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The Clean Air Task Force estimates that the state’s need to expand interregional transmission could be reduced by 28% to 53% through enhanced geothermal deployment.

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.

“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.”

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.

Enbridge expects to invest $1.2 billion into the project's construction, with 365 megawatts of solar and 200 MW of battery capacity it anticipates will enter service by the end of 2027.

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.

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 when needed to prevent grid emergencies.”

“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.”

“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.

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.