Alliant Energy closed a $5.1 billion DOE loan package to fund new gas generation, storage and plant upgrades in Iowa and Wisconsin, projecting up to $1.2 billion in customer savings.
Ofgem approved an agreement to preserve gas import capability on the Great Britain–Belgium interconnector and is consulting on recovering the cost, put at under 10p a month per gas customer.
Ofgem has launched OFTO Tender Round 14, an estimated £3.5 billion sale of the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm's transmission assets and its largest round to date.
PJM hit 162.6 GW, ERCOT 91.1 GW and SPP 58.0 GW in record hours this summer, EIA data show, while CAISO, ISO-NE, NYISO and MISO came within a few percent of their highs.
EIA's October outlook puts 2026 U.S. wholesale power prices at $52/MWh, up 11% on 2025, with PJM up 41%, and expects homes that heat with electricity to pay 4% more this winter.