Transmission: Power Check: Watt’s Going on with the Grid by the Bank of America Institute
US Department of Energy’s National Transmission Needs Study
What’s in FERC’s large load interconnection docket
October 25, 2025 FERC meeting on Youtube; Note the dialog from Commissioner Chang (13 minutes ff) on the California CAISO procedure to establish regional trading with less friction. It is a classic FERC. It is classic toothless FERC word-salad of discussions and after-the-fact debates about things that are moving ahead regionally far more expeditiously than via the ‘FERC process’.
Public Advocates California Public Utilities Commission. Take a look at the slate of FERC commissioners (all appointed since summer 2024 as is the pattern and procedure of each new Administration). Politics as normal (talented, but un-empowered Commissioners).