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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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Sponsored by HydrostorWhat lies beneath: Unearthing advanced compressed air energy storage
More than 2,000 feet below the surface, long duration energy storage is being built to deliver reliability where the grid needs it most.
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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.
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Data centers can raise temperatures, energy burdens in nearby neighborhoods: ASU study
Each one-degree increase in temperature will drive a higher use of air conditioning, which in turn will put more heat into the area, creating “a feedback loop,” researchers concluded.
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Large-load customers can help commercialize new clean energy technology: CEBA
“In a lot of the partnerships that have been established around some of these technologies, it's really the tech companies that are taking on a lot of the risk,” Priya Barua, CEBA's senior director of utility partnerships and innovation, told Utility Dive.
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PJM monitor urges FERC to condition Mara power plant buy for data center complex
FERC should only approve the $1.5 billion deal if Mara agrees to keep the Long Ridge power plant in the PJM Interconnection, Monitoring Analytics said.
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Load growth can help modernize grid, but cost-shift risks are significant: Concentric
On-site generation can be an interim solution as projects await full grid interconnection, but “widespread reliance on off‑grid systems is not a durable path forward,” Concentric said in a new report.
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OpinionAccess to real-time electricity data should be a basic consumer right
The technology exists and the infrastructure is there. What is missing is a requirement that customers have access to data on their electricity use, writes Joel Hicks at the University of Oregon.
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Philadelphia clean energy campaign turned millions invested into billions saved. Here’s how.
By blending public and private financing, green banking and a coalition of labor, housing and community partners, the city generated 11,000 jobs and $1.4 billion in energy savings — with minimal federal dollars, an economic impact report found.
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Entergy’s gas projects are one-third of MISO’s fast-track interconnection process
Roughly 70% of Entergy’s proposed capacity additions would serve planned data centers in Louisiana and Mississippi.
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New Mexico has the nation’s best DER interconnection policy: report
The state received high marks for its robust energy storage interconnection framework, frequent public reports on its interconnection queue and incorporating IEEE’s technical standard for DER interconnections.
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Virginia senator suggests SCC judge recuse herself from NextEra-Dominion merger
The state senator also objects to the merger itself, calling it “extremely concerning” in an environment of “rising utility bills and unprecedented grid expansion costs driven largely by hyperscale data center growth.”
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OpinionOnce you secure SPARK funds for transmission development, what comes next?
The success of DOE’s SPARK initiative will depend on how prepared organizations are to execute once the funding arrives, writes Al Eliasen, Spatial Business Systems CEO.
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MISO pushes back on utility complaint over competitive transmission bidding
The grid operator stopped short of taking a position on the complaint itself. States and consumer advocates oppose it, while at least one major data center company supports it.
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Oregon PUC approves PGE’s large-load tariff framework for data centers
The order shifts more infrastructure costs and interconnection obligations to hyperscale customers while positioning Oregon’s 2025 POWER Act as an early test of how states manage AI-driven load growth.
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Demand management, data center flexibility boost regional reliability: NERC
The reliability watchdog dropped its forecast for ERCOT’s net internal demand by 3.7 GW, or 4.6%, compared with last summer, “because more data centers can be curtailed by grid operators when needed to prevent grid emergencies.”
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OpinionHyperscalers didn’t set out to be power companies. The grid left them no choice.
The power gap left hyperscalers with no alternative but to take on utility-scale obligations and lock up gigawatts of generation, writes Peak Nano CMO Shaun Walsh.
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Data center firm DigitalBridge in $1.1B deal to buy ArcLight
The deal reflects the “convergence of power, AI, and digital infrastructure,” the companies said. ArcLight owned about 20.8 GW as of June.
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Competitive transmission projects come online faster than incumbent projects in 4 regions: R Street
Completed competitive transmission projects are also about 30% less expensive than comparable incumbent utility projects, according to a report from the think tank.
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US energy storage installations hit Q1 record, up 32% year over year: SEIA
The clean energy trade group projects 613 GWh of deployment by 2030 thanks to robust data center demand. But federal policy gridlock threatens the industry’s trajectory, it said.
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OpinionWhat the streaming wars can teach utilities about the AI data center boom
Utilities can avoid making the same mistakes major studios made in the Netflix era, but only if they view the AI boom as a systemwide modernization challenge rather than an overflowing queue of individual projects, writes Abbey O’Brien at Ulteig.
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Net electricity generation jumped 4.5% in March as the West baked under record heat
Residential sales fell 0.1% year over year while residential prices soared 10.2% in the same period, to 18.8 cents/kWh, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said.
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CAISO recommends 38 transmission projects costing around $6.7B
More than half of the projects are driven by forecasted load growth, marking an evolution in transmission planning from an emphasis on accessing low-cost renewables to “now also reliably meeting growing customer demand,” CAISO said.
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New Mexico regulators approve SPS’ $9B, gas-heavy resource plan
The approved portfolio includes about 3.8 GW of new capacity, anchored by 2,088 MW of gas generation, along with 1,100 MW of wind, 189 MW of solar and 472 MW/1.9 GWh of battery storage.
