SATURDAY BRIEFING: California's Load Growth Problems are Showing Up Everywhere

Today’s briefing covers the CAISO’s $6.7 billion transmission plan, PG&E’s latest data-center interconnection agreements, the CPUC’s revised 2026 Avoided Cost Calculator proposal, four draft resolutions setting stricter standards for Demand Response, and a utility report on Vehicle-Grid Integration.

The common thread is load growth: California is building wires, repricing DER value, testing large-load cost protections, and asking whether flexible demand resources are actually dependable enough to count.

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