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Top electric power sector and utility conferences in 2027
Utility Dive’s curated list of notable events where energy professionals will gather to exchange ideas, demonstrate novel approaches and network for a new era of grid modernization.
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Energy affordability tops voter concerns in election set to shake up Congress
“History shows us that energy crises create policy openings, and we think the conditions are probably in place for a window of policymaking,” Hasan Nazar, head of policy at Crux, told Utility Dive.
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Can ‘BattMan’ secure the US battery manufacturing supply chain?
The Energy Department’s Battery Manufacturing Accelerator aims to plug gaps in domestic material and component supplies over the next few years as U.S. battery demand looks set to quadruple.
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Electric utilities join industries urging renewal of cybersecurity information-sharing law
CISA 2015, as the law is often called, provides liability protections for companies sharing cyber threat indicators amongst themselves and with federal agencies. It is set to expire next month.
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PJM’s revised data center backstop procurement plan reduces utility risks: ICF
The planned procurement could be for as little as 630 MW, down from an initial 6,800-MW target, after utilities in the PJM Interconnection’s footprint lowered their large-load forecasts, Jefferies analysts said.
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PSEG Power plans 200-MW nuclear uprate as company eyes data center deals
But one of the units at the Salem plant in New Jersey, which is jointly owned with Constellation Energy, faces an extended outage to deal with degraded equipment, according to federal filings.
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OpinionThe Senate permitting bill holds promise but needs amendments
Targeted changes can minimize the most negative consequences of the permitting bill’s overreaching provisions, writes former FERC Chairman Mark Christie.
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Caterpillar expands production of engines and turbines to meet data center demand
The heavy machinery and power equipment maker saw its order backlog reach $78 billion during the third quarter, almost double what it was a year ago.
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Mitsubishi Electric seeks to expand North American grid foothold
In August, the Japanese conglomerate said it would spend $1.4 billion to buy PCI Energy Solutions, whose platform manages about 60% of U.S. power generation.
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Exelon eyes $8B in energy storage, in part to address PJM supply crunch
President and CEO Calvin Butler said the grid operator isn’t adding generation fast enough, but the utility’s plan to invest in energy storage and transmission can help address the issue.
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Dominion sees $137M net income boost from rate increase
Chairman, President and CEO Bob Blue said during a third-quarter earnings call that the company “benefited from better-than-budgeted sales, better-than-normal weather” and “strong overall financial and operational execution.”
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Xcel Energy rolls out $70B, 5-year capital plan focused on renewables
“We believe that we can, in fact, protect the planet” while serving growing demand, CEO Bob Frenzel said. The spending plan includes 9.2 GW of renewables and 2.3 GW of storage.
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Lack of wildfire reform is having ‘dire and escalating impacts’: SCE
“While we remain confident that California policymakers will ultimately take action, delay into 2027 will have significant and costly consequences,” said Edison International CEO Pedro Pizarro.
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OpinionStates must take a critical eye to gas plants proposed over clean energy
The key question for regulators is no longer whether utilities can simply find a reason to install another gas turbine, write experts from Environmental Defense Fund and Minnesota’s CURE.
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Chinese-linked solar developer loses appeal over Texas grid interconnection
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit said Texas has a “free lane” to enforce restrictions on foreign-owned companies’ access to the state’s electric grid in a ruling that could have implications for other states and market participants.
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Hitachi’s nuclear revenue rises as SMR delivery date approaches
The bulk of the Japanese conglomerate’s Energy segment business is in electrical grid equipment. Sales are strong, but inflation and long delivery timelines bear watching, company executives said.
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GE Vernova in $9B deal to buy high-voltage manufacturer as gas turbine orders slow
The acquisition of Trench Group will help GE Vernova capitalize on rising electricity demand, company executives said.
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AEP increases investment plan 30% on generation, transmission spending
American Electric Power’s contracted large loads jumped 22%, to 84 GW, mainly on a 10.4-GW data center in Ohio being developed by SB Energy, company officials said Wednesday.
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FirstEnergy data center pipeline increases to 26 GW in Q3
Two FirstEnergy utilities reserved combined-cycle turbines for a 1.2-GW data center-focused project in West Virginia and issued a solicitation for an additional 3 GW, company officials said.
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Data center purchases of electrical equipment up 80% since 2025: Hubbell
A temporary shortage of meter components should be fully resolved by the end of the year, the electrical equipment supplier said in its third-quarter earnings call.
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BAAJA gives federal regulators ‘bigger hammer’ to break transmission blocks
“I think the cost-sharing elements are by far probably the most important part of this bill,” Rep. Josh Harder, D-Calif., told Utility Dive. “My hope is that can unlock a lot more collaboration as opposed to ... folks pointing the finger at each other.”
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California utilities, aggregators and customers to benefit from new DER laws: advocates
One aggregator called device-level telemetry the “keystone” to extract value from multiple distributed energy resources behind the same meter.
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CMS Energy CEO predicts data center ‘progress’ after midterms
Garrick Rochow blamed political “spin” for permitting setbacks in an earnings call. He did not address the more than $300 million the utility says it has spent to keep an aging coal plant running under DOE ‘emergency’ orders.
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FERC approves tougher MISO penalties for nonperforming demand-side resources
Two Federal Energy Regulatory Commission members urged parties to monitor the rules in case they drive well-performing demand response and behind-the-meter resources out of the Midcontinent grid operator’s market.
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DOE announces $10.1B in loans to Constellation, Alliant, for 3.7 GW
Both loan packages could be used to finance uprates at existing generation facilities, which Energy Secretary Chris Wright called “commonsense” energy policy.
