ACER approves changes to the PICASSO and MARI balancing frameworks
Decisions 12/2026 and 13/2026 accept TSO proposals to harmonise balancing service provider prequalification and to set a common amendment process for both platforms.
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Court vacates the EPA's termination of the $7bn Solar for All programme
A federal judge in Rhode Island ruled the EPA acted outside its statutory authority in ending already obligated Solar for All grants, in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act.
Texas drops the per-megawatt interconnection fee for large loads
The PUCT adopted large-load rules without the proposed $50,000/MW non-refundable fee, set a flat $100,000 study fee and extended the missed-milestone notification window to 24 months.
Bechtel and TerraPower part ways on Natrium, EPC contract goes back to tender
TerraPower will rebid the EPC contract for the Kemmerer Natrium plant; Bechtel stays on site to finish the Sodium Test and Fill Facility and filed a WARN notice covering about 200 positions.
Sri Lanka ends net metering for new rooftop solar and moves to Net Plus
New rooftop connections after 5 March 2026 fall under a feed-in tariff capped at 12 years, with smart meters required and higher time-dependent rates for solar-plus-storage.
Grid-scale batteries added 20.9 GWh worldwide in August, a fifth of it Saudi
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence figures put August commissioning at 6,516 MW / 20,855 MWh, with China at 61%, Saudi Arabia 19% and Europe 11%.
A transmission line outlives the project it was built for
New York approved a $3.26bn line while the offshore wind it was sized for keeps slipping. The mismatch is not a mistake — it is what building infrastructure against a statute rather than a pipeline looks like.
US solar reaches 299.4 GW, pulled forward by a tax-credit deadline
SEIA and Wood Mackenzie put cumulative US solar at 299.4 GWdc; Q2 added 11.4 GWdc, up 45% year on year, with developers rushing utility-scale projects ahead of a July safe-harbor deadline.
New York approves a $3.26bn, 90-mile line despite offshore wind setbacks
The New York PSC cleared the Propel NY transmission project on 17 September; opponents argued cancelled offshore wind made it unnecessary, but regulators said the state's statutory targets were unchanged.
Newsom vetoes a CPUC watchdog bill and signs a data-center law package
California's governor rejected an inspector general for the utilities commission on budget and independence grounds, while signing laws that tighten data-center energy reporting and require new rate structures.