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Atlas Energy to buy $840M in power assets from Caterpillar
The company is seeking to build out private grid infrastructure to meet surging electrical demand from data centers and manufacturers’ reshoring efforts.
By Nathan Owens • March 13, 2026 -
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IOUs work to interconnect 39 GW of data center, manufacturing load: EEI
Duke Energy, Northern Indiana Public Service and Xcel Energy are among the utilities with major data center projects in their service territories, the Edison Electric Institute told federal regulators.
By Ethan Howland • March 13, 2026 -
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Power demand is rising amid dramatic shifts in federal energy policy, but technology and markets continue to push the grid toward cleaner, more distributed resources.
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‘Clear warning signs’ as PJM wholesale power costs jump 54% in one year
Also, PJM’s last two base capacity auctions show a growing shortfall compared to its reserve margin targets, according to the grid operator’s market monitor. Prices will continue rising until large data center loads are addressed, it said.
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OpinionAmerica’s power shortage is a market failure
Early buildout of the U.S. rail system was fragmented, with local projects often failing to connect regions. Grid developers today should pay heed, writes Maria Martinez of the Clean Economy Project.
By Maria Martinez • March 12, 2026 -
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Germany’s RWE plans nearly $20B US investment, including gas peakers
RWE had put U.S. investment decisions on hold, in part due to tariff uncertainty, but officials credit the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last year with jump-starting its plans to build fossil plants.
By Robert Walton • March 12, 2026 -
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NERC overstates reliability risks in long-term assessment: Grid Strategies
The North American Electric Reliability Corp.’s analysis uses low generation and interregional power flow assumptions but a high demand forecast, including from data centers, the consulting firm said.
By Ethan Howland • Updated March 11, 2026 -
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OpinionBuild smarter: Energy demand growth can benefit everyone
It is imperative that our governing bodies act quickly to untie the hands of the energy industry and allow America to build, writes Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the American Gas Association.
By Karen Harbert • March 9, 2026 -
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OpinionReliability risk isn’t just about capacity anymore
Winter Storm Fern showed that the integration of flexible resources paired with improved weatherization and better market structures can materially reduce risk during extreme weather, writes Tapas Peshin of PCI Energy Solutions.
By Tapas Peshin • March 6, 2026 -
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OpinionAI is outpacing America’s power grid. Nuclear must become a national priority.
Nuclear power can scale with the needs of AI, writes Amentum’s Mark Whitney. Companies and communities relying on renewables will risk outages, higher costs and missed opportunities.
By Mark Whitney • March 5, 2026 -
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PJM market monitor opposes Maryland power plant sale to data center company
TeraWulf’s plan to buy a power plant from GenOn faces opposition at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as hyperscalers at White House meeting pledge to bring their own generation.
By Ethan Howland • March 5, 2026 -
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NRC approves construction of advanced nuclear reactor in Wyoming
The construction permit to a subsidiary of Bill Gates’ TerraPower for a 345-MW commercial nuclear power plant project is the NRC’s first commercial reactor construction approval in nearly 10 years.
By Diana DiGangi • March 5, 2026 -
Coal plant DOE ordered to stay online unlikely to run given ‘flush’ power supplies: CEO
The Department of Energy claimed “emergency” conditions in the Pacific Northwest required TransAlta to continue running Washington’s last coal plant past its planned retirement. The company plans to convert it to run on gas.
By Ethan Howland • March 4, 2026 -
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OpinionThe physics of reliability: Why gas peakers alone can’t save the modern grid
Most outages don’t start as a multihour energy shortage; they start as a frequency crisis. If you only have gas, you’re trying to stop a bullet with a shield that takes 10 minutes to lift, writes Arun Muthukrishnan from Arevon Energy.
By Arun Muthukrishnan • March 3, 2026 -
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Tariffs drove construction input prices up to start 2026
January’s cost increases amounted to a “blistering” annualized rate of 7.1% for nonresidential input prices, according to Associated Builders and Contractors. Copper was up 80% year over year, iron and steel 58% and switchgear 67%.
By Sebastian Obando • March 3, 2026 -
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Virginia, Indiana lawmakers pass surplus interconnection bills
Using existing surplus interconnection, such as at rarely-used peaker plants, can get generation and storage resources online faster and more cheaply than seeking new interconnection rights. PJM lags behind other grid operators in pursuing this.
By Ethan Howland • Updated March 3, 2026 -
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PJM proposes fast-track interconnection plan, capacity auction price collar
The PJM Interconnection says it is taking steps to bring new generation online as fast as possible while protecting ratepayers from high capacity prices.
By Ethan Howland • March 2, 2026 -
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PSEG sees investment opportunity as NJ eyes adding in-state generation
A bill was introduced this week in the New Jersey Legislature that would require a solicitation for gas-fired generation.
By Ethan Howland • Feb. 27, 2026 -
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More interregional transmission could save consumers billions: study
However, East Coast generators would see reduced revenue, giving them an incentive to oppose new transmission lines, researchers said.
By Ethan Howland • Feb. 26, 2026 -
NRG has ‘zero interest’ in speculative new capacity build: CEO
“We are not going to do anything that doesn't meet our unlevered [12-15%] hurdle rate that we've announced, full stop,” said CEO Larry Coben.
By Diana DiGangi • Feb. 25, 2026 -
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Constellation Energy sees surging power, capacity prices in 2025
Average day-ahead electricity prices in the PJM West region, for example, jumped 49% in 2025, Constellation Energy said in its earnings report.
By Ethan Howland • Feb. 25, 2026 -
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DOE loans Southern $26.5B for 5 GW of new gas, other grid investments
Calling it the largest loan in the agency’s history, DOE said it aims to deliver over $7 billion in cost savings for Georgia Power and Alabama Power customers.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 25, 2026 -
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OpinionThe New England grid passed one winter test, but market reforms are still needed
Constructive collaboration across business and government should be celebrated while the region works to fine-tune its market to sustain existing investments and drive new ones, writes NEPGA President Dan Dolan.
By Dan Dolan • Feb. 25, 2026 -
ConEd eyes $38B in capital spending through 2030
The downstate New York utility company sees robust demand growth from electric vehicles and buildings amid heightened reliability challenges and affordability concerns.
By Brian Martucci • Feb. 24, 2026 -
Entergy Texas seeks gas generation to meet 1 GW of new demand
The utility issued a request for proposals seeking gas-fired resources capable of being online by 2032 to meet “significant industrial and residential growth.”
By Robert Walton • Feb. 24, 2026 -
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PJM proposes behind-the-meter reforms in data center colocation effort
The planned reform threatens the economic viability of new combined heat and power generation at industrial facilities in the PJM Interconnection, according to trade groups.
By Ethan Howland • Feb. 24, 2026
