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    Top electric power sector and utility conferences in 2027

    Utility Dive’s curated list of notable events where energy professionals will gather to exchange ideas, demonstrate novel approaches and network for a new era of grid modernization.

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    Utilities need to become project developers. Are they ready?

    Load growth is surging 50x faster than before. Can utilities scale fast enough to meet demand?

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    Mitsubishi Electric seeks to expand North American grid foothold

    In August, the Japanese conglomerate said it would spend $1.4 billion to buy PCI Energy Solutions, whose platform manages about 60% of U.S. power generation.

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    Exelon eyes $8B in energy storage, in part to address PJM supply crunch

    President and CEO Calvin Butler said the grid operator isn’t adding generation fast enough, but the utility’s plan to invest in energy storage and transmission can help address the issue.

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    Dominion sees $137M net income boost from rate increase

    Chairman, President and CEO Bob Blue said during a third-quarter earnings call that the company “benefited from better-than-budgeted sales, better-than-normal weather” and “strong overall financial and operational execution.”

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    Xcel Energy rolls out $70B, 5-year capital plan focused on renewables

    “We believe that we can, in fact, protect the planet” while serving growing demand, CEO Bob Frenzel said. The spending plan includes 9.2 GW of renewables and 2.3 GW of storage.

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    Lack of wildfire reform is having ‘dire and escalating impacts’: SCE

    “While we remain confident that California policymakers will ultimately take action, delay into 2027 will have significant and costly consequences,” said Edison International CEO Pedro Pizarro.

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    Opinion

    States must take a critical eye to gas plants proposed over clean energy

    The key question for regulators is no longer whether utilities can simply find a reason to install another gas turbine, write experts from Environmental Defense Fund and Minnesota’s CURE.

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    Chinese-linked solar developer loses appeal over Texas grid interconnection

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit said Texas has a “free lane” to enforce restrictions on foreign-owned companies’ access to the state’s electric grid in a ruling that could have implications for other states and market participants.

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    Hitachi’s nuclear revenue rises as SMR delivery date approaches

    The bulk of the Japanese conglomerate’s Energy segment business is in electrical grid equipment. Sales are strong, but inflation and long delivery timelines bear watching, company executives said.

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    GE Vernova in $9B deal to buy high-voltage manufacturer as gas turbine orders slow

    The acquisition of Trench Group will help GE Vernova capitalize on rising electricity demand, company executives said.

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    AEP increases investment plan 30% on generation, transmission spending

    American Electric Power’s contracted large loads jumped 22%, to 84 GW, mainly on a 10.4-GW data center in Ohio being developed by SB Energy, company officials said Wednesday.

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    FirstEnergy data center pipeline increases to 26 GW in Q3

    Two FirstEnergy utilities reserved combined-cycle turbines for a 1.2-GW data center-focused project in West Virginia and issued a solicitation for an additional 3 GW, company officials said.

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    Data center purchases of electrical equipment up 80% since 2025: Hubbell

    A temporary shortage of meter components should be fully resolved by the end of the year, the electrical equipment supplier said in its third-quarter earnings call.

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    BAAJA gives federal regulators ‘bigger hammer’ to break transmission blocks

    “I think the cost-sharing elements are by far probably the most important part of this bill,” Rep. Josh Harder, D-Calif., told Utility Dive. “My hope is that can unlock a lot more collaboration as opposed to ... folks pointing the finger at each other.”

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    California utilities, aggregators and customers to benefit from new DER laws: advocates

    One aggregator called device-level telemetry the “keystone” to extract value from multiple distributed energy resources behind the same meter.

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    CMS Energy CEO predicts data center ‘progress’ after midterms

    Garrick Rochow blamed political “spin” for permitting setbacks in an earnings call. He did not address the more than $300 million the utility says it has spent to keep an aging coal plant running under DOE ‘emergency’ orders.

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    FERC approves tougher MISO penalties for nonperforming demand-side resources

    Two Federal Energy Regulatory Commission members urged parties to monitor the rules in case they drive well-performing demand response and behind-the-meter resources out of the Midcontinent grid operator’s market.

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    DOE announces $10.1B in loans to Constellation, Alliant, for 3.7 GW

    Both loan packages could be used to finance uprates at existing generation facilities, which Energy Secretary Chris Wright called “commonsense” energy policy.

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    BNEF ups US energy storage deployment forecast by 30%

    Hyperscalers’ interest in on-site and nearby energy storage has converted into firm orders this year, the global energy consultancy said last week in its latest industry outlook.

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    CenterPoint expands 10-year capital plan by $4B to handle load growth

    The Houston-based utility’s investment plan through 2035 stands at almost $71 billion, and the company is accelerating some investments to support growing customer demand.

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    PJM urges FERC to dismiss Mon Power ‘fishing expedition’ seeking to recoup $145M

    FirstEnergy’s Monongahela Power contends that the PJM Interconnection’s advanced scheduling of gas-fired power plants during Winter Storm Fern may have violated the grid operator’s rules.

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    Reliability standards for AI data centers, crypto miners move closer to adoption

    NERC’s Board of Trustees on Monday voted to adopt reliability standards for AI data centers and other computational loads. The proposed rules now go to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for approval.

    Updated Oct. 27, 2026
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    Capacity, clarity, cash and compliance: the 4 C’s of electric co-op funding success

    Compliance is where cooperative utilities tend to struggle the most, and the latest federal funding programs have introduced even tougher terms, writes Fedsprout CEO Aalap Shah.

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    CISA promises proactive critical infrastructure defense in new strategic plan

    Supply-chain security receives special attention in the plan, with CISA promising to “develop data-driven guidance and best practices” related to third-party dependencies. AI is mentioned only briefly.

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    Clean energy groups, states oppose MISO’s large load-generation study plan

    The grid operator’s proposed fast-track study process for large loads with generation lacks ratepayer protections and favors vertically integrated utilities over independent power producers, critics said.

    Updated Oct. 26, 2026