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

Allete sale would help fund clean energy investment for Minnesota

The proposed sale would inject a massive infusion of private capital into Minnesota Power, capital guided by a long-term perspective rather than short-term market pressures.

By Jigar Shah • Aug. 12, 2025

PJM launches fast-track push to set rules for adding data centers

Amid surging data center development, PJM stakeholders will explore options for adding large loads to the grid without threatening reliability. PJM aims to file a proposal at FERC by the end of the year.

By Ethan Howland • Aug. 12, 2025

3 Arizona utilities set peak demand records

After years of stagnant demand growth, rising electricity consumption is showing up on the U.S. power grid.

By Robert Walton • Aug. 12, 2025

Texas PUC executes $216M loan for NRG 456-MW gas plant

The loan is the second finalized under the Texas Energy Fund In-ERCOT Generation Loan Program, approved by voters in 2023. The fund has faced setbacks, with about a third of initially-approved projects canceled or withdrawn amid escalating project costs and supply chain challenges.

By Robert Walton • Aug. 12, 2025

Why utilities should bring water into the data center energy conversation

For utilities, this is not only about supporting customer growth but also about protecting grid integrity and infrastructure investments in an increasingly resource-constrained environment.

By Pete Elliott and Richard Tribble • Aug. 7, 2025

Arizona utilities sign up for gas pipeline project, spurred by data center development

Arizona Public Service has 4.5 GW of committed large load in its interconnection queue and 20 GW of other potential large customers, Pinnacle West CEO Ted Geisler said Wednesday.

By Ethan Howland • Aug. 7, 2025

We at PJM need realistic solutions, not politics, to take on energy challenges

Some public narratives have presented an inaccurate picture of the PJM Interconnection’s role in cost-effectively keeping the lights on. Here are the facts.

By Aftab Khan • Aug. 6, 2025

PSE&G large load pipeline jumps 47%, to 9.4 GW, much of it speculative

Most of the demand is from data centers, but the New Jersey utility only expects about 10% to 20% of the interconnection inquiries to come to fruition, Ralph LaRossa, CEO of Public Service Enterprise Group, the utility’s parent company, said Tuesday.

By Ethan Howland • Aug. 6, 2025

Independent power producers hit back at utility critics over PJM price surge

“I'm still hard-pressed to find an example where a vertically-integrated utility has delivered a new generating project on time and under budget and had any accountability in the way that wholesale power generators do,” said the Electric Power Supply Association’s CEO.

By Ethan Howland • Aug. 5, 2025

AEP expects to add 24 GW of load by 2030, mainly from data centers

More than half of the pending load is in Texas, where AEP Texas is set to interconnect 5 GW of cryptocurrency operations, per William Fehrman, AEP president and CEO.

By Ethan Howland • Aug. 1, 2025

PPL Electric ‘advanced-stage’ data center pipeline grows 32%, to 14 GW

PPL supports legislation in Pennsylvania that would allow utilities to own power plants, CEO Vince Sorgi said.

By Ethan Howland • Aug. 1, 2025

Aggregations and data centers: If a resource shows up when the grid is straining, make it count.

Allow AI data centers to participate in grid stress management, and the capital will flow to the solutions that enable flexible, grid-supportive outcomes.

By Arushi Sharma Frank • July 31, 2025