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Large-load customers can help commercialize new clean energy technology: CEBA
“In a lot of the partnerships that have been established around some of these technologies, it's really the tech companies that are taking on a lot of the risk,” Priya Barua, CEBA's senior director of utility partnerships and innovation, told Utility Dive.
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Sponsored by EdoHow utilities can add capacity in months, not years
For utilities managing surging electricity demand, a scalable, non-wires approach to expanding grid capacity can be deployed in just a few months.
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Virginia senator suggests SCC judge recuse herself from NextEra-Dominion merger
The state senator also objects to the merger itself, calling it “extremely concerning” in an environment of “rising utility bills and unprecedented grid expansion costs driven largely by hyperscale data center growth.”
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OpinionOnce you secure SPARK funds for transmission development, what comes next?
The success of DOE’s SPARK initiative will depend on how prepared organizations are to execute once the funding arrives, writes Al Eliasen, Spatial Business Systems CEO.
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MISO pushes back on utility complaint over competitive transmission bidding
The grid operator stopped short of taking a position on the complaint itself. States and consumer advocates oppose it, while at least one major data center company supports it.
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Oregon PUC approves PGE’s large-load tariff framework for data centers
The order shifts more infrastructure costs and interconnection obligations to hyperscale customers while positioning Oregon’s 2025 POWER Act as an early test of how states manage AI-driven load growth.
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Demand management, data center flexibility boost regional reliability: NERC
The reliability watchdog dropped its forecast for ERCOT’s net internal demand by 3.7 GW, or 4.6%, compared with last summer, “because more data centers can be curtailed by grid operators when needed to prevent grid emergencies.”
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OpinionHyperscalers didn’t set out to be power companies. The grid left them no choice.
The power gap left hyperscalers with no alternative but to take on utility-scale obligations and lock up gigawatts of generation, writes Peak Nano CMO Shaun Walsh.
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Data center firm DigitalBridge in $1.1B deal to buy ArcLight
The deal reflects the “convergence of power, AI, and digital infrastructure,” the companies said. ArcLight owned about 20.8 GW as of June.
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Competitive transmission projects come online faster than incumbent projects in 4 regions: R Street
Completed competitive transmission projects are also about 30% less expensive than comparable incumbent utility projects, according to a report from the think tank.
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US energy storage installations hit Q1 record, up 32% year over year: SEIA
The clean energy trade group projects 613 GWh of deployment by 2030 thanks to robust data center demand. But federal policy gridlock threatens the industry’s trajectory, it said.
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OpinionWhat the streaming wars can teach utilities about the AI data center boom
Utilities can avoid making the same mistakes major studios made in the Netflix era, but only if they view the AI boom as a systemwide modernization challenge rather than an overflowing queue of individual projects, writes Abbey O’Brien at Ulteig.
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Net electricity generation jumped 4.5% in March as the West baked under record heat
Residential sales fell 0.1% year over year while residential prices soared 10.2% in the same period, to 18.8 cents/kWh, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said.
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CAISO recommends 38 transmission projects costing around $6.7B
More than half of the projects are driven by forecasted load growth, marking an evolution in transmission planning from an emphasis on accessing low-cost renewables to “now also reliably meeting growing customer demand,” CAISO said.
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New Mexico regulators approve SPS’ $9B, gas-heavy resource plan
The approved portfolio includes about 3.8 GW of new capacity, anchored by 2,088 MW of gas generation, along with 1,100 MW of wind, 189 MW of solar and 472 MW/1.9 GWh of battery storage.
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OpinionHow Illinois’ energy policy blueprint can address affordability, reliability
By betting on efficiency, storage, long-term energy planning and grid flexibility, the Illinois’ Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act offers a blueprint for the state’s energy future, Vote Solar’s John Delurey writes.
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AEP, other Ohio utilities could own nuclear power plants under state bill
The Ohio Manufacturers’ Association opposes the bill, saying it would give utilities a path back into the generation business with customers bearing the financial risks.
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Enbridge, Meta to build 365-MW solar/200-MW storage project
Enbridge expects to invest $1.2 billion into the Wyoming project’s construction and anticipates that it will enter service by the end of 2027.
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US summer generating capacity increases by 75 GW since 2025: FERC
Capacity additions include about 26 GW in Texas, 13 GW in the Western Electric Coordinating Council region and 11 GW in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator market, FERC said.
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OpinionPuerto Rico’s power grid is ‘suspended between two realities,’ top utility regulator says
Affordability, reliability and the need to restore public confidence almost a decade after Hurricane Maria are top concerns, writes PREB Chairman Edison Avilés.
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FERC Commissioner Chang is ‘not thinking about’ breaking up PJM
“I'm interested in the successful continued operation of PJM, but definitely I want to help them get through this period,” FERC Commissioner Judy Chang told Utility Dive. She called the proposed NextEra-Dominion merger “interesting.”
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New Mexico regulators scrutinize Blackstone-TXNM stock trade in merger review
Consumer and renewable energy advocates say the stock transaction gave Blackstone an early stake in TXNM Energy before regulators could negotiate acquisition-related conditions or customer protections. The companies deny wrongdoing.
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76% of Americans want stronger utility oversight
A poll from consumer advocacy group PowerLines found broad distrust of elected officials and limited understanding of utilities’ business models. Experts told Utility Dive the disconnect could worsen.
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Financing for California’s signature virtual power plant remains uncertain
Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed funding the Demand Side Grid Support program through this year before moving participants to a separate, utility-run framework. Clean energy groups call the proposal costly and counterproductive.
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OpinionNuclear fuel is the weak link in US energy security: Centrus CMO
America must rebuild its nuclear fuel supply chain to reduce geopolitical risk, writes Centrus Energy CMO John Donelson. “No one company can do it alone.”
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In-state geothermal could save California $44B annually: CATF
The Clean Air Task Force estimates that enhanced geothermal deployment could reduce the state’s need to expand interregional transmission by as much as 53%.
