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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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Sponsored by Burns & McDonnellRising load growth reshapes cooperative portfolios and strategy
Large loads pose additional challenges for cooperatives. Planning strategically is critical.
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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.
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Eversource project ‘epitomizes’ flawed transmission reviews: New England states
New England “severely lacks” oversight of asset condition projects like Eversource Energy’s X-178 transmission project, the New England States Committee on Electricity told FERC.
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7 states sue Trump administration over TotalEnergies offshore wind lease buyout
The lawsuit calls the deal a “sham settlement agreement to unlawfully cancel an offshore wind lease and redirect the money paid for the lease to a separate, unauthorized use favored by the President.”
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DTE Energy partners with LG to deploy 6 GWh of battery storage
By 2042, DTE expects to have more than 2.9 GW of energy storage on its system, more than doubling its current storage capacity.
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Customer experience, better modeling can boost demand-side portfolio: report
The Brattle Group’s report lays out a framework for increasing demand-side resources to mitigate the impacts of load growth, variable renewables and distributed electrification.
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What’s on the mind of EEI conference attendees? Labor, AI, affordability and more.
Utility Dive talked to registrants before the conference to hear how industry changes are impacting their work.
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Massachusetts ‘vehicle-to-everything’ demonstration hints at EV batteries’ grid potential
Certain light-duty vehicles have the potential to earn around $3,000 per summer, and school buses $12,000, by enrolling in the state’s virtual power plant, a state program manager said.
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SEC proposes rule rescinding Biden-era climate risk disclosures
The agency’s proposal calls the 2024 climate disclosure rules “a dramatic overreach of the Commission’s statutory authority and, independently, unsound as a matter of policy.”
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DOE issues guidance ending gas-to-electric appliance rebates
The Department of Energy will instead allow rebates for “upgrading HVAC and appliances only from existing electric equipment to more efficient electric equipment.”
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OpinionWhat does it take to restore a nuclear power plant?
Restarting previously closed nuclear plants could be one of the most cost-effective ways to supply large amounts of firm, clean electricity, writes Patrick White at Clean Air Task Force.
