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Load growth can help modernize grid, but cost-shift risks are significant: Concentric
3+ hour, 23+ min ago (413+ words) On-site generation can be an interim solution as projects await full grid interconnection, but "widespread reliance on off'grid systems is not a durable path forward," Concentric said in a new report. Large load customers are an asset for modernizing the…...
Access to real-time electricity data should be a basic consumer right
2+ hour, 53+ min ago (845+ words) The technology exists and the infrastructure is there. What is missing is a clear requirement that customers can see their own electricity use, writes Joel Hicks of the University of Oregon. Joel Hicks is a visiting assistant professor in the…...
Entergy's gas projects are one-third of MISO's fast-track interconnection process
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (513+ words) Roughly 70% of Entergy's proposed capacity additions would serve planned data centers in Louisiana and Mississippi. Entergy power projects " all gas fired " make up nearly a third of the roughly 28 GW in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator's fast-track interconnection queue, according…...
Once you secure SPARK funds for transmission development, what comes next?
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (908+ words) 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. Al Eliasen is president and CEO of "Spatial Business Systems, an AI-enabled design automation…...
Large-load customers can help commercialize new clean energy technology: CEBA
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (13+ words) Utility Dive...
MISO pushes back on utility complaint over competitive transmission bidding
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (824+ words) The grid operator stopped short of asking FERC to approve or deny the proposed changes sought by the utilities. The April 6 complaint at FERC'is the latest effort by incumbent utilities to limit competition in transmission development. It also comes amid…...
Hyperscalers didn't set out to be power companies. The grid left them no choice.
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (1093+ words) The power gap left AI hyperscalers with no alternative but to take on utility-scale obligations and lock up gigawatts of generation, writes Peak Nano CMO Shaun Walsh. Shaun Walsh is chief marketing officer at Peak Nano, an advanced materials manufacturer....
Virginia senator suggests SCC judge recuse from Next Era-Dominion merger
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (309+ words) The Commission as a matter of policy does not comment on current or potential cases," said SCC spokesman Greg Weatherford. We are aware of public interest in this proposal." He noted that the commission makes these determinations public through its…...
Oregon PUC approves PGE's large-load tariff framework for data centers
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (640+ words) 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 growth. Oregon is among the latest states to adopt a large-load tariff aimed at…...
Demand management, data center flexibility boost regional reliability: NERC
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (705+ words) The reliability watchdog dropped its forecast for ERCOT's net internal demand by 3. 7 GW, or 4. 6%, compared to last summer, "because more data centers can be curtailed by grid operators." The reasons for the shifts vary by region, NERC said in its…...