Making flexibility work: A concrete framework for the DOE large load proposal

The proposal for interconnecting data centers to the grid calls for load flexibility but gives few details. Former FERC Commissioner Allison Clements and Miles Farmer and Sam Walsh of Roselle LLP fill in the blanks.

By Allison Clements, Miles Farmer and Sam Walsh • Nov. 6, 2025

PSEG could offer lower rates to New Jersey’s incoming governor: equity analysts

Public Service Enterprise Group is ready to work with the new administration to keep rates down and find ways to add power supplies in the state, PSEG’s CEO Ralph LaRossa said.

By Ethan Howland • Nov. 6, 2025

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Power demand is rising amid dramatic shifts in federal energy policy, but technology and markets continue to push the grid toward cleaner, more distributed resources. 

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Exelon’s advanced data center pipeline grows to 18 GW

The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor continues to call for a review of how a PECO Energy-Amazon data center agreement would affect power costs and reliability.

By Ethan Howland • Nov. 5, 2025

SPP proposes landmark merger of transmission planning, interconnection processes

The “consolidated planning process” it proposed at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will make it easier to bring new power supplies online, the Southwest Power Pool said.

By Ethan Howland • Nov. 4, 2025

Data centers as engines of economic growth

Regulators should create pathways for utilities to test, scale and recover costs for forward-looking solutions that meet new economic demands, writes Jeff Jakubiak, a partner at Vinson & Elkins.

By Jeff Jakubiak • Oct. 31, 2025

The week in 5 numbers: Rising power prices amid a utility ‘super-cycle’ spending spree

Plus the federal government makes moves on nuclear development and large load interconnection.

By Meris Lutz • Oct. 31, 2025

A hydrogen ‘do-over’ for California

Getting hydrogen to work as an energy resource will require broadening the type of hydrogen we can live with, writes Melanie Davidson, former head of clean fuels strategy at San Diego Gas & Electric.

By Melanie Davidson • Oct. 30, 2025

In an era of rising rates, policies to strengthen power system flexibility can lower costs

The right policies can provide grid flexibility, which reduces demand-driven rate spikes and protects consumers while allowing utilities to build out the grid, experts say.

By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 29, 2025

FERC rejects Tri-State’s large load tariff over retail jurisdiction issues

The decision comes as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is considering a U.S. Department of Energy proposal for interconnecting data centers and other large loads to the grid.

By Ethan Howland • Oct. 29, 2025

US partners with Westinghouse, Cameco and Brookfield on $80B nuclear deployment

Westinghouse AP1000 reactors will be utilized in a national deployment that will create more than 100,000 construction jobs, the companies said.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 28, 2025

Maryland should resist rewriting utility monopoly laws

The state should embrace competition, innovation and accountability from power distributors, generators and utility regulators, writes Adam Dubitsky, state director for the Land & Liberty Coalition of Maryland.

By Adam Dubitsky • Oct. 28, 2025

Google-NextEra, Santee Cooper announcements signal new life for defunct nuclear projects

“Restarting a once fully operational plant is the fastest path to unlock large-scale nuclear power to meet AI growth in the near-term,” Google said Monday.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 28, 2025

Kentucky utility, AG challenge PJM’s regional cost allocation plan for DOE ‘emergency’ orders

Load-serving entities shouldn’t be required to pay for costs they didn’t cause, East Kentucky Power Cooperative and Kentucky’s attorney general told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

By Ethan Howland • Oct. 28, 2025

What utilities need to get right to scale generative AI

To use artificial intelligence safely and at scale, utilities need to start with the right architecture, define a data strategy and build the right compliance foundations, write Vijay Narayan and Syama Sundar Peesapati of Cognizant.

By Vijay Narayan and Syama Sundar Peesapati • Oct. 27, 2025

Residential electricity prices up more than 6% in August: EIA

Developers, analysts and policy professionals see growing cause for concern as costs rise. 

By Meris Lutz • Oct. 27, 2025

Surging load growth requires flexibility, new approaches: FERC’s See

“There's a pretty broad range, in my view, of what ‘just and reasonable’ can be, especially when we have new situations and urgency,” FERC Commissioner Lindsay See said.

By Ethan Howland • Oct. 27, 2025

US electric utilities entering investment ‘super-cycle,’ says Morningstar DBRS

U.S. electric utilities will spend $1.4 trillion from 2025 to 2030, the firm said. They face challenges around data center demand forecasting, rising rates and regulatory lag.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 27, 2025

Reimagining the utility operating model for a digital future

Reimagine your digital operating model to elevate customer experience and drive transformation.

By Michael Menendez, Senior Partner, Energy & Utilities, West Monroe • Oct. 27, 2025

Trump taps Swett to lead FERC

Under Republican Laura Swett’s leadership, FERC can “strengthen market design and unlock billions in private investment to meet record demand,” said EPSA President and CEO Todd Snitchler.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 24, 2025

FirstEnergy expects peak load to grow 45% by 2035 on data centers

In the first nine months this year, electric sales grew 1% from the same period in 2024 but were essentially flat on a weather-adjusted basis. The company anticipates “more meaningful” increases starting in the fourth quarter.

By Ethan Howland • Oct. 24, 2025

The week in 5 numbers: The electricity price report everyone is talking about

Plus utility identity fraud, turbine backlogs and more.

By Meris Lutz • Oct. 24, 2025

$1.6B in clean energy investments were rolled back in September: E2

More than $24 billion in clean energy investment has been withdrawn so far this year, according to E2. The group said $11 billion in new projects were announced over the same period.

By Diana DiGangi • Oct. 23, 2025

Gas reliance will worsen the energy affordability crisis

Utilities and regulators should consider other options before investing in gas plants and making customers pay the inflated price, writes Cassady Craighill, technical education director at GridLab.

By Cassady Craighill • Oct. 23, 2025

PJM poised to add more storage following surplus interconnection reform

The grid operator’s new fast-track interconnection review is dominated by gas but also includes about 2.3 GW of storage projects that could be online much sooner.

By Ethan Howland • Oct. 23, 2025

NERC president warns of ‘five-alarm fire’ for grid reliability

“The reliability of the power grid remains extremely high, but, paradoxically, the risks to reliability continue to mount,” the North American Electric Reliability Corp.’s Jim Robb told federal regulators.

By Ethan Howland • Oct. 22, 2025