Ethan Howland

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.

Completed competitive transmission projects are also about 30% less expensive than comparable incumbent utility projects, according to a report from the think tank.

The grid operator stopped short of asking FERC to approve or deny the proposed changes sought by the utilities. States and consumer advocates oppose the complaint, while at least one major data center company supports it.

Roughly 70% of Entergy’s proposed capacity additions would serve planned data centers in Louisiana and Mississippi.

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FERC should only approve the $1.5 billion deal if Mara agrees to keep the Long Ridge power plant in the PJM Interconnection, Monitoring Analytics said.

New England “severely lacks” oversight of asset condition projects like Eversource Energy’s X-178 transmission project, the New England States Committee on Electricity told FERC.

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Constellation Energy will be able to transfer capacity interconnection rights, enabling the nuclear unit to potentially deliver all its power when it restarts, possibly before the end of 2027.