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PPL Electric reaches $275M rate case settlement, including data center tariff
Under the proposal, average residential customer bills would increase 4.9%. Data centers and other large loads would need to sign agreements of not less than 10 years with provisions intended to protect other customers.
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Sponsored by JST Power EquipmentJST’s OD3Mag™ Outdoor Breaker offers robust upgrade at utility substation in Pacific Northwest
Salem Electric upgrades its substation with JST’s OD3Mag™ breaker, ensuring reliable power for 20,000+ members in the Pacific Northwest.
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Data center demand spike could drive 79% ERCOT price hike in 2027: EIA
In a high-demand scenario, data centers could drive 2025-2027 annual load growth 15% higher in Texas and 4.7% higher in PJM Interconnection, the Energy Information Administration said.
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Revolution Wind comes online, Vineyard Wind 1 completes construction
The 700-MW Revolution Wind offshore Rhode Island is the third offshore wind project to start delivering power, and the 800-MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore Massachusetts is the largest so far to complete physical construction.
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OpinionWhat technology, policy and energy-finance leaders all agree on
Risk, return and credible deployment pathways are key factors that infrastructure investors evaluate. Solar and storage meet these requirements, writes Brendan Bell of Aligned Climate Capital.
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Lowering peak energy demand can provide outsized benefit, executive tells facilities managers
Building owners, tenants or operators are “paying a huge premium” on peak demand charges that could be based on a single, 15-minute period in the billing cycle, said Richard Fox of Sanalife Energy.
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‘Clear warning signs’ as PJM wholesale power costs jump 54% in one year
Also, PJM’s last two base capacity auctions show a growing shortfall compared to its reserve margin targets, according to the grid operator’s market monitor. Prices will continue rising until large data center loads are addressed, it said.
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Virginia legislature passes balcony solar bill
The bill allows Virginia residents to plug in a “small portable solar generation device” with a maximum power output of 1,200 watts.
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IOUs work to interconnect 39 GW of data center, manufacturing load: EEI
Duke Energy, Northern Indiana Public Service and Xcel Energy are among the utilities with major data center projects in their service territories, the Edison Electric Institute told federal regulators.
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DOE offers $1.9B for transmission reconductoring, advanced tech
The SPARK funding opportunity renames the Biden-era Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships program.
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Atlas Energy to buy $840M in power assets from Caterpillar
The company is seeking to build out private grid infrastructure to meet surging electrical demand from data centers and manufacturers’ reshoring efforts.
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PJM is now using ambient-adjusted transmission ratings. Other grid operators will soon follow.
While other grid operators are set to follow suit this year, the Midcontinent and New York grid operators don't plan to adopt the more precise line ratings until 2028.
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Germany’s RWE plans nearly $20B US investment, including gas peakers
RWE had put U.S. investment decisions on hold, in part due to tariff uncertainty, but officials credit the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last year with jump-starting its plans to build fossil plants.
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New York needs more time to meet climate goals, Gov. Hochul says
“We just need some breathing room,” said Gov. Kathy Hochul, noting high cost estimates for compliance with the 2030 goal. “My job is dealing in reality. This is the reality I have.”
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EPB of Chattanooga deploys battery-based microgrids for savings, resilience
Within three years, the Tennessee distribution utility could have as much as 150 MW of energy storage on its system, representing more than 10% of peak load, an executive told Utility Dive.
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OpinionAmerica’s power shortage is a market failure
Early buildout of the U.S. rail system was fragmented, with local projects often failing to connect regions. Grid developers today should pay heed, writes Maria Martinez of the Clean Economy Project.
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Long-duration energy storage deployments rose 49% in 2025: WoodMac
Falling prices and robust supply chains mean lithium-ion batteries are becoming more competitive at longer durations than emerging technologies, it said.
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FERC approves ComEd data center transmission agreements
FERC Chairman Swett and Commissioner LaCerte pushed back on concerns over inadequate review of ratepayer impacts: “The Commission will always reject a rate that seriously harms the consuming public.”
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NERC overstates reliability risks in long-term assessment: Grid Strategies
The North American Electric Reliability Corp.’s analysis uses low generation and interregional power flow assumptions but a high demand forecast, including from data centers, the consulting firm said.
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US entities face heightened cyber risk related to Iran war
The military campaign against Iran is putting local governments, critical infrastructure providers and major U.S. companies at heightened risk of disruptive attacks.
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Opinion4 affordability solutions states and utilities can implement now
States can take steps to drive electricity cost savings more quickly as well as pursue long-term reform, write Allison Clements, a former member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Lori Bird of the WRI Polsky Energy Center.
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SK Battery America lays off nearly 1,000 workers at Georgia plant
The company is slashing its Commerce site workforce to about 1,600, citing EV market conditions, as it pivots to stationary energy storage.
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Appeals court upholds California’s net metering 3.0
“Petitioners do not sufficiently describe the benefits of the tariff that the Commission purportedly failed to quantify,” the court said.
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Power and capital constraints may drive shift to modular cooling, smaller data centers
The wait for new large-scale data centers to connect to the power grid is approaching five years in major data center markets, according to a Feb. 26 report from JLL.
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Energy Star is moving to DOE. Industry groups are hopeful.
Both the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, which currently runs the program, had big staff cuts last year. At least one group has questions about DOE’s plans.
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As Trump tariff refund process takes shape, importers remain uncertain
Shippers face legal risks, unclear timelines and system gaps as they navigate a potentially complex rollout of tariff refund procedures.
