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    PPL ‘advanced’ data center pipeline grows to 28.3 GW in Pennsylvania

    A PPL-Blackstone joint venture is securing gas turbines for power plants that would serve data centers, company officials said.

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    Resilient grid design can change what happens when storms hit

    Improve your storm response with targeted design approaches on the distribution grid.

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    Vistra adds 4.5 GW of capacity in line with ‘reasonable’ forecasts for PJM, ERCOT

    “While these views remain below many third-party forecasts and ISO projections, they reflect what we believe to be the pace of physical development,” Vistra CEO Jim Burke said of the company’s load growth projections.

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    Opinion

    Competitive power markets have delivered. Abandoning them would be a mistake.

    Electricity markets are not perfect, but they remain one of the most powerful tools we have for delivering reliable, affordable power at scale, writes former FERC Commissioner Nora Mead Brownell.

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    Will DOE’s ‘nuclear lifecycle innovation campuses’ solve the US nuclear waste problem?

    The Department of Energy wants to collaborate with states that agree to take in and possibly recycle used nuclear fuel, and some have responded positively. But practical and policy challenges remain.

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    Eversource CEO: ‘We are resisting data centers’

    Data centers are of “no value to our residential customer — actually, any customer,” said Eversource Energy CEO Joe Nolan. “It's only going to drive up the price of energy.”

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    Evergy expects retail sales to rise up to 8% annually on data center growth

    In response, Evergy has increased its planned gas-fired generation in Missouri to 4.7 GW. Separately, it slashed its long-term renewable energy plans more than 90%.

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    PJM floats options for capacity market overhaul

    “The current situation is not tenable,” PJM President and CEO David Mills said. “The region has years, not decades, to make these choices deliberately.” The grid operator lays out three options, including shifting to an energy market model, in a white paper.

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    Sunrun saw steep sales drop in Q1 with end of solar tax credit, tariffs

    The company says it remains “the nation’s largest distributed power plant operator,” with about 4.3 GWh of networked storage capacity as of March 31 — a 50% increase year over year. It aims to have 10 GWh of dispatchable capacity by the end of 2028.

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    Opinion

    Why procurement has become a grid reliability issue: ULE

    Critical grid work becomes harder for utilities to keep on budget when schedules are repeatedly disrupted by missing or delayed equipment, writes ULE Group President Danielle Pirrone.

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    EDP Renewables and Meta ink PPA for 250-MW solar project

    This is the third such deal between EDP Renewables and Meta, bringing the total procured energy between the two companies to 545 MW.

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    Exelon lowers utility spending to ease electric affordability issues

    Exelon is shifting its spending away from utility operations while boosting planned transmission expenditures, company officials said during an earnings call on Wednesday.

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    EDAM is ‘solid and stable’ so far, says CAISO

    The Extended Day-Ahead Market’s prices are falling within expected ranges, with steady transfer volumes in its footprint, according to the California Independent System Operator. “Battery energy storage is now a major player on the Western grid,” said CAISO CEO Elliot Mainzer.

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    NRG close to completing 415-MW gas plant backed by Texas Energy Fund

    The independent power producer has another 1.1 GW of state-supported gas projects set to come online this decade as it also works to integrate 13 GW of gas-generation assets acquired from LS Power.

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    Electric truck fleets could push down residential rates by 2035: report

    Medium- and heavy-duty fleet electrification in California and Georgia could reduce residential rates modestly, E3’s analysis found, but proactive, measured investments in grid upgrades are essential.

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    TXU Energy EV charging program could work in other competitive markets: ChargeScape CEO

    Ford electric vehicle drivers get 15 hours per day of “free” home charging under a special retail plan in Texas. The automaker says it shifted 515 MWh of energy to off-peak periods in 2025.

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    Opinion

    Competitive markets are best for virtual power plants, consumers

    If allowed, utilities will prioritize infrastructure they own over rapid expansion of rooftop solar and other decentralized energy resources, writes Shannon Anderson of Solar United Neighbors, who argues for enabling private-sector VPP participation.

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    AEP eyes exit from PJM, SPP over slow generation interconnection

    American Electric Power’s review of its market options comes amid a surge in customer demand across its multistate footprint. Its utilities have contracts for 63 GW of new large load by 2030.

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    Xcel Energy: Google deal sets template for large load tariff strategy

    CEO Bob Frenzel also said Xcel is doubling down on its renewables strategy. “We believe that these large customers are absolutely committed to [the] long-term sustainability of their own product,” he said.

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    Nuclear reaches 41% of TVA’s power supply

    TVA interim CEO Mike Skaggs said he wants to “[establish] clarity on our position around new nuclear technologies,” and “work with the federal administration and our board of directors to clarify TVA's path going forward.”

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    Duke Energy added 2.7 GW of contracted data centers in Q1

    The additions bring the company’s total executed agreements with data centers to 7.6 GW, “nearly two-thirds of which are already under construction,” President and CEO Harry Sideris said. Duke’s $103-billion capital plan remained unchanged from 2025.

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    PSEG CEO: Nuclear outlook for New Jersey improves on lifting of moratorium

    Nuclear power plants won’t be built, however, without long-term federal financial support and hyperscaler offtake agreements, said Ralph LaRossa, Public Service Enterprise Group CEO.

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    ‘Supplemental’ municipal utility begins solar-and-storage installs in Ann Arbor, Michigan

    The Ann Arbor Sustainable Energy Utility will use locally sited solar, batteries and other resources to improve reliability and lower costs for subscribers, city officials say.

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    NERC issues Level 3 alert, mandates action to address data center load losses

    Computational loads pose “immediate risks,” the grid watchdog said. Certain grid participants must take seven actions by Aug. 3 in response. 

    Updated May 5, 2026
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    Pennsylvania House unanimously passes advanced transmission technology bill

    State regulators could require utilities such as PPL Electric, PECO Energy and FirstEnergy to integrate ATTs into proposed projects. Similar laws have been signed in at least nine states with more bills pending.

    Updated May 7, 2026
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    California subpoenas Golden State Wind over Trump lease deal

    The state's Justice Department is “investigating potential violations of law” associated with offshore wind lease buyouts and anticipates litigation, the California Energy Commission said.