This event marks the NRC’s first approval of a construction permit for a commercial nuclear plant in nearly a decade.

The two new rules enact virtualization reliability standards and critical infrastructure protection reliability standards.

Since the DOI's December 22, 2025 stop work order, all five offshore wind farms impacted by the order have gotten injunctions to resume construction.

The presentation concluded that there needed to be more infrastructure investment, retention of reliability services and energy supply, and greater deployment of new technologies.

The goal of the order is to facilitate the development of the first new nuclear facilities in Illinois in 40 years.

The rescission rule, said by the EPA to be, "...the single largest deregulatory action in U.S. history," becomes effective on April 20, 2026.

The new rules will be developed with AI data centers and other large loads in mind.