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    Google supersizes PJM virtual power plant to more than 1 GW

    Such contracts signal a turning point for distributed resources in energy markets, industry sources say. Demand response revenue in PJM jumped 240% from 2024 to 2025, reaching $523.6 million; emergency demand response accounted for 88% of that.

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    A well-designed portal helps improve key business outcomes central to operations and service delivery.

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    Opinion

    Jigar Shah blames the wrong target for rising electricity bills

    With utility returns trending downward, the data does not support a national “utility greed” narrative, writes Guy Caruso, former administrator for the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

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    Geothermal lease sale on federal land in Nevada nets $4.8M

    An Interior Department auction for roughly 187,000 acres generated less per acre than a similar sale in the same state in 2025. Leases for two parcels that sold overlap with the site of a proposed NextEra solar farm.

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    Summer-peaking states could save big with heat pumps, report says

    From 1980 to 2000, electricity demand rose while prices dropped. Heat pumps could help do that again, according to a report from RMI that estimates full deployment could reduce U.S. residential electric rates by 13% in summer-peaking states.

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    Solar PPA prices jump 5% in Q3, mainly on new trade tariffs: LevelTen

    Wind power purchase agreements held relatively steady in Q3 but could begin to rise again as the latest round of tariffs takes effect later this year.

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    Georgia electric cooperative plans 50-MW home battery deployment

    Central Georgia Electric Membership Corp. plans to use the batteries to reduce system peaks and energy costs as hyperscale data centers seek to connect to its grid.

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    Opinion

    The capacity market crisis is a design problem, not a verdict on competition

    PJM's capacity price spikes are a symptom of a market that drifted too far toward spot-price dependence, not an indication that competition itself does not work, write Atlantic Council experts.

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    Q&A

    LS Power COO sees sweeping power sector investing needs: gas, renewables, transmission and more

    “The demand growth we're experiencing today is real,” LS Power’s Darpan Kapadia said. “The supply side is going to take time to catch up, and the markets are screaming that.”

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    Grid equipment manufacturer ABB sees US orders rise 82%

    “Utilities continue to invest in refurbishment and build-out of the electrical grid to secure power availability and efficiency,” the company said Tuesday.

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    Virginia governor seeks 6-year rate freeze if Dominion-NextEra merger is approved

    Gov. Abigail Spanberger, D, also wants regulators to increase the debt share of Dominion’s capital structure from 48% to 60% to lower its rate of return. Separately, regulatory staff and the attorney general have proposed their own conditions for the deal.

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    Opinion

    12 actions to tackle energy affordability

    Modernizing the grid is a complex, multi-dimensional challenge; improving energy affordability is similarly complicated, writes Bryce Yonker, executive director of Grid Forward.

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    What Google’s virtual power plant in PJM says about the race for electricity

    Voltus CEO Dana Guernsey compared new “bring your own new capacity” contracts to the power purchase agreements that “revolutionized” utility-scale solar and wind development.

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    Schneider Electric sees record-high Q3 revenue on global data center boom

    North America continues to be the largest source of revenue for the company’s energy management segment, but China and East Asia saw a higher organic growth rate this quarter and year to date.

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    AEP signs 960-MW Indiana nuclear pact with Amazon, X-energy

    If the project is developed, Amazon would purchase the power under a long-term contract that covers the cost of the facility and its operations, the companies said.

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    FERC approves ISO-NE ‘asset condition’ transmission review process

    Commissioners David Rosner and Judy Chang said other regions should adopt similar review processes for local transmission projects, which states and consumer advocates say need more oversight.

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    NextEra’s $4M Trump ballroom donation muddies Dominion merger debate, watchdogs say

    The donation, which advocates called “problematic” and “convenient” for the company, comes to light as federal regulators chosen by President Donald Trump consider whether to allow NextEra to merge with Dominion Energy.

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    Solar imports from India, Indonesia, Laos injured US manufacturers: ITC

    The decision clears the way for the Department of Commerce to finalize anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from the three countries.

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    Reliability standards for AI data centers, crypto miners move closer to adoption

    The proposed rules must still be approved by NERC’s board and federal regulators. As written, they would apply to computational loads of 50 MW or more connected at voltage levels of at least 100 kV.

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    FERC proposes easing regulatory pathway for gas pipeline, LNG projects

    “The only current restriction on getting American gas is our ability to get the gas to market and the infrastructure bottlenecks,” FERC Chairman Laura Swett said.

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    AEP in deal to buy up to 1.6 GW of Mainspring linear generators

    Separately, American Electric Power expects to spend about $4 billion on a 702-MW Bloom Energy fuel cell project in Wyoming that is under contract to Google.

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    Opinion

    Utilities can use AI to solve grid backlogs: AWS energy lead

    The utilities moving first on AI-powered grid planning are delivering faster approvals, fewer outages and lower costs, writes Amazon Web Services’ head of energy and utilities, Joseph Santamaria.

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    Scaling residential VPPs could cut electric bill increases by half: Brattle

    Utilities should look to OEM-led enrollment strategies to expand residential virtual power plants utilizing thermostats, batteries and EV chargers, according to The Brattle Group.

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    Best Buy pilots battery-powered vehicles at California distribution sites

    The retailer deployed electric yard switchers as part of its efforts to curb emissions and will gauge future deployment potential across its supply chain, it said.

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    PJM plans to study SoftBank’s Ohio AI project under state agreement approach

    The project, dubbed “Flagship,” includes 765-kV transmission lines to be built by AEP Ohio, roughly 10 GW in data center load and about 10.2 GW in gas-fired generation.

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    Fossil fuel generation pipeline rebounds while new clean generation slows: EDF

    However, “rising gas turbine costs and supply shortages are already making new gas plants more expensive and slower to build,” David Villagrana, EDF’s lead counsel for clean energy tax solutions, told Utility Dive.