RTO Insider Daily Headlines: September 14, 2026

RTO Insider Daily Headlines for September 14, 2026. In this episode: • D.C. Circuit Vacates DOE’s Order Keeping the Campbell Coal Plant Open (RTO Insider) In the first appeal of a wave of recent orders from DOE stopping power plants from retiring, the D.C. Circuit found the agency overstepped its bounds as states have primary authority over generation and resource adequacy. https://www.rtoinsider.com/143205-dc-circuit-vacates-does-order-keeping-campbell-plant-open/ • NEPOOL Debates Changes to ISO-NE Accreditation Proposal (RTO Insider) The NEPOOL Markets Committee debated CAR-SA amendments that would affect energy storage capacity accreditation, gas contracting requirements and other auction parameters. https://www.rtoinsider.com/143203-nepool-debates-changes-to-iso-ne-accreditation-proposal/ • Constellation Buying Shell Plant to Boost ISO-NE Position (RTO Insider) Shell Energy North America is selling natural gas-fired generation in Rhode Island and buying it in Pennsylvania. https://www.rtoinsider.com/143197-constellation-buying-shell-plant-to-boost-iso-ne-position/ • Longer-duration Energy Storage Faces Obstacles Entering Ripe Market (RTO Insider) Longer-duration energy storage technologies are advancing faster than market designs that can support its use, analysts say. https://www.rtoinsider.com/143159-longer-duration-energy-storage-faces-obstacles-entering-ripe-market/ • MISO Stakeholders Demand Better Cost Allocation for Transmission Spurred by Large Loads (RTO Insider) Stakeholders told MISO that cost-shifting among transmission customers to bring large loads online seems to already be taking place in the form of expensive reliability-based transmission projects that wouldn’t be necessary but for data centers and their ilk. https://www.rtoinsider.com/143136-stakeholders-demand-better-miso-allocation-plan-for-large-loads-spawning-costly-reliability-tx-projects/ • MISO South States Want Removal of Majority/Minority Labels in OMS Docs (RTO Insider) MISO South states are pushing for a change in the Organization of MISO States bylaws that would eradicate the organization’s longstanding practice of recognizing majority and minority opinions among state regulators. https://www.rtoinsider.com/143128-miso-south-states-want-removal-of-majority-minority-labels-in-oms-docs/ • California ‘Affordability Crisis’ Needs Attention, Report Says (RTO Insider) While California electricity rates are about twice those in much of the rest of the U.S., many solutions are available to address the state’s growing energy affordability problem — and some within months, according to a new report. https://www.rtoinsider.com/142857-california-affordability-crisis-needs-attention-report-says/ Chapters: 00:07 Introduction 00:14 D.C. Circuit Vacates DOE’s Order Keeping the Campbell Coal Plant Open 00:30 NEPOOL Debates Changes to ISO-NE Accreditation Proposal 00:45 Constellation Buying Shell Plant to Boost ISO-NE Position 00:56 Longer-duration Energy Storage Faces Obstacles Entering Ripe Market 01:08 MISO Stakeholders Demand Better Cost Allocation for Transmission Spurred by Large Loads 01:27 MISO South States Want Removal of Majority/Minority Labels in OMS Docs 01:46 California ‘Affordability Crisis’ Needs Attention, Report Says 02:03 Subscribe Read these stories and more at W-W-W dot R-T-O Insider dot com. Music provided by BreakzStudios.