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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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With antitrust settlement, Constellation set to become largest US wholesale power provider
The agreement is the first settlement consent decree the DOJ’s antitrust division has filed in an electricity merger in 14 years. It came days after the U.S. solicitor general urged the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a separate antitrust case against Duke Energy to proceed.
By Ethan Howland • Dec. 8, 2025 -
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US Energy Department offers $134M to boost rare earth recovery projects
Rare earths, a specific critical mineral group of metals, are vital components in advanced manufacturing, defense systems and high-performance magnets used in power generation and electric motors.
By Antone Gonsalves • Dec. 8, 2025 -
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OpinionThe SPEED Act is an opportunity to align permitting policy with grid reality
Reform is overdue, and the House deserves credit for pushing it forward. But Congress should apply it to multistate transmission in its entirety, not in bits and pieces, says Christina Hayes, Grid Action executive director.
By Christina Hayes • Dec. 5, 2025 -
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Rein in CWIP to protect ratepayers from bloated infrastructure costs: report
When utilities use “construction work in progress” accounting, “cost overruns become profit opportunities rather than financial penalties,” the authors of a Manhattan Institute brief said. They pointed to Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion as a prime example.
By Ethan Howland • Dec. 5, 2025 -
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The week in 5 numbers: Wind and solar are what’s for dinner
In other news, the Trump administration has fired shots at “established monopolist” Duke Energy as officials test antitrust tools in power markets, and a fight over capacity auctions highlights the risk of phantom data centers.
By Meris Lutz • Dec. 5, 2025 -
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US added 2 GW of solar in September, putting 2025 ahead of 2024 for new solar generation
Solar accounted for three-quarters of new generation installed so far this year, followed by wind at 13% and gas at 11%.
By Meris Lutz • Dec. 4, 2025 -
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OpinionGoogle just backed carbon capture tech for data center energy providers. Will other tech giants follow?
The fast-growing electricity demands of data centers could be a game-changer for carbon capture technology in the U.S. power sector, say experts from the Payne Institute at the Colorado School of Mines.
By Anna Littlefield, Simon Lomax and Morgan Bazilian • Dec. 4, 2025 -
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US solicitor general tells Supreme Court to reject Duke Energy antitrust appeal
“This appeal arises out of a campaign by an established monopolist to stop a more efficient rival from disturbing its long-dominant hold over a regional energy market,” U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer said.
By Ethan Howland • Dec. 4, 2025 -
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Construction costs continue to climb as prices rise for steel, copper and switchgear
Price volatility is keeping procurement unpredictable for contractors, said Macrina Wilkins, senior research analyst at Associated General Contractors of America.
By Sebastian Obando • Dec. 3, 2025 -
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FERC urged to reject AEP waiver request for PJM capacity sale
It appears American Electric Power’s utilities want to offload capacity they acquired to serve data centers that didn’t materialize, Monitoring Analytics and the PJM Power Providers Group said.
By Ethan Howland • Dec. 2, 2025 -
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MISO begins reviewing 6.1 GW — 70% of it gas — in fast-track interconnection study
The grid operator’s Expedited Resource Addition Study process has grown to 11.2 GW, with an additional 18 GW seeking to join the initiative.
By Ethan Howland • Dec. 2, 2025 -
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Deep DiveUtilities, regulators look to accelerate pilots to achieve speed-to-innovation
Stakeholders say clear cost limits, timelines and parameters for scaling can overcome the inertia of a traditionally risk-averse industry.
By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 1, 2025 -
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Power plants in SPP can expand up to 20% under new FERC-approved fast-track review
Developers must show that the necessary financing and equipment has been secured and that the project can be online within five years.
By Ethan Howland • Dec. 1, 2025 -
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Tariffs continue to weigh on manufacturing as PMI index shows contraction
“We do not see anything on the horizon that’s going to turn the ship until there is more certainty ... with the legality of the tariffs,” said Susan Spence, chair of the ISM’s Manufacturing Business Survey Committee.
By Sara Samora • Dec. 1, 2025
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