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FERC urged to reject TeraWulf’s power plant purchase due to undisclosed Google ownership stake
The purchase is part of TeraWulf’s plan to develop a major data center at a power plant site in Maryland.
By Ethan Howland • April 3, 2026 -
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OpinionCalifornia approved a gas pipeline solution. Now comes the hard part.
SB 1221 offers a rare opportunity to align climate action with lower bills and prudent spending of ratepayer dollars, writes Jalal Awan at The Utility Reform Network.
By Jalal Awan • April 2, 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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Reject Talen-Energy Capital power plant deal, PJM market monitor tells FERC
Power plant owners are consolidating generation in the PJM Interconnection, which could drive up electricity and capacity prices, Monitoring Analytics told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
By Ethan Howland • April 2, 2026 -
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Texas opens $350M advanced nuclear grant program
"Texas is streamlining the nuclear regulatory environment and making investments to spur a flourishing nuclear energy ecosystem,” said Gov. Greg Abbott.
By Robert Walton • April 2, 2026 -
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OpinionRebuttal: Coal plants are reliable and cost-competitive
Michelle Bloodworth, president and CEO of America's Power, which represents the U.S. coal fleet and its supply chain, pushes back on assertions that coal power should be replaced by renewables.
By Michelle Bloodworth • April 1, 2026 -
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ArcLight in deal to buy 2.2 GW from InfraBridge, mainly gas
The transaction would give the private equity firm an additional 1.1 GW in the PJM Interconnection, where it owns about 9.7 GW, according to an application at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
By Ethan Howland • March 31, 2026 -
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Generation declined 0.7% year over year in January while prices went up 9.5%
In the Northeast, January generation increased 8.2% year over year due to cooler temperatures. But most of the country saw temperatures near average, above average, or — in the West — significantly above average.
By Diana DiGangi • March 30, 2026 -
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OpinionBefore we build more gas pipelines, we need better data
Building energy infrastructure takes years, billions of dollars and massive political capital. Better data costs a fraction of that, write researchers at three universities.
By Burçin Ünel, Anamika Dubey and Chiara Lo Prete • March 30, 2026 -
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Sponsored by Bloom EnergyRedefining data center power strategies in the AI era
Data center campuses are scaling toward the gigawatt level, straining existing grid infrastructure.
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PJM data center colocation plan takes fire from Vistra, data center group, others
“Even a customer that brings sufficient co-located generation to meet its load cannot avoid curtailment risk,” the Data Center Coalition told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. “It is unclear why a customer would pursue this pathway at all.”
By Ethan Howland • March 27, 2026 -
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Winter Storm Fern highlighted need for expanded interregional transmission, Senate hears
Some regions saw prices of hundreds of dollars per megawatt-hour, while neighboring areas experienced negative power prices. “There was power not being used at all because the transmission was not available,” said Liza Reed of the Niskanen Center think tank.
By Robert Walton • March 27, 2026 -
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50 GW of data centers online at end of 2025, with MISO seeing strongest growth: FERC
ERCOT, the Southwest Power Pool and the Southeast also saw rapid growth, but not as much as the 43% annual growth in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator region since 2020, FERC said.
By Ethan Howland • March 26, 2026 -
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Q&APepco Holdings CEO talks rising demand, affordability and PJM market reforms
Adding power supplies in PJM — including utility-owned generation — is one way to address affordability challenges, says Pepco Holdings CEO Tyler Anthony.
By Ethan Howland • March 25, 2026 -
DOE extends emergency operations at 2 Indiana coal plants
Since December the plants “have proven critical” to operations in the Midcontinent ISO region, DOE said. Sierra Club says they cost consumers almost $200,000 per day.
By Robert Walton • March 24, 2026 -
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NextEra to develop 9.5 GW of gas in Texas, Pennsylvania
The projects are part of a $550 billion deal with Japan that also includes 3 GW of nuclear in Tennessee and Alabama and 9.2 GW of gas generation in Ohio, federal officials say.
By Diana DiGangi • March 24, 2026 -
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Opinion5-year waits and rising costs: How demand is redefining the gas turbine market
Lengthy lead times are likely to continue for now, and reliability in that environment depends on early, informed decisions, writes Electric Power Research Institute Senior Program Manager Bobby Noble.
By Bobby Noble • March 23, 2026 -
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‘Emergencies’ requiring coal plants to stay open need not be imminent, DOE tells court
States, environmental groups and others have sued the U.S. Department of Energy over its repeated emergency orders to run the J.H. Campbell plant in West Olive, Michigan, saying it failed to show the emergency need.
By Ethan Howland • March 23, 2026 -
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DOE taps SoftBank arm to develop 9.2 GW of gas generation in Ohio
SB Energy, a subsidiary of Japan’s SoftBank Group, is also investing $4.2 billion with AEP Ohio to upgrade and build new transmission lines in Southern Ohio.
By Robert Walton • March 20, 2026 -
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Electric sector gas use fell 3% in 2025, partly on solar, battery rise: EIA
Consumption rose for all other sectors, however, making 2025 a record year for U.S. gas consumption.
By Diana DiGangi • March 19, 2026 -
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Deep DiveDOE emergency orders for fossil plants complicate utility planning, experts say
Lawyers and officials are divided on whether the “stay-open” orders threaten states’ ability to regulate their own energy systems. Environmental groups put the cost to ratepayers in the hundreds of millions, and growing.
By Brian Martucci • March 19, 2026 -
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LS Power strikes deal to buy 4.4 GW in PJM from Constellation
The transaction is the latest in a series of gas-fired power plant sales in the PJM Interconnection market, where growing demand for electricity is cutting into available supply.
By Ethan Howland • March 19, 2026 -
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OpinionTo strengthen power reliability in extreme weather, diversify grid resources
More expensive, less reliable power need not be our unavoidable fate, writes NextGen Energy CEO Kimberly Johnston.
By Kimberly Johnston • March 18, 2026 -
Democratic House bill aims to overturn Trump electricity policies
The bill, backed by 122 House members, would reinstate clean energy tax credits and grants while aiming to speed grid interconnection to an expanded transmission system.
By Ethan Howland • March 18, 2026 -
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13 DOE emergency orders have cost Americans $235M, Sierra Club says
The Energy Department's 90-day orders to keep six retiring fossil-fueled power plants online are adding millions to customer utility bills, according to the Sierra Club.
By Robert Walton • March 18, 2026 -
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FERC approves SPP merger of interconnection, transmission planning
“This proposal will get transmission built smarter and connect new generation faster,” said David Rosner, a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
By Ethan Howland • March 17, 2026
