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

DTECH 2026: 5 observations ahead of the biggest grid event of the year

Ahead of DTECH 2026, power systems pioneers OATI share vision for taking utilities Into the Future with AI, DERMS and advanced controls.

By Jerry Dempsey, Executive Vice President, OATI • Dec. 8, 2025

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AI in the Power Sector

Artificial intelligence is uniquely positioned to impact the electricity industry from both ends: as the technology driving large load demand growth and as a tool with the potential to make the power system more efficient. 

By Utility Dive staff

The 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

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

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

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

Utilities, 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

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

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

[Podcast] How Utilities Are Planning for Demand

This podcast explores how utilities are meeting rising power demand with smart planning and strategies for the grid of tomorrow.

By Utility Dive's studioID • Updated Dec. 1, 2025

Residential electricity prices continue rise, up 7.4% in September: EIA

Some industry sources say the rise in prices is a function of generation capacity constraints, while others cite transmission and fuel costs. No one sees a near-term solution. 

By Meris Lutz • Nov. 26, 2025

Data centers are breaking the old grid. Let AI build the new one.

Utilities that embrace artificial intelligence will set reliability and affordability standards for decades to come, writes Hari Vasudevan, founder and CEO of KYRO AI.

By Hari Vasudevan • Nov. 26, 2025

No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor

The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.

By Ethan Howland • Nov. 26, 2025

NIPSCO to supply 3 GW to Amazon data centers in northern Indiana

Northern Indiana Public Service Co. and an affiliate expect to spend about $7 billion on 2.6 GW of gas, 400 MW of storage and transmission — to be paid for by Amazon.

By Ethan Howland • Nov. 25, 2025

DOE large load interconnection proposal sparks federal-state jurisdiction concerns

State regulators, lawmakers and ratepayer advocates voiced alarm over the department’s interconnection proposal, while the Data Center Coalition offered qualified support.

By Ethan Howland • Nov. 24, 2025

FERC approves PECO-Amazon data center transmission agreement

The pact raises “significant questions” about how the agency and states will protect existing customers from the costs of adding large loads to the grid, FERC Commissioner Judy Chang warned.

By Ethan Howland • Nov. 24, 2025

Planning smarter: How utilities are rewriting the next decade of grid reliability

Utilities are using automation to do the impossible: more studies, same resources.

By Chris Ariante, CEO @ Nira Energy • Nov. 17, 2025

Former FERC commissioners urge Supreme Court to uphold agency independence

“Overturning Humphrey’s Executor would bulldoze the structural supports that Congress built into ratemaking commissions to protect its price-setting power from abuse,” former FERC commissioners said.

By Ethan Howland • Nov. 14, 2025

The week in 5 numbers: Electricity prices extend rise, regulators rein in data centers

Meanwhile, new renewable generation projects continue to face delays and cancellations.

By Meris Lutz • Nov. 14, 2025

FERC dismisses cost allocation complaint over ‘self-planned’ AEP transmission projects

Kentucky Power is part of a broader transmission network of American Electric Power utilities and therefore benefits from those utilities’ local transmission projects, FERC said.

By Ethan Howland • Nov. 12, 2025

Kansas, Michigan regulators approve large load rules for Evergy, Consumers Energy

The new rules, plus proposed legislation in Delaware, aim to ensure that existing utility customers don’t pay costs related to interconnecting data centers and manufacturers.

By Ethan Howland • Nov. 10, 2025

After rate case, Con Edison Q3 electric revenues up 10.6% on flat sales

New York City’s electric and gas utility has proposed a $17 billion, three-year spending plan that includes new substations, transmission lines and storm resiliency measures.

By Robert Walton • Nov. 10, 2025

Southwest Power Pool to develop 765-kV regional transmission ‘backbone’

SPP's board of directors approved $8.6 billion in projects, including some of the highest-voltage power lines in the United States. “Simply adding new generation will not resolve the challenges” facing the grid, it said. 

By Robert Walton • Nov. 7, 2025

Our laws must catch up to data centers’ rising power

Data center power demand could bring about a transformation in the U.S. energy system, or it could spike prices as polluting emissions rise, write energy scholars Alexandra Klass and Dave Owen.

By Alexandra Klass and Dave Owen • Nov. 7, 2025

US manufacturing dips despite improved demand: PMI

Production deteriorated after expanding in September as tariffs and policy uncertainty continue to raise concerns and weigh on manufacturers across industries.

By Nathan Owens • Nov. 6, 2025