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OpinionCarbon capture technology is ready. Permitting needs to catch up.
Ending the carbon dioxide injection well permit application backlog would unleash investment in America, creating tens of thousands of new jobs and strengthening America’s global competitiveness.
By Anna Littlefield • April 24, 2025 -
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Smaller, public utilities see growth potential in data centers, but there are risks: APPA
Utility leaders can take steps to attract potentially lucrative large loads while mitigating risks for existing customers, the American Public Power Association says.
By Brian Martucci • April 24, 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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Calpine, Constellation, others seek settlement talks over PJM colocation rules
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should find that PJM’s colocation rules are unjust and order 90 days of talks between parties to craft new rules, power plant owners told the agency.
By Ethan Howland • April 23, 2025 -
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DOE makes $46.7M loan disbursement to support Palisades nuclear restart
The 800-MW Palisades plant will be the United States’ first restart of a commercial nuclear reactor that ceased operations, the Department of Energy said.
By Robert Walton • April 23, 2025 -
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OpinionHow AI data centers can support grid reliability in Texas and across the US
An Enhanced Reliability Interconnection framework would prioritize connections to the grid for large loads that improve reliability through flexibility and behind-the-meter generation.
By Gideon Powell and Josh T. Smith • April 22, 2025 -
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FERC approves PJM capacity auction price cap, floor
The PJM Interconnection’s next two base capacity auctions will have a $325/MW-day price cap and a $175/MW-day floor.
By Ethan Howland • April 22, 2025 -
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Clean energy groups urge FERC to reject MISO interconnection plan for replacing retiring power plants
However, Alliant Energy, other utilities and state utility regulators support the proposal to create a new pathway for connecting replacement generation to the grid.
By Ethan Howland • April 21, 2025 -
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Cold-weather grid performance improves, plus 4 other FERC open meeting takeaways
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Mark Christie defended the PJM Interconnection amid an uproar over its capacity market.
By Ethan Howland • April 18, 2025 -
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OpinionThe US is facing unprecedented load growth. Here’s how we ensure resource adequacy.
Adding sufficient resources fast enough to reliably meet the growth will require an array of demand- and supply-side resources as well as stronger transmission interconnection planning.
By Samuel Newell • April 17, 2025 -
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Trump administration ordered to resume IRA funding
The decision, which stated federal agencies lacked authority to pause funding, follows the president’s executive order to freeze the money on his first day in office.
By Kate Magill • April 17, 2025 -
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SMRs, not large reactors, are ‘future of nuclear power’: ITIF
Small reactors could become a key U.S. export if DOE expands support for advanced nuclear technology and the federal government aligns regulations with friendly countries, the think tank said.
By Brian Martucci • April 16, 2025 -
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Trump exempts more than a third of US coal capacity from updated mercury, air toxics rule
Power plant owners receiving the largest exemptions are Southern Co., at about 11,285 MW; NRG Energy, at about 7,100 MW; and the Tennessee Valley Authority, at about 6,660 MW.
By Ethan Howland • Updated April 17, 2025 -
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New nuclear power could meet 10% of projected data center demand increase by 2035: Deloitte
The April 9 analysis presumes robust deployments over the next 10 years enabled by design, manufacturing and project management innovations that drive down deployment costs.
By Brian Martucci • April 15, 2025 -
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FERC should order PJM to rerun last capacity auction: ratepayer advocates
Separately, Manu Asthana, PJM Interconnection president and CEO, plans to step down from his job at the end of this year, the grid operator said Monday.
By Ethan Howland • April 15, 2025 -
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OpinionThe power industry must oppose Trump’s coal bailout ... again
The executive order threatens to conflict with existing methods for accrediting generators, assessing resource adequacy, securing sufficient generation and setting wholesale prices. It’s also illegal.
By Ari Peskoe • April 11, 2025 -
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DOE agrees to give HALEU to 5 advanced nuclear companies
DOE’s willingness to dip into its own high-assay, low-enriched uranium stockpiles shows it’s serious about supporting next-generation nuclear technology, Nuclear Innovation Alliance Senior Analyst Erik Cothron told Utility Dive.
By Brian Martucci • April 11, 2025 -
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EIA expects more solar capacity, higher power prices
U.S. solar capacity will double in just four years, to 182 GW in 2026, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Thursday.
By Robert Walton • April 11, 2025 -
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OpinionThe AI infrastructure race hits a political reality check
The AI-driven data center boom has created demand for land, electricity and water, a dynamic that has spawned growing opposition from communities, utility grid operators and regulators.
By Joe Brettell and Jeff Berkowitz • April 10, 2025 -
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Trump directs FERC, other agencies to add 5-year sunsets to energy-related regulations
The executive order is “impossible to implement [and] blatantly illegal,” according to Harvard Law School’s Ari Peskoe.
By Ethan Howland • April 10, 2025 -
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PJM, Google partner to speed grid interconnection using AI
The initiative aims to integrate dozens of PJM interconnection-related databases and tools into a unified model of PJM’s network, helping to bring power supplies online faster.
By Ethan Howland • April 10, 2025 -
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Liberty Energy to deploy modular gas-fired ‘power blocks’ at Pennsylvania industrial site
The rapidly deployable systems could support a scalable data center or other large-load industrial client using fuel sourced from the surrounding Marcellus Shale, the company said.
By Brian Martucci • April 9, 2025 -
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Trump aims to boost coal, in part by ordering power plants to stay open
However, the executive orders will likely have little effect on coal-fired generation, according to analysts.
By Ethan Howland • April 9, 2025 -
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Wind and solar generation overtook coal in the US last year: report
While U.S. coal generation has been falling, natural gas surged to set new consumption records, according to climate think tank Ember.
By Diana DiGangi • April 8, 2025 -
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Utilities, state regulators urge FERC to approve MISO’s fast-track interconnection plan
However, independent power producers, former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission members and others said it favors incumbent utilities and should be rejected.
By Ethan Howland • April 8, 2025 -
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US electricity demand will grow 50% by 2050, electrical manufacturer study finds
Data centers and transportation electrification will drive U.S. electricity demand about 2% higher each year for the next quarter century, according to a new analysis completed for the National Electrical Manufacturers Association.
By Robert Walton • April 7, 2025
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