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  • Rendering of the Project Cosmo data center in Laramie County, Wyoming.
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    FERC rejects Tri-State’s large load tariff over retail jurisdiction issues

    The decision comes as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is considering a U.S. Department of Energy proposal for interconnecting data centers and other large loads to the grid.

    By • Oct. 29, 2025
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    US partners with Westinghouse, Cameco and Brookfield on $80B nuclear deployment

    Westinghouse AP1000 reactors will be utilized in a national deployment that will create more than 100,000 construction jobs, the companies said.

    By • Oct. 28, 2025
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    Trendline

    Electricity Supply and Demand

    After nearly two decades of flat demand, U.S. electricity consumption reached an all-time high in 2024 and is expected to continue rising. This trendline brings together the best of Utility Dive’s coverage of emerging trends in supply and demand and the decisions being made today that will impact the power system for years to come. 

    By Utility Dive staff
  • Technicians from Yingli Solar work in the final preparations of solar cells used for solar panels at the company's headquarters on December 4, 2014 in Baoding, Hebei Province.
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    OpenAI warns White House of China’s energy dominance

    China will account for nearly 60% of global renewables growth in the next five years, according to the International Energy Agency.

    By • Oct. 28, 2025
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    Opinion

    Maryland should resist rewriting utility monopoly laws

    The state should embrace competition, innovation and accountability from power distributors, generators and utility regulators, writes Adam Dubitsky, state director for the Land & Liberty Coalition of Maryland.

    By Adam Dubitsky • Oct. 28, 2025
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    Google-NextEra, Santee Cooper announcements signal new life for defunct nuclear projects

    “Restarting a once fully operational plant is the fastest path to unlock large-scale nuclear power to meet AI growth in the near-term,” Google said Monday.

    By • Oct. 28, 2025
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    Kentucky utility, AG challenge PJM’s regional cost allocation plan for DOE ‘emergency’ orders

    Load-serving entities shouldn’t be required to pay for costs they didn’t cause, East Kentucky Power Cooperative and Kentucky’s attorney general told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

    By • Oct. 28, 2025
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    Residential electricity prices up more than 6% in August: EIA

    Developers, analysts and policy professionals see growing cause for concern as costs rise. 

    By • Oct. 27, 2025
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    Surging load growth requires flexibility, new approaches: FERC’s See

    “There's a pretty broad range, in my view, of what ‘just and reasonable’ can be, especially when we have new situations and urgency,” FERC Commissioner Lindsay See said.

    By • Oct. 27, 2025
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    US electric utilities entering investment ‘super-cycle,’ says Morningstar DBRS

    U.S. electric utilities will spend $1.4 trillion from 2025 to 2030, the firm said. They face challenges around data center demand forecasting, rising rates and regulatory lag.

    By • Oct. 27, 2025
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    The week in 5 numbers: The electricity price report everyone is talking about

    Plus utility identity fraud, turbine backlogs and more.

    By • Oct. 24, 2025
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    Opinion

    Gas reliance will worsen the energy affordability crisis

    Utilities and regulators should consider other options before investing in gas plants and making customers pay the inflated price, writes Cassady Craighill, technical education director at GridLab.

    By Cassady Craighill • Oct. 23, 2025
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    NERC president warns of ‘five-alarm fire’ for grid reliability

    “The reliability of the power grid remains extremely high, but, paradoxically, the risks to reliability continue to mount,” the North American Electric Reliability Corp.’s Jim Robb told federal regulators.

    By • Oct. 22, 2025
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    FERC rejects NV Energy plan to allow free exit from interconnection study

    Geothermal projects have surged to 3.3 GW in NV Energy’s interconnection queue, which grew 30% in the last three months.

    By • Oct. 21, 2025
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    NorthWestern plans ‘large load’ tariff for Montana data centers

    Advocates say the utility plans to serve at least three data centers that could scale up to a load of 2,250 MW — nearly twice its current peak. NorthWestern said it is in talks with potential data center customers but has no agreements.

    By • Oct. 21, 2025
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    Residential electricity prices surge ahead of C&I rates: Berkeley Lab

    State behind-the-meter policies and renewable portfolio standards appear to increase electricity prices, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers said.

    By • Oct. 20, 2025
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    The week in 5 numbers: DOE backs transmission, Amazon’s dozen nuclear reactors

    Plus a group of solar projects in Nevada face uncertainty and California funds offshore wind.

    By • Oct. 17, 2025
  • Tennessee Valley Authority President and CEO Don Moul celebrates a deal with Type One Energy to develop a fusion reactor at TVA's Bull Run site, a former coal plant.
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    DOE releases nuclear fusion road map, aiming for deployment in 2030s

    “The exceptional materials degradation caused by large quantities of fusion neutrons is one of the single largest factors limiting the economics and safety of fusion energy,” DOE said.

    By • Oct. 17, 2025
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    FERC orders MISO to clarify how merchant projects will be included in transmission planning

    Also, the agency aims to issue a colocation decision this year while its staffing has plunged 11%, FERC Chairman David Rosner said Thursday at an open meeting.

    By • Oct. 17, 2025
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    Washington nuclear facility will deploy 12 Amazon-funded SMRs

    The plant’s three 320-MW sections will together comprise a 960-MW plant within the space of a few city blocks, Amazon said.

    By • Oct. 16, 2025
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    21 Democratic House members press PJM for interconnection reforms

    The lawmakers called on the PJM Interconnection to bolster rules for energy storage and grid-enhancing technologies while considering options such as “connect and manage.”

    By • Oct. 16, 2025
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    Opinion

    How community benefits agreements can reduce project delivery risk

    Working with communities to develop energy or other projects can help developers deliver on-time and on-budget, and with a strong foundation of local support.

    By Sameera Fazili, Pronita Gupta and Doug Bloch • Oct. 15, 2025
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    PJM’s market monitor urges FERC to review Amazon data center’s effect on costs, reliability

    The issue centers on an unprecedented agreement between PECO Energy and Amazon Data Services that aims to protect utility customers from costs related to a planned data center complex in Pennsylvania.

    By • Oct. 15, 2025
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    FERC approves SPP ‘provisional load’ interconnection review process

    With 26.4 GW in large load study requests since 2020, the Southwest Power Pool is developing options for data centers, manufacturing plants and other loads to connect to the grid.

    By • Oct. 14, 2025
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    New York City could face power reliability issues beginning next year: ISO

    “The NYISO’s findings should be alarming to residents and serve as another wake up call for the state,” said Gavin Donohue, president of the Independent Power Producers of New York.

    By • Oct. 14, 2025
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    Deep Dive

    Grid planners and experts on why markets keep choosing renewables

    “If natural gas was the cheapest option to meet the peak, the markets would select it,” said Sean Kelly, co-founder and CEO of forecast provider Amperon and a former energy analyst.

    By • Oct. 9, 2025