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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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LS Power eyes 300-MW colocated data center at Virginia power plant
The plan raises reliability and cost allocation issues, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday.
By Ethan Howland • April 7, 2025 -
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SPP to rely on demand response to help bridge shrinking power supplies: CEO Nickell
“Excess generating capacity is dwindling, and it's dwindling to a point where it's becoming dangerous,” the Southwest Power Pool’s Lanny Nickell said Thursday.
By Ethan Howland • April 4, 2025 -
Largest US gas-fired power plant planned for data centers in Pennsylvania
The 4.5-GW, $10 billion project at the former Homer City coal-fired power plant could start operating by 2027, according to the project’s developers.
By Ethan Howland • April 3, 2025 -
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OpinionA market-based path to unlocking interconnection queues
When a scarce resource like grid access is given away administratively rather than allocated based on economic value, the result is always the same: inefficiency, congestion and delays.
By Terry Harvill and August Ankum • April 2, 2025 -
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PacifiCorp aims to add 4.7 GW renewables, 1.7 GW storage by 2031
Given changing federal policies, the utility company may keep several coal-fired units operating longer than expected, according to its latest resource plan.
By Ethan Howland • April 2, 2025 -
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FERC review of PJM colocation rules for data centers, large loads may extend past mid-year: analysts
“Participants involved in co-location arrangements should pay the costs of any grid services they consume and the arrangements must be reliable and operationally manageable,” PJM told the commission.
By Ethan Howland • April 1, 2025 -
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ISO New England issues transmission RFP to access new wind resources
The grid operator wants to upgrade the transmission system between northern Maine, where wind generation is expected to be built, and demand centers in southern New England.
By Robert Walton • April 1, 2025 -
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OpinionWe asked 100 utility program leaders for their top challenges and opportunities. Here’s what they said.
Grid modernization, growing demand and artificial intelligence are among the top issues facing electric utility leaders, according to an ICF survey.
By Justin Mackovyak • March 31, 2025 -
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US ‘nuclear renaissance’ faces high capital costs, uncertain federal policy support: ICF
Bringing new nuclear “down the cost curve” requires design standardization and continued support from federal clean energy tax credits, the consultancy said in a white paper.
By Brian Martucci • March 31, 2025
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