The U.S. Department of Energy issued emergency orders directing NIPSCO, CenterPoint Energy and MISO to keep specified units at the R.M. Schahfer and F.B. Culley generating stations available to operate. The orders take effect September 20 and run through December 18, 2026, preserving dispatchable capacity in the Midwest grid region.
The U.S. Department of Commerce issued antidumping and countervailing duty orders covering van-type trailers and specified subassemblies from China. The orders are applicable October 28, 2026, following final Commerce findings and an International Trade Commission determination that dumped and subsidized imports materially injured a U.S. industry.
A Department of Homeland Security acquisition rule implementing Make PPE in America requirements took effect, codifying domestic sourcing restrictions and multi-year contracting provisions intended to sustain U.S. production of critical protective equipment.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a construction permit for Tennessee Valley Authority's planned 300-megawatt BWRX-300 small modular reactor at the Clinch River site near Oak Ridge, Tennessee. GE Vernova Hitachi described it as the first U.S. construction permit issued for a BWRX-300 project.
Federal permitting is complete for a 111-mile Mississippi natural-gas pipeline designed to add 1,175 Mdth/d of transportation capacity for Southeast markets.