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OpinionKeeping America’s lights on: a pragmatic path forward
Policymakers have a vital role in ensuring that a lack of energy does not become America’s Achilles’ heel.
By Brigham McCown • Sept. 18, 2025 -
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Bipartisan House group releases permitting reform ‘framework’
This and other permitting reform efforts — supported by groups like the Edison Electric Institute — come amid rising electric demand and increasing electricity bills.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 18, 2025 -
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TrendlineElectricity Supply and Demand
After nearly two decades of flat demand, U.S. electricity consumption reached an all-time high in 2024 and is expected to continue rising. This trendline brings together the best of Utility Dive’s coverage of emerging trends in supply and demand and the decisions being made today that will impact the power system for years to come.
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Energy-related US CO2 emissions down 20% since 2005: EIA
The Energy Information Administration expects the trend to reverse with a 1% increase in U.S. emissions this year due to electricity generation growth and increased fossil fuel consumption.
By Diana DiGangi • Sept. 17, 2025 -
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Southwest Power Pool approves accelerated large load interconnection policy
The process aims to help the operator address a near-doubling of peak load expected in the next 10 years.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 17, 2025 -
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Blackstone to pay $1B for 620-MW Pennsylvania natural gas plant
The purchase price of about $1,600 per kilowatt appears higher than other recent gas plant acquisitions, though many factors, including the plant’s technology, age and location, likely inform the terms of the deal.
By Diana DiGangi • Sept. 16, 2025 -
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FERC ends effort to update its policy for reviewing gas pipeline, LNG proposals
The Department of Energy directive asking FERC to drop the rulemaking indicates that DOE may take a bigger role in the commission’s policymaking, according to Akin Gump lawyers.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 16, 2025 -
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EPA plan to end GHG reporting would hurt carbon capture efforts: industry coalition
“The long-term success of the carbon management industry … rests on the robust reporting mechanisms in place through the U.S. EPA,” the Carbon Capture Coalition’s Jesse Stolark said.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 15, 2025 -
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OpinionDOE’s emergency orders create a moral hazard
The U.S. Department of Energy’s use of Federal Power Act authority to keep retiring fossil fuel plants online could trigger a vicious cycle that ultimately jeopardizes grid reliability.
By Jennifer Danis • Sept. 12, 2025 -
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Thermal power plants more competitive than clean energy when considering reliability: Vistra CEO
Even so, in the near term Vistra President and CEO Jim Burke expects solar and batteries to do well because they can be built quickly.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 12, 2025 -
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Entergy expects data centers to drive 13% near-term annual sales growth: CEO
With new gas-fired generation expected, Entergy faces challenges in meeting its 50% carbon reduction goal for 2030, CEO Drew Marsh said.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 12, 2025 -
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Texas regulators approve 2 Entergy gas plants with $2.4B ‘hard cap’
The new resources are necessary, said PUCT Chair Thomas Gleeson, “but we also have the mandate to protect customers, and I think this accomplishes both.”
By Robert Walton • Sept. 11, 2025 -
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Complaint over MISO’s $22B transmission portfolio faces widespread opposition
Granting the complaint from five utility commissions could delay adding power supplies in the Midcontinent region and hurt reliability, according to comments filed at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 10, 2025 -
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Conduit Power to supply ‘bridge power’ for Texas data centers at ENGIE battery sites
Prometheus Hyperscale and Conduit expect the first site to come online in 2026. On-site gas generators and batteries will provide initial power as Prometheus awaits a grid connection.
By Brian Martucci • Sept. 10, 2025 -
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Electric grid growing faster than anticipated: EIA
Utility-scale solar will lead the pack in generation growth this year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Tuesday, while natural gas generation is expected to decline due to high fuel prices.
By Diana DiGangi • Sept. 10, 2025 -
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OpinionBlaming data centers for PJM supply challenges misses the bigger picture
Reliability will not be secured by focusing on a single industry. PJM and policymakers must take a comprehensive, solutions-oriented approach to grid management.
By Todd Snitchler • Sept. 10, 2025 -
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Solar, storage are booming, but federal policy is driving costs higher: SEIA/WoodMac report
Residential solar pricing is up 2% year over year, commercial systems are up 10% and utility-scale pricing is up 4%, according to new research.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 9, 2025 -
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Indiana governor seeks lower utility rates: ‘We can’t take it anymore.’
Utility companies that could be affected include AES, American Electric Power, CenterPoint Energy, Duke Energy and NiSource.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 8, 2025 -
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Sponsored by POWER Engineers, member of WSPHow utilities can partner with data centers amid surging load and on-site generation
Data centers are reshaping energy. Utilities must evolve from suppliers to strategic innovators, leading with transparency and bold engagement.
By Chris Kasiewicz, PE and Chris Postma, PE – POWER Engineers, member of WSP • Sept. 8, 2025 -
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Sponsored by COMSOLCompressing the timeline to a fusion future
General Fusion advances clean energy, using simulation to reach major milestone in fusion power.
By Joseph Carew • Sept. 8, 2025 -
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Fed primed for rate cut as hiring slumps, unemployment inches up to 4.3%
Traders in interest rate futures, responding to new labor market data, increased the odds that the Fed will cut the benchmark interest rate by at least 0.75 percentage point before next year.
By Jim Tyson • Sept. 5, 2025 -
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OpinionNuclear power is failing, and AI can’t rescue it
Nuclear generation is expensive and slow to develop. Claims that past failures won’t recur have convinced politicians to socialize investments rejected by private capital markets.
By Amory B. Lovins • Sept. 5, 2025 -
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Trump’s FERC nominees pledge agency independence in Senate confirmation hearing
Nominees Laura Swett and David LaCerte said they support the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s independence and the need to be agnostic on generating technologies.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 5, 2025 -
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Gas turbine manufacturers expand capacity, but order backlog could prove stubborn
One expert said the industry moves are unlikely to “drastically reduce” wait times, which can stretch as long as seven years. “More skilled and engineering labor will be needed,” he said.
By Diana DiGangi • Sept. 5, 2025 -
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Utilities could add 147 GW of new large loads, boosting peak demand 20%: WoodMac
Most large loads under construction are located in regulated markets, but there is growing interest in siting these projects in deregulated markets, according to a new report.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 5, 2025 -
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ColumnFERC in Focus: Will the agency maintain its independence under Trump 2.0?
With two Republican nominees preparing to join the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, former commissioners, experts and agency observers say they are watching several key areas to gauge whether the body will remain autonomous.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 4, 2025
