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Vistra to buy Cogentrix Energy’s 5.5 GW of gas plants in $4B deal
Cogentrix is indirectly owned by Quantum Capital Group, which purchased it from Carlyle for $3 billion in 2024.
By Diana DiGangi • Jan. 6, 2026 -
DOE orders 446-MW Colorado coal unit to keep running
It will cost about $21 million to run the Craig Unit 1 for 90 days, according to an estimate by Grid Strategies. The unit is offline and requires repairs, Tri-State, one of the plant’s owners, said.
By Ethan Howland • Jan. 6, 2026 -
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ERCOT’s large load queue jumped almost 300% last year
Data centers make up more than 70% of the total. The surge has “outgrown the process that was established for reviewing these large loads,” an Electric Reliability Council of Texas official said.
By Robert Walton • Jan. 6, 2026 -
ISO-NE proposes capacity market overhaul with shift to ‘prompt’ auction
ISO New England aims to switch to buying capacity a month ahead of time instead of three years in advance. This framework would make its load forecasts and other key metrics more accurate, according to the grid operator.
By Ethan Howland • Jan. 5, 2026 -
DOE orders Indiana coal units totaling more than 950 MW to run past retirement dates
The Energy Department’s "emergency” orders affect generating units that Northern Indiana Public Service Co. and CenterPoint Energy planned to shutter on Dec. 31.
By Ethan Howland • Dec. 24, 2025 -
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Senate Democrats end permitting reform talks over offshore wind freeze
The move comes after the Trump administration ordered work to halt on five offshore wind projects totaling 7 GW. The freeze on offshore wind construction “wrecks the trust needed with the executive branch for bipartisan permitting reform,” the senators said.
By Ethan Howland • Dec. 23, 2025 -
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Why the SPEED Act may slow down after passing the House
In January, lawmakers face the expiration of a temporary government funding deal and impending midterms, complicating the bill's advancement. But observers say there is more urgency now than ever before to reform energy infrastructure permitting.
By Ethan Howland • Dec. 22, 2025 -
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OpinionEnergy evolution: Meeting the demands of an AI-powered world
By pairing human expertise with AI-driven insights and forging collaborations across industries, we can build an energy ecosystem that is reliable and affordable for all, EPRI’s Remi Raphael writes.
By Remi Raphael • Dec. 19, 2025 -
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The week in 5 numbers: PJM did it again
In other news, 2025 is shaping up to be another record year for new energy storage installations. With Ford entering the market, the industry expects continued growth, despite some bumps in the road.
By Meris Lutz • Dec. 19, 2025 -
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FERC orders PJM to craft large load colocation rules
The decision is a win for independent power producers with gas-fired and nuclear power plants in the PJM Interconnection, according to Capstone analysts.
By Ethan Howland • Dec. 19, 2025 -
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FERC members raise alarms about PJM failure to meet reliability target
PJM says several factors could close the capacity shortfall, including a new load forecast next month that could be significantly lower than the last due to stricter vetting of potential large loads and a reduced economic outlook.
By Ethan Howland • Dec. 19, 2025 -
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PJM capacity prices hit record high as grid operator falls short of reliability target
A 6.6-GW shortfall could trigger a backstop procurement to bolster PJM’s reserve margin, according to Jefferies analysts.
By Ethan Howland • Dec. 18, 2025 -
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Large load tariffs could streamline interconnection by shrinking queues: Enverus
“Anyone with an acre of land they think they could put a data center on is putting in an interconnection request,” said energy research analyst Adam Robinson.
By Emma Penrod • Dec. 18, 2025 -
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SBTi opens pilot for power sector net-zero standard
The Science Based Targets initiative is looking for companies in the energy industry to test the practicality and usefulness of the draft framework.
By Lamar Johnson • Dec. 17, 2025 -
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DOE orders 730-MW TransAlta coal plant in Washington to keep running
The Department of Energy could issue similar emergency orders for at least five other coal-fired power plants set to shutter at the end of the month, according to Earthjustice.
By Ethan Howland • Dec. 17, 2025 -
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OpinionNew role for nuclear power emerges in New York energy plan
New York’s recently-approved energy plan indicates that new nuclear power plants could lower the cost of reaching a carbon-free power system by 2040, Clean Air Task Force advocates write.
By Kasparas Spokas and John Carlson • Dec. 17, 2025 -
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Power producers ask FERC to reverse MISO’s $280M capacity auction ‘adjustment’
The Midcontinent Independent System Operator faces two complaints over its handling of a software error that affected the results of its last planning resource auction.
By Ethan Howland • Dec. 16, 2025 -
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OpinionCCS generation projects are coming. New ways to track and claim their emissions must follow.
Clean energy buyers need a mechanism to claim the low-carbon attributes of carbon capture and storage to advance this method of reducing CO2 emissions from electric generation, NorthBridge Group experts write.
By Iain Kaplan and Gustaf Michaelsen • Dec. 12, 2025 -
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The week in 5 numbers: DOJ ramps up antitrust action, Texas’ grid growth may slow
Plus, the turbine backlog that isn’t going away.
By Meris Lutz • Dec. 12, 2025 -
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FERC poised to issue decision on colocating large loads in PJM
The agency’s plan to issue an order at its Dec. 18 open meeting is likely a boon for nuclear and gas-fired power plant owners that want to sell electricity to colocated data centers, analysts said.
By Ethan Howland • Dec. 12, 2025 -
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GE Vernova expects to end 2025 with an 80-GW gas turbine backlog that stretches into 2029
CEO Scott Strazik said he expects gas turbine reservations to be sold out through 2030 by the end of 2026. Wind remains the weakest of the company’s three business lines.
By Brian Martucci • Dec. 11, 2025 -
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EIA cuts 2026 power generation forecast by more than a percentage point
The Energy Information Administration revised down its projection based on how much large load electricity demand has come online so far this year, particularly in Texas, “and its implications for near-term growth.”
By Diana DiGangi • Dec. 10, 2025 -
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NextEra aims to build up to 30 GW in data center power supply hubs by 2035
As part of that effort, NextEra Energy Resources and Basin Electric Power Cooperative are working on a 1.5-GW gas-fired project to serve data centers in North Dakota.
By Ethan Howland • Dec. 9, 2025 -
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Corporate buyers have contracted for 20.4 GW of ‘clean’ energy so far this year: CEBA
Clean Energy Buyers Association members are willing to pay their “fair share” to get connected to the grid and have, in many cases, embraced a new class of large load tariffs, CEO Rich Powell said.
By Meris Lutz • Dec. 9, 2025 -
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PJM, others challenge large load interconnection filings at FERC
Power producer and data center trade groups, the PJM Interconnection and utilities urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reject calls for action on the grid operator’s large load rules.
By Ethan Howland • Dec. 9, 2025
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