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NWPPA Morning Brief - Monday, June 08, 2026


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NWPPA Morning Brief — Monday, June 08, 2026

In today's brief:

Top Federal Developments

  • DOE orders Orlando municipal utility to keep 465-MW coal unit running — https://www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-orlando-coal-florida-stanton-emergency-202/822119/
  • DOE commits $850 million for new coal plants including 1.4-plus GW Anchorage unit — https://www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-announces-850m-modernize-coal-capacity-build-new-plants/822109/
  • Antares Mark-0 microreactor achieves criticality at Idaho National Laboratory — https://www.powermag.com/antares-mark-0-becomes-first-advanced-nuclear-reactor-to-achieve-criticality-under-doe-pilot-program/
  • DOE Associate Deputy Secretary lays out administration energy posture at EEI — https://www.utilitydive.com/news/alex-fitzsimmons-energy-markets-ai-renewables/822095/

Top Regional / State Developments

  • Portland General Electric files 29% data center rate hike, 1.3% residential cut under Oregon POWER Act — https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/04/data-centers-utility-rate-pge/
  • Imperial Irrigation District voters reject data-center-backed board candidate — https://www.kpbs.org/news/politics/2026/06/05/imperial-county-voters-reject-data-center-backed-candidate-for-water-and-power-utility
  • Regulatory Commission of Alaska rejects Goat Lake Hydro rate increase, orders rebates — https://khns.org/regulatory-commission-of-alaska-makes-ruling-on-goat-lake-hydro-rate-increase/

Worth Knowing

  • FERC's 2026 Summer Reliability Assessment found that 75 GW of new capacity has been added — the largest… — https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/ferc/u-s-grid-reliability-improves-this-summer/
  • Google will fund a three-year, 100-MW virtual power plant in PJM through aggregator Voltus, in what the… — https://www.utilitydive.com/news/google-virtual-power-plant-vpp-pjm-voltus/821838/

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