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Renewables, storage can meet one-third of US industrial heat demand: report
The UC Berkeley analysis should be welcome news for a manufacturing industry that is heavily reliant on natural gas, with its volatile prices, said Jose Dominguez, one of the report’s authors.
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Sponsored by ScottMaddenThe electric meter is growing a brain: Why AMI 2.0 is the grid’s next big leap and what you should do about it
The first wave of smart meters are near retirement and new meters with edge computing capabilities are arriving. Utilities have crucial equipment decisions ahead.
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GE Vernova gas turbine backlog climbs to 116 GW
GE Vernova is taking reservations for 2031 deliveries now, said CEO Scott Strazik. He spoke of an increasingly diverse customer base, including data centers.
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FERC eyes ‘grid-enhancing technology’ incentives: Chairman Swett
Data centers, competition in the transmission sector and PJM Interconnection governance reform were other key topics at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing.
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DOE’s new power export rule at odds with ‘energy emergency’ findings: Public Citizen
“Any export of power ... necessarily makes that power unavailable to domestic customers,” potentially contributing to inadequate supplies for a region, Public Citizen said.
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Ford, Global Power Products debut home backup solution
More than 800 electric utilities have approved GPP’s GenerLink transfer switch, which provides backup power for outlets and hardwired appliances at significantly lower cost than a standby generator, Ford says.
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OpinionPeople are critical infrastructure, too. Utilities must do more or lose talent to tech.
With so much riding on America's AI ambitions, utility workforce strategy must have a place alongside generation, transmission and capital planning, writes Stefan Hirniak, president of Specialist Staffing Group US.
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Wisconsin gas plant proposals test state review process
Integrated resource planning would give regulators a clearer long-term picture of electricity needs before major energy investments are approved, advocates say.
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SRP to propose up to 1.7-GW mixed-resource project to its board in September
The Marigold Energy Center, about 45 miles south of Phoenix, would include 400 MW of battery storage, 600 MW of solar generation, up to 675 MW of gas generation and a new substation.
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OpinionDon’t gut the utility model just as we need it most
Cutting utility returns won't lower electric bills and will leave us with a more fragile power grid, writes Scott Aaronson, former secretary of the Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council.
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FERC fails to shield PJM consumers from data center transmission costs: ratepayer advocates
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s large load “show cause” order for the PJM Interconnection fails to address cost allocation of network upgrades, advocates from five states said.
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US data center electricity use could more than double by 2030: report
Policy responses “reflect a tension between furthering state-level economic development interests and balancing local community health and environmental concerns,” the Kansas Health Institute report states.
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CO2 emissions from US power sector rose 4% last year
The rise in emissions was linked to increased electricity generation and coal use, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said.
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Opinion3 practical steps to ensure the US industrial boom runs on electricity
Long-term electricity procurement, on-site generation, efficiency and flexibility can give manufacturers more ways to manage their energy bills, writes the World Wildlife Fund’s Cihang Yuan.
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$215B in annual energy cost savings starts with heat pumps: ACEEE
Building and other electric efficiency measures would reduce growing peak demand by 20% on average through 2050, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
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Data centers drove $6.3B in PJM capacity auction costs: market monitor
In the PJM’s last four capacity auctions, data center-related capacity charges were nearly half of the $63.6 billion in total charges, Monitoring Analytics says.
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AI data center growth could force US utilities to rethink generation plans, BofA says
Data center demand will outpace planned utility capacity additions by more than 100 GW through 2030, increasing reliance on on-site gas generation and battery storage, Bank of America analysts project.
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Best Buy adds more solar generation to portfolio
The new solar sites include the retailer’s first store with a rooftop “community solar garden” as it looks to a 2040 net-zero target.
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Retrieved from Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
PJM capacity auction results compound ‘alarm bells’: FERC Chairman Swett
At its monthly meeting, FERC set data center reliability standard deadlines, ordered CAISO and SPP to report on “seams” issues and advanced a complaint over cost recovery for a New Jersey power line.
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Renewables remain cheapest, but their LCOE is rising: Lazard
Utility-scale solar’s levelized cost of electricity ranges between $40/MWh and $98/MWh, while combined cycle gas ranges between $51/MWh and $129/MWh, said a report from Lazard.
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Indiana regulators investigate utility ROEs, ‘trackers’ in affordability review
AES, American Electric Power, CenterPoint Energy, Duke Energy and NiSource could be affected under a “more consumer-oriented utility commission policy,” Paul Patterson, a Glenrock Associates equity analyst, told Utility Dive.
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Retail electric rate increases outpace inflation with prices set to rise higher
Regulators approved 64% of the dollar value of revenue increase requests over the past five years, suggesting today’s rate cases will continue to raise bills, according to a recent report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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OpinionWhat data center developers need to know about FERC’s large load directives
The June 18 show cause orders finally take aim at the load interconnection mess. But the customers who get power faster will be the ones who show up ready to flex, writes Shalin Savalia, a senior electrical engineer.
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Google inks deal for massive Arkansas solar and storage project
With a target completion date of 2029, the project is expected to deliver 2.5 GW of generation and 2.9 GWh of battery storage to the regional grid, the tech giant said.
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Sunrun ‘distributed data center’ pilot taps its home solar and battery network
The announcement comes as ratepayer and clean energy advocates push capacity-hungry hyperscalers to subsidize residential solar, batteries and energy efficiency.
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Virginia SCC weighs Dominion data center transmission cost allocation
“Regardless of the cost allocation methodology that is chosen, there remains a glaring cross-class subsidization occurring to the benefit of new [large load] customers,” said State Corporation Commission attorney Andrew Major.
