholly owned subsidiary and regulated utility operating company of New ALLETE, and would also form a new subsidiary company, ALLETE Subsidiary Holdings, LLC, where all stock of the non-utility ALLETE companies would be distributed to. The petition is accessible here (Docket No. 26-227).

PACIFIC NORTHWEST (OPUC, WUTC, BPA)

Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC)

Idaho Power and Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative announced their request to the OPUC for approval to transfer ownership of Idaho Power’s Oregon distribution system to Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative for $154 million.  If approved, roughly 20,000 existing Idaho Power customers would become member-owners of Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative. The transaction would be expected to close early 2027. Local coverage is here.

Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)

On May 27, 2026, BPA released its 2026 Wildfire Mitigation Plan (2026 WMP), which features improvements to risk modeling, changes to operational practices, and an increased focus on collaboration with industry peers.  A notable addition to the 2026 WMP is the inclusion of a new governance structure, comprised of cross-functional steering and sponsor advisory groups comprised of members designed to foster agencywide coordination. More information on the 2026 WMP is here; the 2026 WMP itself is here.

NEW YORK

Proposed Data Center Moratorium

The New York State Senate proposed 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)

May Commission Meeting

FERC held its May 2026 Commission Meeting on April 16. FERC issued the following orders and actions:

• FERC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) to revise its blanket certificate regulations to expand the scope and scale of projects that interstate natural gas pipelines may construct without a case-specific authorization order. Comments are due 60 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register. The NOPR also proposes to increase the cost limits for such projects.
• FERC denied a complaint against PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) that alleged PJM’s tariff was unjust and unreasonable for not allowing developers to withdraw their projects without penalty from a transition cycle after restudies that result in large increases in allocated Network Upgrade costs.
• FERC issued an order sustaining its December 30, 2025, order accepting proposed tariff revisions from Southwest Power Pool that allocate a portion of future Base Plan Upgrades between 100 kV and 300 kV on subregions rather than transmission pricing zones.

PJM Governance and Stakeholder Reforms Technical Conference

FERC announced a technical conference for July 23, 2026, to 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.

Merger between Northwestern Energy and Black HillsCorp.

FERC issued an order on May 29 approving a proposed merger between Northwestern Energy and Black Hills Corp—an all-stock, tax-free merger that the companies’ respective boards approved in August 2025.  The combined utility will serve approximately 2 million customers across eight states and operate 2.9 GW of power generation capacity and 38,000 miles of transmission.  The transaction remains subject to state-level approvals.

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

CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR (CAISO)

Stakeholder Initiatives: Upcoming Meetings and Deadlines

Stakeholder Initiatives: Upcoming Meetings and Deadlines

Assembly Bill 825—California Job Study.

CAISO will hold the first virtual public stakeholder workshop on June 9, 2026, to discuss the California job study required by AB 825 and related reporting. The study will assess the impacts of the transfer of governance over regional energy markets from CAISO to a new independent regional organization. The workshop will focus on the following topics: (1) overview of AB 825 requirements for the job study and objectives; (2) review of the study’s scope and methodology; (3) discussion on preliminary assumptions, inputs, and analytical approach; and stakeholder feedback and discussion. More meeting details can be found here.

2026 Variable Operations and Maintenance Cost Review Issue Paper.

The CAISO has posted the issue paper for the 2026 Variable Operations and Maintenance Cost Review process in advance of the June 4, 2026, meeting.

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.           

Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)

Fourth Cycle of Expedited Resource Addition Study (ERAS) Projects

MISO announced the fourth cycle of projects to be evaluated under its ERAS process, totaling approximately 3.7 GW of proposed capacity. More than 3 GW of the proposed capacity is from new gas generation, with 230 MW of new battery storage and 400 MW of new solar generation.

ISO NEW ENGLAND (ISO-NE)

Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Tariff Changes

FERC accepted ISO-NE’s proposed tariff revisions that addressed a gap created by FERC Order No. 2023, under which DERs no longer had a path to establish Network Resource Capability (NRC) and Capacity Network Resource Capability (CNRC) given that they interconnect through state processes rather than ISO-NE’s interconnection procedures. The revisions allow DERs to establish equivalent NRC based on state interconnection agreements and to obtain equivalent CNRC by either securing a Capacity Supply Obligation or a “lock-in” pathway tied to demonstrated project readiness and near-term commercial operation. FERC accepted the revisions, effective May 29, 2026.

Asset Condition Reviewer Revised Proposal

ISO-NE presented revisions to its proposed Asset Condition Reviewer framework, which would allow ISO-NE to advise in providing independent review of transmission owners’ asset condition projects. The framework refines the threshold for projects that ISO-NE would review from those that have an aggregated cost of at least $25 million to those that impact 15% of a transmission owner’s lines or substations, include at least $5 million on any individual line or substation, and have a total forecasted cost of at least $25 million.

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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.