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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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Sponsored by envelio, Inc.Grid modernization’s overlooked constraint: From data gaps to data advantage
Grid modernization is limited by data—see how utilities are fixing it.
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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.
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Wildfires weigh on PG&E as California sees modest large load demand
California must spread the word that it is “open for business,” CEO Patti Poppe said of recent interactions with data center developers. The California Energy Commission forecasts 1.8 GW of new data center load in CAISO by 2030.
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Octopus Energy, Lunar Energy roll out battery-enabled electricity plans in Texas
It’s the latest Texas program to offer customers a deeply discounted battery that provides grid support as well as home backup power.
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MISO capacity prices fall as new supply outpaces demand growth
Capacity offered in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator’s summer auction jumped 3.4%, to 141 GW from 136.3 GW a year ago, partly driven by solar additions.
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OpinionCongress should fix the nuclear investment tax credit
A bipartisan bill would restructure the credit to pass its full value on to ratepayers from day one, cutting the sticker price of new nuclear projects by 30% to 50%, writes Samuel Thernstrom at the Energy Innovation Reform Project.
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At 106 GW, gas-fired generation leads PJM’s newly reopened interconnection queue
After being effectively closed since 2022, the PJM Interconnection has launched the first cycle of its revamped interconnection queue process with more than 800 projects totaling 220 GW seeking to connect to the grid.
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CAISO expects ‘solid launch’ for EDAM, first Western day-ahead market
Mike Wilding of PacifiCorp, EDAM’s inaugural participant, told Utility Dive that 90 days of parallel operations in preparation for launch have given him confidence that “the market is working as intended and as designed.”
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TVA, Plus Power to deploy 200 MW/800 MWh BESS in Alabama
Crawfish Creek would be one of the first grid-scale battery projects in TVA territory and a significant down payment toward its board-approved plan to deploy up to 1.5 GW of energy storage by 2029.
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OpinionCapacity cost explosion: What PJM’s $80B bill means for the AI buildout
To avoid an era of grid instability, electric-sector stakeholders must fast-track replacement generation, deploy grid-enhancing technologies and pass permitting reform, writes EnerKnol’s Shahid Mahdi.
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Extended heat wave could cripple New York’s grid this summer: NYISO
Electric reliability margins will be “the lowest ... in recent history” at just 417 MW available under baseline summer conditions, the New York Independent System Operator said Friday.
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Industrial loads boost Consumers Energy’s sales as coal plant emergency order costs rise
At least one analyst on Tuesday’s earnings call raised concerns about Consumers’ regulatory strategy after DTE Energy said it may pause future rate hike requests if its current request is approved.
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2 more offshore wind projects scrapped under Trump administration pressure
The government said Bluepoint Wind and Golden State Wind have “agreed to voluntarily end their offshore wind leases.” EDP, a Portuguese company with stakes in both projects, said it has “agreed to settle imminent claims.”
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OpinionAmericans deserve facts, not fearmongering, about their electric bills
Policymakers must remove barriers to new infrastructure and allow competitive power markets to function properly, writes Todd Snitchler, CEO of the Electric Power Supply Association.
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Major critical infrastructure supplier reports cyberattack
Itron, which claims to have contracts with more than 7,700 utility providers in 100 countries, said it “has not observed any subsequent unauthorized activity within its corporate systems” nor unauthorized access to customer data.
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NextEra contracted 4 GW of new generation projects in Q1
NextEra Energy Resources signed contracts for 1.3 GW of battery storage in the first quarter and expects to build 43 GW of battery storage by the end of 2032.
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PJM market monitor opposes 1.3-GW gas plant deal between Hull Street, Rockland Capital
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should consider how power plant deals could draw capacity out of the PJM Interconnection market to serve data centers, Monitoring Analytics said.
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House Republicans introduce bill to extend renewables tax credits
The American Energy Dominance Act would remove the accelerated deadlines that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act placed on the renewable energy 45Y production tax credit and 48E investment tax credit.
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Cities sue EPA for failing to uphold soot standard
“By ignoring the legal responsibility to uphold its own rule, U.S. EPA is willfully abandoning the agency’s duties under the Clean Air Act,” California Air Resources Board Chair Lauren Sanchez said.
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DTE proposes $474M Michigan electric rate hike
The utility also made a conditional promise to freeze rate hikes for two years if its request is approved. State legislators are weighing a proposal to increase the minimum time between rate cases from one to three years.
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PJM market monitor opposes waivers for Constellation’s Three Mile Island nuclear restart
Constellation needs the waivers from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to fully deliver power as soon as the unit restarts, possibly next year. It has a 20-year deal to sell all the energy, capacity and clean energy attributes to Microsoft for data centers.
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Average US electricity prices rose 9% year over year in February: EIA
Revenue per kilowatt hour for electricity — a proxy for retail rates — rose by 26.3% in Virginia, 21.9% in Ohio and 19.5% in Pennsylvania, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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OpinionAI data centers are upending utility load planning
Utilities need planning frameworks to account for uncertain load profiles, while developers must be clear about how their facilities perform, writes Mark Knipfer at Integrated Environmental Solutions.
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What’s stalling data center projects? Public opposition and power access lead delays.
Cancellations on builds quadrupled to 25 in 2025 from just six in 2024, according to Baird analyst Justin Hauke, as state governments mull moratoriums.
