Regulatory Pulse

Grid Pulse | July 30, 2026 — DOE's SPP Emergency Order Runs Through August 3: Backup Generation Is Now an Operating Tool
DOE's Section 202(c) emergency order for Southwest Power Pool — the second in a week — remains in effect through August 3, authorizing SPP to dispatch backup generation at data... Read more...
Grid Pulse | July 29, 2026 — SPP Rides Out the Heat Under DOE Emergency Dispatch Through August 3
DOE's Order No. 202-26-37 keeps Southwest Power Pool under federal emergency dispatch authority through August 3 — the second 202(c) order for SPP in a week — as hot weather... Read more...
Grid Pulse | July 28, 2026 — Six Days to the NERC Computational Load Alert Deadline
Registered entities have until midnight Eastern on August 3 to report on NERC's Level 3 Alert covering computational load modeling, studies, commissioning, protection, and operations — and FERC's July 16... Read more...
Grid Pulse | July 27, 2026 — One Week Left: NERC's Level 3 Computational Load Alert Reporting Closes August 3
With the reporting deadline on NERC's Level 3 computational load alert hitting August 3, registered entities have one week to complete all three response steps in the NERC Alert System... Read more...
Grid Pulse | July 26, 2026 — NERC's Level 3 Computational Load Alert: Responses Due August 3
NERC's Level 3 Essential Action Alert on computational load requires TP, PC, TO, BA, RC, and TOP responses in the NERC Alert System by August 3, 2026 — and those... Read more...
Grid Pulse | July 25, 2026 — NERC's Computational Load Alert Reporting Deadline Is Nine Days Out
NERC's Level 3 Essential Action Alert on computational loads requires TP, PC, TO, BA, RC, and TOP responses in the NERC Alert System by midnight Eastern on August 3, 2026... Read more...
Grid Pulse | July 24, 2026 — FERC Puts PJM Governance on the Operating Table
FERC held a commission-led technical conference on July 23 in Docket No. AD26-7-000 to put concrete, actionable reforms to PJM's governance and stakeholder process on the record — a signal... Read more...
Grid Pulse | July 23, 2026 — DOE's 36th Emergency Order of 2026 Puts SPP on Federal Dispatch
DOE issued emergency Order No. 202-26-36 to Southwest Power Pool on July 20 — its 36th Section 202(c) order of 2026 — directing unit dispatch and authorizing backup generation as... Read more...
Grid Pulse | July 22, 2026 — PJM's Federal Emergency Order Expired Last Night. The Safety Net Is Off.
DOE Emergency Order No. 202-26-35 — the Section 202(c) directive that carried PJM through July's record heat wave — expired at 11:59 PM EDT on July 21 with no successor... Read more...
Grid Pulse | July 21, 2026 — 13 Days Left on NERC's Level 3 Computational Load Alert
NERC's Level 3 Essential Action Alert on computational loads requires TP, PC, TO, BA, RC, and TOP responses in the NERC Alert System by midnight Eastern on August 3, 2026... Read more...
Grid Pulse | July 20, 2026 — FERC Orders NERC To Write Reliability Standards for Data Center Loads by Year-End
FERC has directed NERC to develop mandatory Reliability Standards and compliance registry criteria for data center-scale computational loads by December 31, 2026 — the first time load-side facilities face this... Read more...
Grid Pulse | July 19, 2026 — FERC Puts the CAISO–SPP Seam on the Clock
FERC has ordered CAISO and SPP to file a joint report by September 30, 2026 detailing how they coordinate operations along their seams — a signal that Western seams management... Read more...

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