I think this one says, “I’m tired of these cats peeing on my rug!” | Ismoon, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

February 6, 2025

More than 5,000 years ago, the Indus Valley Civilization — the earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent — thrived along the Arabian Sea and the Indus River. Some 100 years after its discovery, people are still trying to figure out what the heck they were saying.

M.K. Stalin, chief minister of the Indian state Tamil Nadu, last week began offering $1 million to anyone who can decipher the civilization’s uncovered seals. The script is hard to decrypt because it tends to occur in short inscriptions, usually around five symbols long, and lacks a bilingual artifact that could offer further clues. The only thing we seem to know is 67 signs account for about 80% of the script and its mostly found on objects of commerce. Are they all just a bunch of “for sale” signs? My guess is as good as theirs. 

My thing is: How are they going to know when someone is right? If no one has a clue what it says now, who is going to confirm its meaning? Oh well. Not for me to decide. 

Thankfully, this RTO Insider news should be easy to read.

From everyone at RTO Insider, thanks for reading and enjoy the rest of your day! Also, be sure to check out our latest news from NetZero Insider below! 

Shawn McFarland 

The latest from RTO Insider:

• Arizona Electric Utilities Team Up to Pursue Nuclear
• Georgia Power Proposes Nuclear Uprate, Delay in Fossil Retirement
• House Hearing Examines How to Ensure US ‘Energy Dominance’
  
• LS Power Files Complaint Against MISO over Indiana ROFR

The latest from NetZero Insider:

• Puget Sound Energy Partners with Tech Co. to Promote Hydrogen
  
• SEIA: US Now Manufacturing More Solar Panels Than It Installs
  

P.S. Want to skip this daily email and just receive our newsletter on Tuesdays? Want to opt out of our event promotion emails? You can set your email delivery preferences here - and change them any time you want. Note: if you're not logged in, do so and then click "My Account" in the top-right corner and scroll down to the "Requested Emails" section.

Upcoming Stakeholder Meetings:

• 2/6/25: PJM Operating Committee Meeting
• 2/6/25: NYISO Communication & Data Advisory Subcommittee Meeting
• 2/6/25: NEPOOL Participants Committee Meeting
• 2/6/25: NYISO System Operations Advisory Subcommittee Meeting
• 2/11/25: NEPOOL Markets Committee Meeting
• 2/11/25: CAISO WEM Governing Body Meeting
• 2/12/25: NEPOOL Markets Committee Meeting
• 2/12/25: NYISO Business Issues Committee Meeting
• 2/12/25: CAISO Joint Board of Governors and WEM Governing Body General Session
• 2/13/25: PJM Market Implementation Committee Special Session
• 2/13/25: NEPOOL Reliability Committee Meeting
• 2/13/25: NYISO Operating Committee Meeting
• 2/13/25: CAISO Board of Governors and Committees Meeting
• 2/18/25: NYISO Installed Capacity/Market Issues/Price-Responsive Load Working Groups Meeting
• 2/19/25: MISO Resource Adequacy Subcommittee Meeting
• 2/19/25: PJM Risk Management Committee Meeting
• 2/20/25: PJM Markets and Reliability Committee Meeting
• 2/20/25: MISO Market Subcommittee Meeting
• 2/20/25: NYISO Load Forecasting Task Force Meeting
• 2/20/25: NYISO Transmission Planning Advisory Subcommittee and Electric System Planning Working Group Meeting
• 2/20/25: FERC Open Meeting
• 2/20/25: PJM Members Committee Meeting

Events We Think You'll Appreciate: