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FERC rejects AEP request to sell capacity in upcoming auction
Critics argued AEP utilities were trying to offload capacity they acquired to serve data centers that didn’t materialize. FERC appeared to echo that rationale, saying AEP’s “problem” is simply excess capacity resulting from “its own business decisions.”
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Sponsored by OracleAI’s power surge: 5 ways AI could make the grid more reliable, efficient and flexible
While AI is accelerating energy demand, it also holds the potential to manage the grid more efficiently. Learn the 5 ways AI could make the grid more reliable, efficient, and flexible.
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Growing demand will be met mainly by solar: EIA
The Energy Information Administration expects solar generation to jump 17% this year and an additional 23% in 2027.
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OpinionElectrification is outpacing investment. A federal trust fund could close the gap.
A federal trust fund for energy infrastructure could facilitate grid expansion and maintenance, writes Zane Kinsky, a Clean Energy Leadership Institute 2025 Fellow.
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CAISO shifts transmission focus to reliability to meet peak demand growth
The California Independent System Operator detailed this shift in a report prepared for the governor and legislature as part of preparations for launching a new Western regional organization to oversee electricity markets.
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Data centers can tap batteries, microgrids for faster interconnection: NEMA
Battery systems are “increasingly critical” for data center operators willing to pay a premium for resilience and faster time to power, industry analysts say.
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Polish power grid hack offers lessons for critical infrastructure operators, CISA says
The targeted Polish wind and solar farms used OT control devices from multiple companies, including Hitachi, Mikronika and Moxa, but all of the devices used default passwords.
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EPA extends coal ash landfill monitoring, cleanup deadlines
The Environmental Protection Agency’s action is part of a broad push by the Trump administration to support fossil-fueled power plants.
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New York City adopts 2025 energy codes with focus on electrification, efficiency
The NYC Energy Conservation Code enhances requirements for backup electric heating, mandates air-leak testing for all buildings and places demand response requirements for commercial water heating and lighting.
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Opinion
The coming age of compact fusion: local power for a data-hungry world
The question now is not whether fusion will matter, but how we build it small, fast and local, writes Itay Gissis, vice president of R&D for nT-Tao: “The goal is not to build a bigger star, but to bring the power of the stars within reach.”
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New Jersey utilities begin to develop virtual power plants
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities asked for information from utilities on distributed energy resource hosting constraints and how new interconnections can be accelerated.
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Natural gas installations more than doubled in 2025: FERC
The U.S. installed around 4.2 GW of natural gas capacity last year from January through November, more than double the 1.9 GW installed in the same period in 2024.
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Basin Electric Power Cooperative awards contract for $4B North Dakota gas plant
PCL Construction says it expects to finish the first unit of the power plant in early 2029 and the second unit about one year later in 2030.
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OpinionCongressional ‘grid reliability’ bill is like duct tape on a cracked dam
Propping up expensive, dirty power plants threatens consumers with higher prices while punting systemic solutions further into the future, write colleagues from Energy Innovation.
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Manufacturers say AEP Ohio still inflating data center demand after halving forecast
AEP cut its large load forecast by more than 50% after regulators approved a new large load tariff. But the trade group said it does not reflect PJM’s load forecast methodology.
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Xcel Energy pursuing large load tariffs in 4 states amid data center growth
The company expects to sign contracts on 6 GW of data centers by the end of 2027, CEO Bob Frenzel said. Xcel is partnering with NextEra Energy and GE Vernova to speed its development of new generation.
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Western energy market incorporates, asks CAISO for financing help
The Regional Organization for Western Energy, an á la carte energy market, is significantly closer to launch and looking for a funding mechanism to help cover $8 million in implementation costs.
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Consumers Energy plans over $17B in capital spending in next 5 years
Executives did not provide a substantive update on the DOE’s “emergency” orders to continue running a 1.6-GW coal plant the company had planned to retire, but they hinted that they would eventually shut it down to “drive cost savings.”
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EPA reconsiders Good Neighbor Plan that limited power plant emissions
The agency seeks to roll back the Biden-era program to cut ozone-forming emissions of nitrogen oxides from power plants and industrial facilities. This pollution often affects downwind states’s ability to meet Clean Air Act requirements.
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First Solar releases poll showing support for solar among GOP voters
When asked if all forms of electricity generation, including utility‑scale solar, should be allowed to compete fairly in the marketplace without political interference, 79% of GOP-aligned voters surveyed agreed.
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Utilities face cost-recovery risk as infrastructure costs, demand rise: Morningstar
With metal costs soaring, utilities will pay more for key grid parts such as transmission lines, distribution feeders and transformers, analysts with the ratings agency said.
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Federal energy assistance programs survive budget gauntlet
Budget bills passed by Congress and signed by President Trump maintain funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and the Weatherization Assistance Program.
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White House launches environmental review permitting tool pilot
The platform, CE Works, is intended to help agencies determine whether a project qualifies for a categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act.
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House lawmakers press FERC on affordability, reliability and gas
Commissioners cited inadequate transmission infrastructure as a major concern. A gas-fired project in the PJM Interconnection needs $1 billion in grid upgrades to come online, said Commissioner David Rosner.
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OpinionWhy regional manufacturing will power the next clean economy
If regions align around shared climate goals, fragmented progress can become a unified national movement, write Lara Croushore from SecondMuse and Stacey Weismiller of the American Manufacturing Futures Institute.
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TVA pursues 6.2 GW of new generation, citing data centers, population growth
Data center demand “climbed to 18% of our industrial load in 2025, and we are projecting data center growth to double in our region by 2030,” said CEO Don Moul.
