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TXU Energy EV charging program could work in other competitive markets: ChargeScape CEO
Ford electric vehicle drivers get 15 hours per day of “free” home charging under a special retail plan in Texas. The automaker says it shifted 515 MWh of energy to off-peak periods in 2025.
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OpinionCompetitive markets are best for virtual power plants, consumers
If allowed, utilities will prioritize infrastructure they own over rapid expansion of rooftop solar and other decentralized energy resources, writes Shannon Anderson of Solar United Neighbors, who argues for enabling private-sector VPP participation.
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AEP eyes exit from PJM, SPP over slow generation interconnection
American Electric Power’s review of its market options comes amid a surge in customer demand across its multistate footprint. Its utilities have contracts for 63 GW of new large load by 2030.
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Xcel Energy: Google deal sets template for large load tariff strategy
CEO Bob Frenzel also said Xcel is doubling down on its renewables strategy. “We believe that these large customers are absolutely committed to [the] long-term sustainability of their own product,” he said.
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Nuclear reaches 41% of TVA’s power supply
TVA interim CEO Mike Skaggs said he wants to “[establish] clarity on our position around new nuclear technologies,” and “work with the federal administration and our board of directors to clarify TVA's path going forward.”
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Duke Energy added 2.7 GW of contracted data centers in Q1
The additions bring the company’s total executed agreements with data centers to 7.6 GW, “nearly two-thirds of which are already under construction,” President and CEO Harry Sideris said. Duke’s $103-billion capital plan remained unchanged from 2025.
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PSEG CEO: Nuclear outlook for New Jersey improves on lifting of moratorium
Nuclear power plants won’t be built, however, without long-term federal financial support and hyperscaler offtake agreements, said Ralph LaRossa, Public Service Enterprise Group CEO.
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‘Supplemental’ municipal utility begins solar-and-storage installs in Ann Arbor, Michigan
The Ann Arbor Sustainable Energy Utility will use locally sited solar, batteries and other resources to improve reliability and lower costs for subscribers, city officials say.
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NERC issues Level 3 alert, mandates action to address data center load losses
Computational loads pose “immediate risks,” the grid watchdog said. Certain grid participants must take seven actions by Aug. 3 in response.
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Pennsylvania House unanimously passes advanced transmission technology bill
State regulators could require utilities such as PPL Electric, PECO Energy and FirstEnergy to integrate ATTs into proposed projects. Similar laws have been signed in at least nine states with more bills pending.
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California subpoenas Golden State Wind over Trump lease deal
The state's Justice Department is “investigating potential violations of law” associated with offshore wind lease buyouts and anticipates litigation, the California Energy Commission said.
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OpinionAmerica’s load growth moment is a chance to scale distributed energy
The fastest approach to expand the grid is via the distribution system, using front-of-meter storage to precisely target substations and feeders that need relief, writes Jigar Shah of Deploy Action.
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‘Energy security’ drives Schneider Electric growth: CEO
Revenue jumped in part due to the AI boom, while geopolitical uncertainty boosted the outlook for electrified, digitized building systems, executives said on the company’s first-quarter earnings call.
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Dominion upbeat on offshore wind as cost estimate eases, sales rise
CEO Robert Blue said the 2.6-GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind farm, which began producing some electricity in March, should be fully operational by 2027 and generate approximately $5 billion in fuel savings over 10 years. The utility’s fuel and other energy-related costs jumped 67% in Q1.
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ISO New England trims 10-year forecast based on electrification outlook
Annual electricity consumption will grow about 9% by 2035, reflecting “more conservative assumptions around future adoption of electric vehicles and heat pumps,” the grid operator said.
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OpinionThe AI electric grid calls for a mixed‑fleet transmission strategy
In the AI-era planning environment, hybridization is not a compromise — it is the engineering approach best aligned with real world system needs, timelines and locational realities, writes NYISO planning engineer Anees Jeddy.
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Southern Co. electricity sales soar on 42% data center growth
The company has 28 large load projects representing 11 GW under contract, and Georgia Power’s first-quarter capital expenditures increased year over year from $1.6 billion to $2 billion.
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New England transmission owners ask FERC for increased ROE
Eversource, Avangrid and other New England utilities seek an 11.39% return on equity weeks after FERC set it at 9.57%. Higher ROE is needed to attract capital given “current risk conditions,” such as the Iran war and supply chain constraints, they said.
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DTE sees up to 8.4 GW data center opportunity
The utility will supply a 1.4-GW Oracle data center under construction now, and it has submitted contracts to regulators for a 1-GW Google project also in the works.
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Offshore wind lease buyouts create troubling precedent, say former DOI officials
“You wouldn't want to create a situation where you are allowing companies, for instance, to buy up leases for anti-competitive purposes,” said former Bureau of Ocean Energy Management director Liz Klein.
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TransAlta seeks $19.9M for Centralia plant’s first DOE ‘emergency’ order
The plant didn’t produce electricity, but TransAlta spent money keeping it “available” instead of retiring it as planned. It will cost another $23 million to repair it, TransAlta told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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Without wildfire reform, California utilities could see credit impacts: Edison International
CEO Pedro Pizarro called for a return to the cost-of-service model for California's regulated utilities during a company earnings call.
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Senators vow to block permitting reform over Trump’s renewables obstruction
“There won’t be the votes unless we can have some assurance,” Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, told the Interior secretary. “And it would really help if you would move those permits that are sitting on your desk.”
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Meta deal adds to Entergy’s $57B, 4-year capital plan
Entergy’s 2026-2029 capital plan is more than 30% higher than what the company announced three months ago, and it has a pipeline of 7-12 GW of potential data center load.
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FirstEnergy opposes key part of PJM data center backstop procurement plan
The PJM Interconnection’s planned backstop auction is flawed, said CEO Brian Tierney. Separately, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said his administration will oppose rate hike requests that fail to meet affordability criteria.
