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    FERC urged to reject TeraWulf’s power plant purchase due to undisclosed Google ownership stake

    The purchase is part of TeraWulf’s plan to develop a major data center at a power plant site in Maryland.

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    Low customer trust is quietly undermining utility digital payment programs

    Utilities that fail to address consumers' biggest areas of distrust are seeing measurable drops in online payment adoption — and the operational costs are adding up.

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    Trump adjusts metal tariffs, sets 15% rate for some electrical grid equipment

    Under the new rules, which go into effect April 6, goods made almost entirely of aluminum, steel or copper will still face a 50% tariff. Derivative products will be subject to 25%. 

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    Opinion

    Greenhouse Gas Protocol changes can bring trust back to climate accounting

    Common claims of 100% reliance on wind and solar are clearly at odds with the physical reality of companies’ electricity supply, writes Wilson Ricks at the Clean Air Task Force.

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    Solar installations fell 22% in 2025: FERC

    “As developers shifted their focus towards safe harbor strategies, there was less urgency to bring late-stage projects online by year end,” the Solar Energy Industries Association said in a March report.

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    Opinion

    State utility laws are the primary barrier to Trump’s AI ratepayer protection pledge

    The best way to leverage the pledge’s supply commitment is to accelerate the nationwide momentum to give business customers retail choice, write Devin Hartman and Kent Chandler of the R Street Institute.

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    Rooftop solar reaches 20% of Puerto Rico’s generation mix

    Rooftop solar capacity in Puerto Rico reached around 1.5 GW in 2025, passing natural gas and becoming the territory’s second-largest generation source, according to the Energy Information Administration.

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    PECO seeks $429M rate hike, partly to reduce power outages

    PECO’s capital expenditure to net plant ratio is higher than that of 16 peer utilities, indicating a higher risk level, said a Brattle Group representative who testified in support of the rate request.

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    National Grid, GridCARE partnership could cut ‘time to power’ for large loads in New York

    The initiative aims to boost grid utilization and keep bills in check in a region that has drawn high-profile data center and advanced manufacturing projects.

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    Reject Talen-Energy Capital power plant deal, PJM market monitor tells FERC

    Power plant owners are consolidating generation in the PJM Interconnection, which could drive up electricity and capacity prices, Monitoring Analytics told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

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    Texas opens $350M advanced nuclear grant program

    "Texas is streamlining the nuclear regulatory environment and making investments to spur a flourishing nuclear energy ecosystem,” said Gov. Greg Abbott.

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    Opinion

    California approved a gas pipeline solution. Now comes the hard part.

    SB 1221 offers a rare opportunity to align climate action with lower bills and prudent spending of ratepayer dollars, writes Jalal Awan at The Utility Reform Network.

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    Forecast uncertainty tempers a banner 2025 for US energy storage: reports

    Uncertainty around future load growth, federal guidance on foreign-sourced battery materials and other policy issues could shift deployment up to 52 GW by 2031, Wood Mackenzie said last week.

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    Expect retail electricity prices to rise further: LBNL/Brattle

    Record investor-owned utility rate increase requests and approvals last year “suggest additional near-term price increases absent policy/market actions,” according to an analysis.

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    Opinion

    Rebuttal: Coal plants are reliable and cost-competitive

    Michelle Bloodworth, president and CEO of America's Power, which represents the U.S. coal fleet and its supply chain, pushes back on assertions that coal power should be replaced by renewables.

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    Large load tariffs proliferate as states take more active role in data center regulation

    In 2025, state regulators approved 29 large load tariffs, and more are on the way. Experts say it’s too soon to know if the tariffs are working as intended, but utilities should prepare for tougher scrutiny amid affordability concerns.

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    ArcLight in deal to buy 2.2 GW from InfraBridge, mainly gas

    The transaction would give the private equity firm an additional 1.1 GW in the PJM Interconnection, where it owns about 9.7 GW, according to an application at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

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    Oncor, LCRA propose up to 244 miles of 765-kV Texas transmission

    The proposal supports Texas’ effort to build a network of high-voltage transmission lines to serve growing demand in the Permian Basin.

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    BofA upgrades Ørsted outlook, cites diminishing offshore wind risk from Trump

    Bank of America analyst Peter Bisztyga said the risks facing Ørsted’s U.S. projects "have significantly diminished in the last few weeks."

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    Opinion

    AI data centers are stressing power infrastructure. Storage is the answer.

    No one wants to admit that a power system designed for normal data center behavior is struggling under AI behavior, writes TerraFlow Energy Chief Marketing Officer Amanda Simonian.

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    AMP, ratepayer advocates oppose ROE, rates proposed for $1.1B AEP-FirstEnergy transmission project

    The proposed rates fail to protect ratepayers from data center-driven transmission costs, the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

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    Ameren begins testing dynamic line rating technology

    A pilot with Heimdall Power anticipates 30 sensor units that clamp directly onto transmission lines to monitor real-time conditions. Ameren said 15 have already been deployed to some of its most congested lines.

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    Generation declined 0.7% year over year in January while prices went up 9.5%

    In the Northeast, January generation increased 8.2% year over year due to cooler temperatures. But most of the country saw temperatures near average, above average, or — in the West — significantly above average. 

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    Opinion

    Before we build more gas pipelines, we need better data

    Building energy infrastructure takes years, billions of dollars and massive political capital. Better data costs a fraction of that, write researchers at three universities.

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    Winter Storm Fern highlighted need for expanded interregional transmission, Senate hears

    Some regions saw prices of hundreds of dollars per megawatt-hour, while neighboring areas experienced negative power prices. “There was power not being used at all because the transmission was not available,” said Liza Reed of the Niskanen Center think tank.

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    PJM data center colocation plan takes fire from Vistra, data center group, others

    “Even a customer that brings sufficient co-located generation to meet its load cannot avoid curtailment risk,” the Data Center Coalition told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. “It is unclear why a customer would pursue this pathway at all.”