News & Updates

June 2025 Update Highlights Both Progress and Pressure Points in Building a Fairer, Faster, and More Resilient Grid Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) delivered a clear message during its June 2025 Board of Directors and Committee meetings: the power grid is changing...

If your electricity bill has been bothering you lately, you’re not alone. Across the region, and indeed across the country, residential electric bills have approximately doubled in the past 20 years. This pattern has a lot of causes, but one solution...

Now that more than a week has lapsed since the massive May 25 load shed event in Southeast Louisiana, details have emerged regarding the scale of the generation shortfall, transmission limitations, and the amount of time leading up to the call...

The Southern Renewable Energy Association (SREA) values the opportunity to provide comments regarding the SERTP Sponsors initial request for reforming the Regional Planning Stakeholder Group (RPSG). At its most recent meeting on April 30th, SERTP sponsors requested feedback regarding potential reform...

On May 16, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) proposal to provide a fast-track interconnection queue for some generation resources to fulfill near-term needs. The vote was 2-1, with Commissioners Rosner and See providing...

On May 6, SREA - in partnership with the Advanced Power Alliance - led a delegation of members to the Louisiana State Capitol for our 2025 Lobby Day. Members of our industry were fortunate to visit with both Senate President Cameron Henry (R-Metairie) and Speaker...

Join the Southern Renewable Energy Association's Regulatory Director Whit Cox and Alejandro Palomino with Energy Strategies as they walk us through testimony filed by SREA in the Georgia Power 2025 Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) docket. The testimony included the following recommendations:   Require...