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This week in 5 numbers: Rising demand, rising rates
A wildfire settlement and lengthy transmission timelines are also among the notable numbers in the electric utility sector this week.
By Meris Lutz • Sept. 26, 2025 -
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2.1-GW SOO Green transmission project advances with Iowa agreement
The project developers aim to bring low-cost clean energy from the Midcontinent Independent System Operator into the PJM Interconnection while bolstering grid reliability.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 25, 2025 -
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Deep DiveIs nuclear fusion for real this time? These utilities think so.
Three years after a vital scientific breakthrough, Dominion Energy and the Tennessee Valley Authority have struck deals with nuclear fusion startups. Some experts remain skeptical.
By Brian Martucci • Updated Sept. 26, 2025 -
Retrieved from Summit on the State of PJM Interconnection.
PJM CEO Asthana responds to criticism, says states must address supply challenges
“If our [power] plants run into a hostile siting and permitting regime, they will not get built,” PJM President and CEO Manu Asthana said.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 24, 2025 -
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Analysts see possible early signs of demand growth in EIA’s latest update
Total net electricity generation and retail sales were up 3.8% and 2.6%, respectively, this July compared with the same month last year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
By Meris Lutz • Sept. 24, 2025 -
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OpinionGHG Protocol prioritizes looking good over doing good
The focus of the GHG Protocol should not be to back usage claims about what power a company is consuming, but to measure carbon emissions as accurately as possible, writes Lee Taylor, CEO of REsurety.
By Lee Taylor • Sept. 24, 2025 -
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OpinionCarbon markets are incomplete without nuclear
Major carbon standards do not allow nuclear projects to generate credits, distorting the market, writes Guido Núñez-Mujica, director of data science at the Anthropocene Institute.
By Guido Núñez-Mujica • Sept. 23, 2025 -
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States threaten to leave PJM without expanded role in grid operator
“If PJM refuses to change, we will be forced to go in a different direction,” said Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 23, 2025 -
Utilities are backtracking on climate commitments: Sierra Club
The report named six utility companies reversing course on emissions reductions: Entergy, Duke Energy, Evergy, Cleco, American Electric Power and Arizona Public Service.
By Robert Walton • Updated Sept. 23, 2025 -
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OpinionAI’s electricity demand is a challenge utilities can’t ignore, but subsidies aren’t the solution
Utilities need portfolios that balance renewables and natural gas with long-duration storage, writes Stefan Pastine, CEO of semiconductor materials company Thintronics.
By Stefan Pastine • Sept. 22, 2025 -
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Sponsored by PearsonPowering up: What facilities must do to prepare for the “nuclear renaissance”
The key to a successful “nuclear renaissance”? A resilient workforce. Here’s how facilities can build the nuclear workforce of the future.
Sept. 22, 2025 -
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House passes bill to fast-track dispatchable generation interconnection
Power projects that are shown to address grid reliability needs could jump ahead in interconnection queues under the GRID Power Act.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 19, 2025 -
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New FERC Chairman Rosner outlines priorities: ‘We need to build, build, build.’
At the agency's open meeting, Commissioner Lindsay See highlighted the tension between issuing orders swiftly and ensuring those decisions are “worth their weight” in court.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 19, 2025 -
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DOE seeks comment on large-scale generation, transmission development
The “Speed to Power” initiative could boost grid reliability and affordability, but only if all energy resources are included, said John Moore, director of the Sustainable FERC Project.
By Robert Walton • Updated Sept. 22, 2025 -
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OpinionKeeping America’s lights on: a pragmatic path forward
Policymakers have a vital role in ensuring that a lack of energy does not become America’s Achilles’ heel.
By Brigham McCown • Sept. 18, 2025 -
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Bipartisan House group releases permitting reform ‘framework’
This and other permitting reform efforts — supported by groups like the Edison Electric Institute — come amid rising electric demand and increasing electricity bills.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 18, 2025 -
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Energy-related US CO2 emissions down 20% since 2005: EIA
The Energy Information Administration expects the trend to reverse with a 1% increase in U.S. emissions this year due to electricity generation growth and increased fossil fuel consumption.
By Diana DiGangi • Sept. 17, 2025 -
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Southwest Power Pool approves accelerated large load interconnection policy
The process aims to help the operator address a near-doubling of peak load expected in the next 10 years.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 17, 2025 -
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Blackstone to pay $1B for 620-MW Pennsylvania natural gas plant
The purchase price of about $1,600 per kilowatt appears higher than other recent gas plant acquisitions, though many factors, including the plant’s technology, age and location, likely inform the terms of the deal.
By Diana DiGangi • Sept. 16, 2025 -
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FERC ends effort to update its policy for reviewing gas pipeline, LNG proposals
The Department of Energy directive asking FERC to drop the rulemaking indicates that DOE may take a bigger role in the commission’s policymaking, according to Akin Gump lawyers.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 16, 2025 -
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EPA plan to end GHG reporting would hurt carbon capture efforts: industry coalition
“The long-term success of the carbon management industry … rests on the robust reporting mechanisms in place through the U.S. EPA,” the Carbon Capture Coalition’s Jesse Stolark said.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 15, 2025 -
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OpinionDOE’s emergency orders create a moral hazard
The U.S. Department of Energy’s use of Federal Power Act authority to keep retiring fossil fuel plants online could trigger a vicious cycle that ultimately jeopardizes grid reliability.
By Jennifer Danis • Sept. 12, 2025 -
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Thermal power plants more competitive than clean energy when considering reliability: Vistra CEO
Even so, in the near term Vistra President and CEO Jim Burke expects solar and batteries to do well because they can be built quickly.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 12, 2025 -
Tulane University
Entergy expects data centers to drive 13% near-term annual industrial sales growth: CEO
With new gas-fired generation expected, Entergy faces challenges in meeting its 50% carbon reduction goal for 2030, CEO Drew Marsh said.
By Ethan Howland • Updated Sept. 24, 2025 -
Retrieved from Public Utilities Commission of Texas.
Texas regulators approve 2 Entergy gas plants with $2.4B ‘hard cap’
The new resources are necessary, said PUCT Chair Thomas Gleeson, “but we also have the mandate to protect customers, and I think this accomplishes both.”
By Robert Walton • Sept. 11, 2025
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