POWER Magazine•28 days ago
DOE Has Issued More Than 40 Section 202(c) Emergency Orders Since May 2025. Here’s an Updated Log.
Key Takeaway
The unprecedented use of DOE emergency orders to defer plant retirements underscores severe and growing grid reliability challenges across the U.S., signaling a critical need for new, dispatchable capacity.
AI Summary
- •The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued over 40 emergency orders and extensions under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act since May 2025, an unprecedented frequency in the past two decades.
- •These orders primarily compel utilities and grid operators to defer the retirement of specific generating units, indicating significant grid reliability concerns.
- •The high frequency of regulatory intervention highlights increasing grid stress and the need to maintain existing dispatchable capacity.
- •For developers, this signals a critical demand for new, reliable, and dispatchable generation, while for large power consumers, it underscores potential supply risks and the importance of grid resilience.
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Article Content
Since May 2025, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued more than 40 emergency orders and extensions under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act—more than in any comparable period in the past two decades. The orders have fallen into two broad categories: retirement deferrals, which compel utilities and grid operators to keep specific generating […] The post DOE Has Issued More Than 40 Section 202(c) Emergency Orders Since May 2025. Here’s an Updated Log. appeared first on POWER Magazine .