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New York audits utility AI use, cites risk in ‘growing dependency’
Increasing use of AI systems to manage public utilities creates new risks for critical infrastructure, regulators said.
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Sponsored by SiemensFrom data centers to AI factories: What utilities need to know about the next wave of load growth
The AI boom is here. Can utilities plan fast enough to power it?
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Affordability concerns drive momentum for performance-based ratemaking
Michigan is among the states weighing reforms to rate case planning and utility profits. Experts and stakeholders told Utility Dive what works — and what doesn’t.
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States sue Trump administration, developers over offshore wind lease buyouts
Attorneys general from California and a coalition of Northeastern states accused the federal government of violating several laws and the developers of colluding with the administration.
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Exelon’s climate arm backs grid-planning firm Continuum
“Technologies that help the utility be more efficient in terms of building infrastructure … is a space that we're looking at,” an Exelon executive said.
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OpinionOn clean energy, bigger is not always better
When Congress revisits clean-energy tax policy, lawmakers should restore incentives for locally driven solar and storage projects, writes Edward Yim at Lawyers for Good Government.
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Microgrids must push beyond pilots into everyday grid operations: panel
EPRI’s Jackie Baum says microgrids have to do more than sit idle for emergencies. “The majority of the time, the power is on,” she said, urging utilities to use those resources.
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Deep DiveEfforts to curb data center speculation gain ground across the US
Large-load tariffs and other measures to weed out speculative projects are taking shape. Public backlash to data centers, shifting state-level policies and the utility profit model are complicating those efforts, stakeholders say.
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FERC rejects ComEd’s cancellation of PowerHouse Hillwood data center contract
A 1.8-GW, $20 billion data center planned by PowerHouse Hillwood was underpinned by a $1 letter of credit — “less than the price of a cup of coffee” — that drew skepticism from FERC Commissioner David LaCerte.
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OpinionFERC has options for modernizing PJM’s governance
The commission’s jurisdiction over transmission governance allows it to modify filing-rights allocations and adjust the PJM Interconnection’s nominating committee, writes Harvard Law’s Ari Peskoe.
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Lower energy costs, community benefits drive 30% battery growth rate: RMI
The report arrives as the energy storage industry faces headwinds from tariffs, Treasury regulations and new White House restrictions on foreign-made bulk electrical components.
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North Carolina regulators deny Duke Energy gas turbine request over ‘staggering’ cost, uncertain need
The order called out Duke’s commitment to the White House Ratepayer Protection Pledge, saying the utility had not established the specific extent to which the proposed facility is intended to serve data centers.
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Other New England states back Maine’s RTO adder complaint
The complaint at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is part of a trend of states seeking to end an extra 0.5% return utilities can earn for voluntarily joining a transmission organization.
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California tightens oversight of data center energy use, grid costs
Bills signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom include regulations aimed at ensuring data centers pay for infrastructure needed to serve them and bear a larger share of wildfire mitigation and liability costs.
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OpinionIt’s time for utility bill reform
Programs that serve broad public purposes should be financed through state general funds rather than hidden in your electric bill, writes Marc Brown at the Consumer Energy Alliance.
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Federal judge restores $7B Solar for All program, says EPA illegally axed it
A Trump-appointed judge said the One Big Beautiful Bill Act did not convert the funding into “a lump-sum amount subject to EPA’s discretion.” Defendants acted contrary to Congress’ intent and with “no other statutory authority.”
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Texas PUC adopts softened rules on data center interconnection
The Public Utility Commission of Texas backed off the standards it proposed in March, eliminating a non-refundable interconnection fee and extending energization milestone deadlines.
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New York regulators approve 90-mile transmission line
The $3.3-billion project aims to improve downstate power delivery by 2030. It is being developed by New York Transco and the New York Power Authority.
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Newsom vetoes bill to create California PUC inspector general
On Monday, Newsom signed a package of laws aimed at data centers, including strengthening energy reporting requirements and requiring regulators to create new rate structures.
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Hitachi to double US production of small and medium-sized power transformers
A Mississippi facility will produce transformers in the 10 MVA to 160 MVA range, designed for voltages up to 230 kV. The additional capacity “is expected to help alleviate industry-wide supply constraints,” a Hitachi official told Utility Dive.
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Microsoft ‘preserving its ability’ to challenge data center transmission costs decision
It has until November to formally appeal the Virginia State Corporation Commission’s order to directly assign some costs of transmission. Dominion Energy has an October deadline to propose compliant policy changes.
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Meta, Apex Clean Energy agree to 144-MW Texas solar PPA
Meta will receive “exclusive rights to all environmental attributes associated with energy” from the project, including all renewable energy credits, according to Apex.
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Burlington advances on-site solar strategy across distribution network
The off-price retailer is planning installations at upcoming facilities in Arizona and California, as well as an existing warehouse in Georgia.
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House passes ratepayer protection bill to limit data center cost shifts
The bill would “largely reinforce” a transition that is already underway as more states adopt large-load tariffs and is unlikely to pass the Senate before the midterm elections, according to ClearView Energy Partners.
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Utilities, schools see growing value in electric buses for virtual power plants
By participating in programs that ease grid congestion, school districts can recoup thousands of dollars from the price of electric school buses.
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OpinionTrump is stalling EV adoption. Here’s how states can step up.
While President Trump attacks electric vehicles, a few states are charting a path to expand electric transportation and reduce residents’ costs, writes the Sierra Club's Katherine García.
