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Judge restores 5% safe harbor rule for wind, solar
The Trump administration acted unreasonably in eliminating the 5% total cost threshold as a route for wind and solar projects to prove tax credit eligibility, a federal judge ruled.
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Sponsored by Onward ClimateHow live conversations can close the gap between awareness and enrollment for load flexibility
The data on outbound calling: higher enrollments, strong sentiment, surprising insights
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Sonoma Clean Power aims for 1,000 no-cost smart thermostats amid VPP push
The public utility will use $5 million in state funding and partner with community groups to boost participation among lower-income customers, it said last week.
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OpinionIn PJM, power developers are ready to build but need data center contracts, transmission
Over 55 GW of generation has cleared PJM’s interconnection queue process and 220 GW just entered its latest review cycle, writes Glen Thomas, president of the PJM Power Providers Group.
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FirstEnergy asks FERC to require data centers to pay for transmission interconnection costs
FirstEnergy’s proposal adopts a cost allocation practice from the gas pipeline sector. It comes ahead of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s expected large load interconnection decision on June 18.
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Not-for-profit utilities turn to energy storage as data centers drive cost, reliability concerns
Reliability, power price hedging and avoided infrastructure investment are among the top reasons for the battery push, NRECA said.
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Companies are failing to keep up with AI’s sprawl, creating entry points for hackers
Three-quarters of organizations say they aren’t fully overseeing the activities of user accounts belonging to agents and other AI tools.
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Microsoft seeks Nevada tariff to shield ratepayers from data center costs
The proposal would require large-load customers to pay for infrastructure built specifically to serve their projects while preserving standard utility charges for broader grid services.
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OpinionHow load flexibility buys time for America’s data center boom
In markets where supply and demand are out of balance, grid connection increasingly comes with a choice: either bring the needed power yourself, or bring flexibility, write experts at ICF.
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Supreme Court sends furnace case back to appeals court
The top court agreed with the Trump administration that Biden-era rules effectively eliminating non-condensing gas furnaces and water heaters from the market are based on an incomplete legal review.
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DOE reinstates $57M American Battery grant
American Battery Technology Co. won its appeal after the agency canceled the grant last year. It will continue plans to build a $115 million commercial-scale lithium refinery alongside its lithium-ion battery recycling efforts.
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Q&ADOE’s Alex Fitzsimmons on energy markets, AI, renewables and more
Utility Dive caught up with the associate deputy secretary of energy at the Edison Electric Institute conference in Las Vegas, where the dominant theme was balancing demand growth with affordability.
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Big, power-ready facilities drive industrial real estate market
Companies are looking for modern facilities that can accommodate power-hungry automation, industrial experts said in a report first provided to Facilities Dive.
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FERC approves SPP non-firm, large-load transmission service
The Southwest Power Pool service aims to help data centers and other large loads get online quickly, but they can have their service cut when grid conditions are tight.
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OpinionBehind-the-meter data center gas plants will raise US energy bills
Counterintuitively, it is data centers’ independence from the grid and use of natural gas that will hike energy costs for homes and businesses, write experts from Energy Innovation.
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Can stadiums be energy-efficient? USGBC map shows that many of them are
The U.S. Green Building Council has conferred LEED status on 31 stadiums in North America, from the 9,500-seat Southwest University Park in El Paso, Texas, to the 88,000-seat Estadio Banorte in Mexico City.
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Trump administration announces $850M to modernize US coal capacity, build 2 new plants
New coal-fired plants in Anchorage, Alaska, and Mt. Storm, West Virginia, would total 2.85 GW. They would be the first new U.S. coal plants to come online since 2013.
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Constellation’s Three Mile Island nuclear restart gets boost with FERC waiver
Constellation Energy will be able to transfer capacity interconnection rights, enabling the nuclear unit to potentially deliver all its power when it restarts, possibly before the end of 2027.
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DOE orders OUC’s 465-MW coal unit in Florida to continue running
Although Florida is at “normal risk” for long-term energy adequacy, the unit near Orlando needs to remain online partly to help serve potential data centers in the state, the department said.
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Fervo Energy faces transmission constraints in the West, analysts say
“Management has highlighted [transmission constraints] as a risk factor ... citing behind-the-meter as a potential solution,” said Jefferies equity analyst Julien Dumoulin-Smith.
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Protesters target NV Energy at electric utility conference as anger over affordability rises
“In Las Vegas, one of the fastest warming cities in the country, you cannot live without electricity,” said protest organizer Leslie Vega, who said she’s lost loved ones to heatstroke.
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MISO’s resource outlook improves as forecast generation additions outpace demand growth
The Midcontinent Independent System Operator is expected to have growing capacity surpluses over the next five years, according to the OMS-MISO survey.
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Colorado co-op delivers 100% renewables in March, a first
Holy Cross Energy CEO Bryan Hannegan said the utility plans to expand its programs for smart electrification and demand flexibility, and selectively add new flexible renewable resources.
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Electric sector needs firm gas supply to protect grid reliability, gas industry report says
The report, prepared for the Natural Gas Council, applauded reforms introduced following Winter Storm Uri in 2021 but said better coordination between the gas and electric sectors is still needed.
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OpinionSpeed to power requires more transmission, not less competition
A complaint at FERC seeking to limit competition among transmission developers would inject uncertainty into the process and spur regulatory delays, writes Will Hazelip from National Grid Ventures US.
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Google to fund 100-MW virtual power plant in PJM in ‘first-of-its-kind’ deal
Google has worked to make its data centers flexible, the company’s global head of data center energy told Utility Dive, but it’s often faster and more cost effective to pay other customers to shift their electricity usage.
