NWPPA Morning Brief — Friday, June 05, 2026

In today's brief:

Top Federal Developments

• GAO Finds DOE Reported Funding Figures That Don't Match Congressional Appropriations — https://www.eenews.net/articles/doe-spent-money-not-appropriated-by-congress-audit/
• FERC Approves Waiver Transferring 760 MW of Interconnection Rights to Crane Nuclear Restart — https://www.utilitydive.com/news/constellation-three-mile-island-crane-nuclear-ferc-waiver/821836/
• DOE Guidance Restricts Home Energy Rebates to Electric-to-Electric Swaps — https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2026/06/new-guidance-doe-weakens-popular-home-energy-rebate-programs

Top Regional / State Developments

• Protesters Confront NV Energy CEO at Industry Conference Over Coming Demand Charge — https://www.utilitydive.com/news/protesters-target-nv-energy-electric-utility-conference-anger-over-affordability-electric-rates/821995/
• Chelan PUD Launches 25 Percent Bill-Discount Program — https://lakechelannow.com/pud-launches-new-customer-bill-assistance-program/

AI and Large Load Demand Radar

• ERCOT Approves Batch Interconnection and Ride-Through Rules for Data Centers — https://www.eenews.net/articles/texas-advances-major-grid-rules-for-data-centers/

Western Market Structure Signal

• OMS-MISO Survey Projects 15 GW/Year of Capacity Additions, Nearly Double Prior Forecast — https://www.utilitydive.com/news/oms-miso-survey-resource-outlook-generation/821973/

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