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    FERC approves MISO cost recovery plan for transmission projects built in PJM

    In its decision affecting Exelon and Duke Energy utilities, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected calls to require the planned projects to go through a bidding process.

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    From grid hardening to grid intelligence: The next era of wildfire resilience

    Another summer of evacuation orders and smoke-filled skies across the country as hundreds of wildfires are burning. Technology is helping to mitigate grid impacts.

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    2026 Q2 roundup: Utilities emphasize project execution and ratepayer protections

    Executives tried to show they can secure the equipment needed to meet rising demand without shifting costs to existing customers as politicians take aim at data centers ahead of the midterm elections.

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    Opinion

    Colorado has provided the blueprint for integrating community power

    The state is “tapping private investment and competitive market forces to deliver new grid capacity years faster and at a lower cost to customers than utility-owned infrastructure alone,” writes Common Charge Executive Director Mary Rafferty. 

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    Deep Dive

    Quantum computing is coming fast. Are utilities ready?

    “The load profile is different from anything utilities have planned for before,” said Aparna Prabhakar, chief strategy and sustainability officer, energy management, for Schneider Electric.

    Updated Aug. 17, 2026
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    FERC approves TransAlta, PowerTransitions gas-fired power plant deals

    PowerTransitions aims to buy a 1.2-GW power plant in New York for an “energy campus.” TransAlta intends to buy two power plants in Colorado totaling about 319 MW.

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    Record-setting geothermal bid signals rising interest in federal leases

    One parcel in New Mexico sold for $701 per acre in June. Analysts cited stronger bidder competition as the Bureau of Land Management prepares for another lease sale in Utah scheduled for Aug. 18.

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    WSP capitalizes on surging US power infrastructure construction

    Power now accounts for as much as 40% of the company’s revenue, CEO Alexandre L’Heureux said during a second-quarter earnings call.

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    Mitsubishi’s large-frame gas turbine backlog reaches 35 GW

    The company plans to double its manufacturing capacity as it continues to see a “strong supply-demand environment” for gas turbines in the U.S., CFO Hiroshi Nishio said.

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    PJM eyes data center, crypto reliability requirements after 3.8 GW of load trips offline

    The PJM Interconnection is considering setting “ride-through” standards after data centers tripped offline in Northern Virginia on July 22, the latest and largest such event in PJM’s history, the grid operator said.

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    Software-based initiative could unlock up to 20% more bulk capacity: OATI

    OATI seeks federal funding for widespread deployment of dynamic line rating software, near-real-time inter-regional coordination and AI-enhanced resource dispatch — none of which requires new poles or wires, the company says.

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    Texas hits new peak demand record, but supply constraints will limit growth

    Ascend Analytics says more than 80% of new large loads seeking interconnection will not have matching generation online by 2030, even as data centers and industrial demand continue to surge.

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    Opinion

    The US infrastructure buildout needs more than capital

    The country is not short on infrastructure ambition; what it risks running short on is orchestration, writes Daryl Walcroft, PwC's capital projects and infrastructure leader.

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    Xcel asks Colorado Supreme Court to facilitate wind farm interconnection

    In June, a district court judge rejected PSCo’s effort to acquire roughly 550 feet of easement via eminent domain to connect two nearly complete wind farms totaling more than 1 GW. The utility says the project delays are harming ratepayers.

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    Pay-as-you-go batteries: ‘One weird trick’ for the distribution grid?

    Battery leases with low or no up-front costs are attractive in markets with well-developed virtual power plant programs and persistent grid congestion, but experts see them taking off elsewhere, too.

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    Dominion ordered to directly assign some transmission costs to data centers

    The Virginia State Corporation Commission said it may use an upcoming docket to weigh whether this policy “could or should” also apply to more upstream transmission costs.

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    ConEd plans 28 new substations by 2035

    The New York-based utility company is pursuing growth through electrification, in alignment with city and state climate policies, it said last week.

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    Evergy has 3 GW of large loads signed and a 5-GW generation pipeline

    The company is in “advanced discussions” with large-load customers representing another 1 to 2 GW, CEO David Campbell said during a second-quarter earnings call.

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    Caterpillar sales surpass $20B as generators for data centers take off

    Power generation retail sales grew 72% year over year. To meet demand, the company is resuming production of a 10-MW medium-speed gas reciprocating engine platform it stopped manufacturing in 2022, said CEO and Chairman Joseph Creed.

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    Opinion

    Competitive transmission delivers benefits for the AI economy and customers

    A group of incumbent utilities asked FERC to suspend competitive bidding for some transmission projects. The responsive filings are in, and the record does more than rebut the complaint — it dismantles it, writes Jim Rossi of Vanderbilt Law School.

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    PPL-Blackstone joint venture secures 5 GW of gas turbines for data centers in Pennsylvania

    Although the PJM Interconnection aims to hold a backstop reliability auction in late September, Vincent Sorgi, PPL president and CEO, said he expects bilateral contracting will be the main pathway for adding generation in the region.

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    Siemens Energy’s gas turbine backlog nears 70 GW as company expands manufacturing

    The company booked 15 GW in new orders this quarter, executives said, with lead times running three years or more. It also plans to expand its transformer manufacturing capacity 50% by 2030.

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    Vistra supports Texas data center pause, execs say

    “I'd like to see the queues culled, at the end of the day,” said Vistra CEO Jim Burke in a second quarter earnings call.

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    Sunrun pursues direct-sales transition amid industry headwinds

    The residential solar-and-storage provider is looking to diversify its revenue while increasing focus on “unlocking value from the customers and assets we already have,” CEO Mary Powell told investors.

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    Constellation CEO: Existing power plants are ‘bedrock’ in supplying data centers

    Constellation Energy expects Texas’ Batch Zero large load interconnection process will resume without “meaningful delay.”

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    Oncor weighs impact of Texas data center freeze on nearly 300-GW load pipeline

    Executives at parent company Sempra said they support the governor's pause on new data center interconnection approvals, citing a need for durable long-term outcomes amid growing public opposition.