3.5 GW of offshore wind in New England could offset natural gas price spikes: report

Offshore wind in the region could have offset the surge in natural gas prices last winter and saved ratepayers $400 million, according to a report from Daymark Energy Advisors.

By Diana DiGangi • Aug. 28, 2025

Palisades becomes first decommissioned US nuclear plant to reach ‘operations’ status

The plant still requires extensive work, including reassembling the main generator and turbine, before it can resume generating electricity, owner Holtec International said.

By Meris Lutz • Aug. 28, 2025

Explore the Trendline➔

Electricity 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. 

By Utility Dive staff

IEP plans 944-MW behind-the-meter gas plant to power PA data center

Energy storage will be built alongside the gas plant, and there will be a backup grid connection, project partners said. It’s unclear what regulatory approvals are needed for the project to move forward.

By Robert Walton • Aug. 28, 2025

Renewables make up 91% of the 15 GW of generation the US added in first 5 months of 2025: FERC

“Solar continues to deliver new power to the grid faster and cheaper than any other source of electricity,” said Stephanie Bosh, senior vice president of communications for the Solar Energy Industries Association.

By Meris Lutz • Aug. 27, 2025

MISO’s fast-track interconnection review draws 26.6 GW in proposals, dominated by gas

Proposals for the expedited study process include about 19.7 GW of gas, 4 GW of storage and a 675-MW nuclear project in Iowa.

By Ethan Howland • Aug. 27, 2025

Energy demand, permitting top of mind at Congressional renewables expo

Speakers from industry and national labs warned of obstacles to meeting the surge in energy demand expected in the next five to 10 years at July’s Congressional Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Expo.

By Lauren Schenkman • Aug. 26, 2025

Southeast utilities are signing gas capacity contracts that will burden customers for decades

“Adding even one more dekatherm of gas commitment to the Southeast is senseless,” writes SACE senior decarbonization manager Shelley Hudson Robbins.

By Shelley Hudson Robbins • Aug. 26, 2025

EIA projects record natural gas consumption in 2025

“We expect increases in natural gas consumed in the residential and commercial sectors to offset decreases in natural gas consumed in the electric power sector,” said the Energy Information Administration.

By Diana DiGangi • Aug. 26, 2025

FERC approves NextEra waiver needed for Duane Arnold nuclear plant restart

NextEra Energy — majority owner of the nuclear plant in Iowa — is in talks with potential customers for the output from Duane Arnold.

By Ethan Howland • Aug. 26, 2025

Import tariffs could slow transmission development, drive up utility costs: Morningstar

With electric bills already rising, utility regulators may shield ratepayers from tariff-related costs, analysts with the ratings agency said.

By Ethan Howland • Aug. 26, 2025

‘Backed into a corner,’ Texas regulators consider cost caps for Entergy gas plants

Entergy Texas needs new generating capacity — and soon — but regulators say the utility failed to consider potentially cheaper options to a portfolio of gas plants.

By Robert Walton • Aug. 22, 2025

PJM surplus interconnection can support 153 GW of solar, wind, storage: UC Berkeley researchers

Surplus interconnection capacity can enable rapid resource additions. “There's a demand for anything that can come online in any sort of a reasonable time frame,” EDP Renewables’ David Mindham said.

By Ethan Howland • Aug. 21, 2025

DOE extends order to delay retiring Consumers’ Michigan coal plant

Emergency energy conditions may last for years in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator footprint, the Department of Energy said.

By Ethan Howland • Aug. 21, 2025

Georgia Power receives natural gas turbine as delays loom

The utility placed its turbine order around the time of its 2023 Integrated Resource Plan update, shortly before wait times for gas turbines began to climb to as long as seven years.

By Diana DiGangi • Aug. 21, 2025

Black Hills, Northwestern agree to merge, with eye on serving data centers

Data center development — and their need for major power infrastructure — may drive further consolidation among utilities, according to Jefferies analysts.

By Ethan Howland • Aug. 21, 2025

Arizona regulators begin process to repeal state’s renewable standard

The rule requires Arizona utilities to obtain 15% of retail electric sales from renewable energy resources by 2025. That goal has been met, but advocates say the rule is still needed.

By Robert Walton • Aug. 20, 2025

NV Energy seeks FERC approval to give wind, solar developers free exit from interconnection queue

Projects with solar or wind components make up nearly 80% of NV Energy's interconnection queue.

By Ethan Howland • Aug. 19, 2025

FERC approves cost allocation paths for power plants DOE ordered to run past shutdown dates

The decisions affect Consumers Energy and Constellation Energy, as well as ratepayers in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator and PJM Interconnection footprints.

By Ethan Howland • Aug. 18, 2025

Homeowners rush to install solar ahead of expiring tax credits

Business is booming for residential solar installers, but with an important residential tax credit expiring at the end of this year, the increase could be short-lived.

By Meris Lutz • Aug. 14, 2025

$3.1B annual cost estimated for fossil fuel plants DOE won’t allow to retire

One coal plant owner told the SEC it spent $29 million in the first 38 days of an Energy Department order to keep it online.

By Ethan Howland • Updated Aug. 18, 2025

ISO-NE should make its governance transparent, accessible and accountable

With a leadership change coming in January, ISO New England has a chance to launch a new era of governance that engages with the communities it serves.

By Mireille Bejjani and Steven Botkin • Aug. 13, 2025

DOE taps 10 advanced reactor companies for expedited nuclear pilot

Oklo and its subsidiary, Atomic Alchemy, are developing three out of the 11 projects DOE selected.

By Robert Walton • Aug. 13, 2025

EPA plans to revise coal-fired power plant wastewater rules

The plan is part of a broad Trump administration effort to ease environmental rules affecting the power sector. Previously, the EPA estimated the rule would cut pollution from coal-fired power plants by more than 660 million pounds a year.

By Ethan Howland • Aug. 13, 2025

Renewable power purchase agreement prices rising in wake of One Big Beautiful Bill Act

The average price of new wind and solar power purchase agreements is up 4% since the OBBBA’s passage. Almost a third of developers surveyed said they plan to suspend or cancel projects as a result of the reconciliation bill.

By Emma Penrod • Aug. 13, 2025

Multidirectional flows of power and information are the grid’s future

In the frenzy to meet rising energy demand, utilities and others often overlook the value of power system innovations, industry participants say.

By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 12, 2025