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Deep DiveVPP vs. VPP: Customer-owned DER aggregators challenge Xcel-owned batteries in Minnesota docket
The Minnesota decision could affect how regulators see virtual power plants nationwide.
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PGE in $1.9B deal to buy PacifiCorp’s Washington utility operations
The deal could yield system resilience, transmission and clean energy investment opportunities as well as new large load customers, Portland General Electric officials said.
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FirstEnergy 5-year spending plan jumps 30%, to $36B, driven by transmission
FirstEnergy is seeking a U.S. Department of Energy loan to pay half of a $2.5 billion gas-fired power plant planned for West Virginia.
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CenterPoint peak load to jump 50% by 2029 — 2 years earlier than previously expected
Demand is growing faster than previously anticipated and is on pace to double CenterPoint’s peak load by the middle of next decade, CEO Jason Wells said.
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Corporate clean energy buying fell globally in 2025, reversing trend: BNEF
“The U.S. is still the largest market, hosting a record 29.5 GW of deals, driven by Big Tech’s pivot to nuclear, hydro and geothermal,” BloombergNEF said.
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OpinionImprove transmission affordability by mending the regulatory gap
A two-pronged approach to planning could target inefficient spending while also spurring investments that promote beneficial transmission, writes Advanced Energy United’s Alex Lawton.
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Health, environmental groups sue EPA over repeal of endangerment finding
California will challenge EPA’s “endangerment finding” repeal in court. The U.S. Conference of Mayors pledges to "fight for policy that addresses climate change with the seriousness that it requires."
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Southeast utilities lag national efficiency averages despite ‘low-hanging fruit’: SACE
In its latest regional efficiency report, the environmental group recommends targeted weatherization, stronger oversight and an end to broad industrial efficiency exemptions.
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CAISO requests input on large load considerations report
“We're getting a lot of questions about how the ISO manages large loads and plans for large loads,” said Danielle Mills, CAISO’s infrastructure policy development principal.
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Efficiency, demand flexibility can meet growing data center loads — and do so cheaply: ACEEE
Large utility programs provide energy efficiency for about $21/MWh, while new combined-cycle gas plants cost at least twice that, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy said.
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OpinionPowering the AI era: Grid technologies for America’s rising energy demand
The electric sector should optimize existing infrastructure while also exploring emerging transmission technologies, writes the Electric Power Research Institute’s Andrew Phillips.
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PJM board approves $11.8B transmission expansion plan
Dominion Energy utility lands $4.8-billion, high-voltage, direct-current underground project in Virginia as NextEra Energy-Exelon is awarded a $1.7-billion project in Pennsylvania.
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Entergy sees traditional and high-tech industrials driving sales growth
The New Orleans-based company’s five regional utilities expect 8% annual sales growth through 2029 as data centers and new heavy industrial projects come online.
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City’s adoption of efficiency metric signals less reliance on third-party building certifications
Developers could still use LEED or other certifications to meet green building goals in Alexandria, Virginia, but the energy use intensity metric gives them an option just focused on efficiency.
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Data center growth has helped PG&E cut rates 11% since 2024, CEO says
But California's “regressive” wildfire policies have become a burden for ratepayers, CEO Patti Poppe said.
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DTE Energy’s 5-year spending plan jumps 20% on data center, reliability investments
The company's 2026-2030 investment plan clocks in at $36.5 billion, up from $30 billion it identified in its 2025-2029 outlook.
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OpinionHidden assets: Why data centers don’t have to be the villain
Conventional wisdom treats data centers as inflexible monsters. That characterization made sense a decade ago, but not now, writes GridX CCO Scott Engstrom.
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CISA seeks critical infrastructure sector input on cyber-incident reporting rule
CISA announced a series of town hall meetings with affected industries about the pending rule. The one for the energy and nuclear sectors is scheduled for March 9.
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Trump administration moves to require 100% domestic materials in EV chargers
Renewable energy advocates say the proposal would further delay the buildout of charging station infrastructure and undermine U.S. competitiveness.
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Treasury issues FEOC guidance, clarifies material assistance cost ratio
The notice offers interim safe harbor guidance for calculating a project or component’s material assistance cost ratio, or MACR, and provides relevant MACR thresholds.
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AEP contracted large load pipeline doubles to 56 GW
American Electric Power’s data center pipeline in Texas surged to 36 GW by the end of December, from 13 GW in the third quarter.
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DOE ‘does not have a plan’ for oversight of billions in energy funds: GAO
Since the IIJA appropriated about $21.5 billion of “no-year appropriations” for clean energy demonstration projects, DOE will “have an ongoing need to solicit and review applications for additional projects,” the U.S. Government Accountability Office said.
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Transmission drives Exelon’s capital spending plan to $41.3B
Exelon has a “line of sight” on $12 billion to $17 billion of transmission buildout over the next 10 years that isn’t included in its current capital plan, a company official said.
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Data centers pursue on-site power as affordability tops utility concerns: BofA
Hyperscalers are looking to secure power fast, “firm and smooth with storage, then layer in solar as the lowest-cost marginal energy,” wrote Bank of America Securities analyst Dimple Gosai.
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OpinionThe rate case for grid resilience: Why climate change isn’t just about storms
Utilities that delay resilience investments hoping that global climate mitigation efforts will reduce the need for local hardening are taking a dangerous gamble, writes Kai Karlstrom, director of solutions engineering at Repath.
